Saint-Boniface, Quebec

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Saint-Boniface
Municipality
Boulevard Trudel Est Saint-Boniface.jpg
Coat of arms of Saint-Boniface
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
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; -72.817Coordinates: 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]
 • MayorClaude Caron
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingSaint-Maurice
Area
[2][3]
 • Total112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi)
 • Land109.07 km2 (42.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,511
 • Density41.4/km2 (107/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 7.9%
 • Dwellings
2,006
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 2L0
Area code(s)819
Highways
A-55
Route 153
Route 350
Websitewww.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%
Église de Saint-Boniface

References[]

  1. ^ Reference number 377986 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 51085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2451085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links[]

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