Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Parish municipality
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
St-Joseph-de-Lepage is located in Eastern Quebec
St-Joseph-de-Lepage
St-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W / 48.5757865; -68.1721856[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedSeptember 29, 1873
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéginald Morissette
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi)
 • Land30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total590
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 12.8%
 • Dwellings
260
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G5H 3N8
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-joseph-de-lepage.qc.ca

It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east.

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.[4]

The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of 590 living in 223 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 523. With a land area of 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km2 (49.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2021: 590 (12.8% increase from 2016)
  • Population in 2016: 523 (0.8% decrease from 2011)
  • Population in 2011: 527 (3.3% decrease from 2006)
  • Population in 2006: 545 (7.0% decrease from 2001)
  • Population in 2001: 586
  • Population in 1996: 613

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223

Languages:

  • French as first language: 98.3%

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 56995 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 09070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census


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