Lac-Delage is a town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Delage.
Lac-Delage | |
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 Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM. | |
  Lac-Delage Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°58′N 71°24′W / 46.967°N 71.400°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Jacques-Cartier |
| Constituted | February 11, 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guy Rochette |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Chauveau |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.10 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 771 |
| • Density | 486.9/km2 (1,261/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  20.8% |
| • Dwellings | 316 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | +250.0% |
| 1971 | 59 | +321.4% |
| 1976 | 194 | +228.8% |
| 1981 | 259 | +33.5% |
| 1986 | 290 | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 338 | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 368 | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 447 | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 530 | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 598 | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 638 | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 771 | +20.8% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Delage had a population of 771 living in 308 of its 316 total private dwellings, a change of 20.8% from its 2016 population of 638. With a land area of 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 488.0/km2 (1,263.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 1.3%
- French as first language: 92.9%
- English and French as first language: 1.9%
- Other as first language: 2.6%
Local government
edit| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18% | 98 | 36% | 191 | 33% | 178 | 8% | 45 | 0% | 0 | |
| 2019 | 30% | 155 | 25% | 129 | 31% | 160 | 6% | 31 | 5% | 24 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 38% | 150 | 24% | 95 | 17% | 70 | 15% | 61 | |
| 2014 | 49% | 194 | 19% | 78 | 8% | 31 | 23% | 92 | |
Lac-Delage forms part of the federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and has been represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Lac-Delage is part of the Chauveau electoral district and is represented by Sylvain Lévesque of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
Municipal council
edit- Mayor: Guy Rochette
- Councillors: Jannys Landry, Alexandre Morin, Marc Boiteau, Isabelle Coulombe, Christiane Gosselin, Jonathan Baker
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 33030". 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: Lac-Delage Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Lac-Delage census profile
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 438)". Elections Canada. 7 April 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 438)". Elections Québec. Retrieved March 5, 2023.