Pont-Rouge

Pont-Rouge is a city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec, Canada. In the Canada 2011 Census the population was 8,723 inhabitants.[4]

Pont-Rouge
City
Location within Portneuf RCM.
Pont-Rouge
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°42′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMPortneuf
ConstitutedJanuary 3, 1996
Government
 • MayorGhislain Langlais
 • Federal ridingPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 • Prov. ridingPortneuf
Area
 • Total123.40 km2 (47.65 sq mi)
 • Land121.23 km2 (46.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total8,723
 • Density72.0/km2 (186/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 16.0%
 • Dwellings
3,617
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G3H
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 358
Route 365
Websitewww.ville.
pontrouge.qc.ca

History

The first efforts to colonise the area came around 1769.

On April 15, 1867, the archbishop of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon, founded the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Neuville from portions of Cap-Santé, Saint-Basile, and Neuville. After the separation of the parish in two in 1911 (the village of Pont-Rouge and the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge), the new City of Pont-Rouge was established when these two municipalities merged on January 3, 1996.

Transportation had considerable influence on the development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served the construction of a second bridge le pont Rouge, which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009.

Demographics
Pont-Rouge railroad bridge over the Jacques-Cartier River

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2016: 9240
  • Population in 2011: 8723 (2006 to 2011 population change: 16.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 7518
  • Population in 2001: 7146
  • Population in 1996:
    • Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge (municipality): 2145
    • Pont-Rouge (village): 4676
  • Population in 1991:
    • Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge (municipality): 1966
    • Pont-Rouge (village): 4133

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3471 (total dwellings: 3617)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0.7%
  • French as first language: 98.2%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.1%

Administration
List of successive mayors
Period Name
2013Ghislain Langlais
20052013Claude Bégin
19962005Paul-Eugène Parent
19731996Marcel Bédard
19671973Albert Picher
19651967Louis Piché
19641965Léopold Bussières
19611964Clément Vaugeois
19411961Joseph-Alfred Leclerc
19291941Edward Hamel
19251929Joseph Arthus Bussières
19211925Edward Hamel
19191921Arthur Galarneau
19171919Thomas Savary
19161917Louis-Georges Bussières
19151916Napoleon Larue
19111915Arthur Galarneau

References
  1. Reference number 313056 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 34017 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. Statistics Canada (February 10, 2011). "2011 Community profiles - Pont-Rouge". Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  4. "Census subdivision of Pont-Rouge, V (Quebec) - Census Subdivisions - Focus on Geography Series - Census 2011". 2012-02-08.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011census



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