Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Parish municipality
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
St-Joseph-de-Lepage is located in Eastern Quebec
St-Joseph-de-Lepage
St-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°34′33″N 68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W / 48.5757865; -68.1721856[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedSeptember 29, 1873
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéginald Morissette
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi)
 • Land30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total590
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 12.8%
 • Dwellings
260
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G5H 3N8
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-joseph-de-lepage.qc.ca

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east.

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.[4]

The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of 590 living in 223 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 523. With a land area of 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km2 (49.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2021: 590 (12.8% increase from 2016)
  • Population in 2016: 523 (0.8% decrease from 2011)
  • Population in 2011: 527 (3.3% decrease from 2006)
  • Population in 2006: 545 (7.0% decrease from 2001)
  • Population in 2001: 586
  • Population in 1996: 613

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223

Languages:

  • French as first language: 98.3%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56995". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census


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