Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues

Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.

Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Parish municipality
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°04′N 70°33′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMMontmagny
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1860
Government
[2]
 • MayorFrédéric Poulin
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-
du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingCôte-du-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total24.10 km2 (9.31 sq mi)
 • Land23.97 km2 (9.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total122
 • Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 15.3%
 • Dwellings
102
Time zoneEST
 • Summer (DST)EDT
Postal code(s)
G0R 1P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.isle-aux-grues.com

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of 122 living in 72 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of -15.3% from its 2016 population of 144. With a land area of 23.97 km2 (9.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Transportation

L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.[5]

Education

Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[5]

2010 plane crash

On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 55640 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 18070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Tableau de profil, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. White, Marianne (May 19, 2010). "Small plane crashes into Quebec island, 3 dead". The Gazette. Montreal. Canwest News Service. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.



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