Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.[4][5]
Boischatel | |
|---|---|
 Montmorency Falls | |
| Motto: Labeur et Courage | |
 Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM | |
  Boischatel Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W / 46.900°N 71.150°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Constituted | April 3, 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benoit Bouchard |
| • Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
| • Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 20.36 km2 (7.86 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,957 |
| • Density | 404.3/km2 (1,047/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 3,128 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138  R-360 |
| Website | www |
The town itself is located along the Montmorency River.[6] Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of Niagara Falls.
Demographics
editThis section needs to be updated. (December 2021) |
Population trend:[7]
- Population in 2021: 8231 (2016 to 2021 population change: 8.5%)
- Population in 2016: 7587
- Population in 2011: 6465
- Population in 2006: 5287
- Population in 2001: 4303
- Population in 1996: 4152
- Population in 1991: 3878
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)
First language:
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 97.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 1.4%
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 269411". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Boischatel Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Boischatel census profile
- ^ "Boischatel". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Boischatel QC - municipal building Council and more information". www.municipality-canada.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Man in his 20s lucky to be alive after falling off a cliff into a river after a fight". Montreal. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links
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Media related to Boischatel, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons