Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is the smallest municipality, in land area and population, of the Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality.
Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | |
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 Fishing harbour in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | |
 Location within Le Rocher-Percé RCM | |
  Ste-Thérèse-de-Gaspé Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′N 64°25′W / 48.417°N 64.417°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | Le Rocher-Percé |
| Constituted | September 6, 1930 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Blondin |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| • Prov. riding | Gaspé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.94 km2 (13.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 34.45 km2 (13.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 979 |
| • Density | 28.4/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  3.5% |
| • Dwellings | 504 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132 |
| Website | www |
Fishing is its primary business, and its harbour handles the fourth highest value of seafood in Quebec. Its factories, employing hundreds of people, process snow crab, rock crab, and lobster.[4]
In addition to the village of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé itself, the municipality also includes the community of Saint-Isidore.
Demographics
editPopulation
editCanada census – Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 979 (-3.5% from 2016) | 1,015 (-3.8% from 2011) | 1,055 (-4.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 34.45 km2 (13.30 sq mi) | 34.41 km2 (13.29 sq mi) | 33.50 km2 (12.93 sq mi) |
| Population density | 28.4/km2 (74/sq mi) | 29.5/km2 (76/sq mi) | 31.5/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.4 (M: 55.6, F: 56.8) | 53.6 (M: 53.6, F: 53.6) | 50.5 (M: 49.9, F: 51.1) |
| Private dwellings | 504 (total) 475 (occupied) | 509 (total) | 470 (total) |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $54,144 | $36,496 |
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Language
edit| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Quebec[11] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021
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980
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955 | 4.0%
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97.4% | 5 |  0.0%
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0.5% | 5 | 0.0%
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0.5% | 10 |  100.0%
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1.0% | |||||
2016
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1,005
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995 | 4.3%
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99.0% | 5 | 0.0%
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0.5% | 5 | 0.0%
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0.5% | 5 | 0.0%
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0.5% | |||||
2011
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1,055
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1,040 | 0.0%
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98.6% | 5 | 50.0%
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0.5% | 5 | n/a%
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0.5% | 5 | 87.5%
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0.5% | |||||
2006
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1,090
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1,040 | 8.8%
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95.4% | 10 | 0.0%
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0.9% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.0% | 40 | n/a%
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3.7% | |||||
2001
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1,150
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1,140 | 10.6%
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99.1% | 10 | 0.0%
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0.9% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.0% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.0% | |||||
1996
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1,285
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1,275 | n/a | 99.2% | 10 | n/a | 0.8% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56436". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 02010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ a b "Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé (Code 2402010) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Historique" (in French). Municipalité de Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada: 76, 139. July 1973.
- ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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