Saint-Antonin
City
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Saint-Antonin is located in Eastern Quebec
Saint-Antonin
Saint-Antonin
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W / 47.767; -69.483[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMRivière-du-Loup
ConstitutedAugust 30, 1856
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéal Thibault
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area
[2][3]
 • Total175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
 • Land175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,027
 • Density22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 6.5%
 • Dwellings
1,650
Postal code(s)
G0L 2J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-85 (TCH)
R-185 (TCH)
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.

On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
  • Population in 2016: 4,049
  • Population in 2011: 4,027
  • Population in 2006: 3,780
  • Population in 2001: 3,395
  • Population in 1996: 3,368

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0.4%
  • French as first language: 99.5%
  • English and French as first language: 0.1%
  • Other as first language: 0.1%

Education

Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:

  • École Lanouette [6]

The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Saint-Antonin, Quebec (Code 2412015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ↑ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Modifications Aux Municipalités du Québec. Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  6. ↑ https://lanouette.csskamloup.gouv.qc.ca/
  7. ↑ "Metis Beach School - Believe, Achieve, Succeed……".
Saint Antonin Church
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