Saint-Boniface, Quebec
Appearance
Saint-Boniface | |
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Nickname: Saint-Bo | |
Motto(s): Omnia ad bonum, nihil ad malum ("Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil") | |
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
RCM | Maskinongé |
Constituted | January 1, 1962 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Claude Caron |
• Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
• Prov. riding | Saint-Maurice |
Area | |
• Total | 112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi) |
• Land | 109.07 km2 (42.11 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 4,511 |
• Density | 41.4/km2 (107/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 7.9% |
• Dwellings | 2,006 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways A-55 | R-153 R-350 |
Website | www.municipalite saint-boniface.ca |
Saint-Boniface 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 2011: 4511 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.9%)
- Population in 2006: 4180
- Population in 2001: 3998
- Population in 1996: 3998
- Population in 1991: 3813
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1837 (total dwellings: 2006)
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%
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 377986". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 51085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Boniface, Quebec (Code 2451085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
Media related to Saint-Boniface at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (French only)
- Official Facebook page of the Municipal Library of Saint-Boniface (French only)