Saint-Basile, Quebec

City in Quebec, Canada

46°45′N 71°49′W / 46.750°N 71.817°W / 46.750; -71.817^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionCapitale-NationaleRCMPortneufConstitutedMarch 1, 2000Government

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• MayorGuillaume Vézina • Federal ridingPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Prov. ridingPortneufArea

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• Total98.50 km² (38.03 sq mi) • Land98.20 km² (37.92 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[3]

• Total2,463 • Density25.1/km² (65/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

3.8% • Dwellings

1,179Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0A 3G0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-365Websitesaintbasile.qc.ca

Saint-Basile is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Basile had a population of 2,709 living in 1,262 of its 1,327 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 2,621. With a land area of 98.84 km² (38.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 27.4/km² (71.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend:^[5]

Population in 2011: 2463 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
Population in 2006: 2560
Population in 2001: 2575
Population in 1996:
- Saint-Basile (parish): 840
- Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1684
Population in 1991:
- Saint-Basile (parish): 823
- Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1733

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 2.4%
French as first language: 95.4%
English and French as first language: 0.4%
Other as first language: 1.8%

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 358423". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Basile
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada (March 10, 2009). "2011 Community profiles - Saint-Basile". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census