Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Sainte-Françoise is a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Françoise | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.png.webp) Location within Les Basques RCM | |
  Sainte-Françoise Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.1°N 69.07°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | December 6, 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Simon Lavoie |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata —Les Basques |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 89.40 km2 (34.52 sq mi) |
| • Land | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 399 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  7.4% |
| • Dwellings | 229 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 3B0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  Route 293  Route 296 |
Demographics
Population
| Canada census – Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec community profile | |||
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| 2011 | 2006 | ||
| Population: | 399 (-7.4% from 2006) | 431 (-4.9% from 2001) | |
| Land area: | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) | |
| Population density: | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | |
| Median age: | 52.6 (M: 53.5, F: 51.6) | 49.7 (M: 49.4, F: 50.1) | |
| Total private dwellings: | 229 | 232 | |
| Median household income: | $40,716 | $24,041 | |
| References: 2011[4] 2006[5] earlier[6] | |||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1991 | 506 | — |
| 1996 | 467 | −7.7% |
| 2001 | 453 | −3.0% |
| 2006 | 431 | −4.9% |
| 2011 | 399 | −7.4% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
405 |
395 | 3.7% |
97.53% | 5 |  n/a% |
1.23% | 5 | n/a% |
1.23% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
2006 |
420 |
410 | 8.9% |
97.62% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 10 | n/a% |
2.38% | |||||
2001 |
450 |
450 | 3.2% |
100.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
465 |
465 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
References
- Reference number 56176 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 11030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2411030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
Media related to Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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