Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883
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Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
City
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedJanuary 27, 1999
Named forSaint Joseph[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Gilbert
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
 • Land114.70 km2 (44.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total5,014
 • Density43.7/km2 (113/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 3.2%
 • Dwellings
2,219
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2V0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-173
R-276
Websitewww.ville.saint
josephdebeauce.qc.ca

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the judicial district of Beauce.[4]

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce had a population of 5,014 living in 2,130 of its 2,219 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 4,858. With a land area of 114.7 km2 (44.3 sq mi), it had a population density of 43.7/km2 (113.2/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56980". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 27043". 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-Joseph-de-Beauce, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  5. ^ Big Rig Drag Racing
  6. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  7. ^ McDonald, Norris (2017-08-19). "Raphael Lessard, 16, is taking the stock-car racing world by storm". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-14.



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