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Saint-Boniface, Quebec

Saint-Boniface
Municipality
Coat of arms of Saint-Boniface
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Saint-Bo
Motto(s): 
Omnia ad bonum, nihil ad malum
("Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil")
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Saint-Boniface is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Boniface
Saint-Boniface
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°W / 46.500; -72.817[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMMaskinongé
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1962
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Desaulniers
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingSaint-Maurice
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi)
 • Land107.42 km2 (41.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
5,156
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 6.7%
 • Dwellings
2,205
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 2L0
Area code819
Highways
A-55
R-153
R-350
Websitewww.municipalite
saint-boniface.ca

Saint-Boniface (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɔnifas] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2021: 5156 (2016 to 2021 population change: 6.7%)
  • Population in 2016: 4832
  • Population in 2011: 4511
  • Population in 2006: 4180
  • Population in 2001: 3998
  • Population in 1996: 3998
  • Population in 1991: 3813

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2098 (total dwellings: 2205)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 1%
  • French as first language: 98.8%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0.2%
Église de Saint-Boniface
Église de Saint-Boniface

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 377986". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 51085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Boniface, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

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