Saint-Maurice, Quebec

Saint-Maurice is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

For other places in Quebec with the same name, see Saint-Maurice#Canada.

Saint-Maurice
Parish municipality
Motto(s):  Labeur, Valeur, Fraternité ("Labour, Value, Fraternity")
Location within Les Chenaux RCM.
Saint-Maurice Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°28′N 72°32′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
RCM	Les Chenaux
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gérard Bruneau
• Federal riding	Saint-Maurice—Champlain
• Prov. riding	Champlain
Area [2][3]
• Total	90.90 km^2 (35.10 sq mi)
• Land	91.51 km^2 (35.33 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	2,775
• Density	30.3/km^2 (78/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	17.2%
• Dwellings	1,193
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0X 2X0
Area code(s)	819
Highways A-40	Route 352
Website	www.st-maurice.ca

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 2775 (2006 to 2011 population change: 17.2%)
• Population in 2006: 2338
• Population in 2001: 2292
• Population in 1996: 2295
• Population in 1991: 2195

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1145 (total dwellings: 1193)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.6%
• French as first language: 96.4%
• English and French as first language: 0.4%
• Other as first language: 2.6%

References

1. Reference number 57222 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 37230 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2437230) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census