Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Quebec
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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Municipality | |
![]() Fishing harbour in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | |
![]() Location within Le Rocher-Percé RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé Location in eastern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 48°25′N 64°25′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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 | 34.60 km2 (13.36 sq mi) |
• Land | 33.50 km2 (12.93 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,055 |
• Density | 31.5/km2 (82/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 470 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0C 3B0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
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
Population
Canada census – Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Quebec community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | ||
Population: | 1,055 (-4.9% from 2006) | 1,109 (-4.8% from 2001) | |
Land area: | 33.50 km2 (12.93 sq mi) | 33.50 km2 (12.93 sq mi) | |
Population density: | 31.5/km2 (82/sq mi) | 33.1/km2 (86/sq mi) | |
Median age: | 50.5 (M: 49.9, F: 51.1) | 46.2 (M: 45.8, F: 46.6) | |
Total private dwellings: | 470 | 475 | |
Median household income: | $36,496 | $38,028 | |
References: 2011[3] 2006[5] earlier[6] |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
1,055 |
1,040 | ![]() |
98.58% | 5 | ![]() |
0.47% | 5 | ![]() |
0.47% | 5 | ![]() |
0.47% | |||||
2006 |
1,090 |
1,040 | ![]() |
95.41% | 10 | ![]() |
0.92% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 40 | ![]() |
3.67% | |||||
2001 |
1,150 |
1,140 | ![]() |
99.13% | 10 | ![]() |
0.87% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
1,285 |
1,275 | n/a | 99.22% | 10 | n/a | 0.78% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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See also
References
- Reference number 56436 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- "Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- "Historique" (in French). Municipalité de Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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