Saint-Pascal (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ paskal]) is a city in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It has a population of 3,530. It is the second biggest city in the RCM, after La Pocatière. The city is crossed by the Kamouraska River. It's also the county seat of the Kamouraska RCM.
Saint-Pascal | |
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 Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
  Saint-Pascal Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°48′W / 47.533°N 69.800°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Kamouraska |
| Constituted | March 1, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Solange Morneau |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 60.20 km2 (23.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.68 km2 (23.04 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,530 |
| • Density | 59.1/km2 (153/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.8% |
| • Dwellings | 1,635 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  R-230 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Pascal was named in honour of Paschal Taché, seigneur of Kamouraska. The original spelling of the municipality, based on the Latin Paschalis, was given in honour of Étienne-Paschal Taché, a notary and militia lieutenant-colonel. In November 1813, he became co-seigneur of Kamouraska with his father, Paschal-Jacques. On his father's death, he assumed sole ownership of the seigneury.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pascal had a population of 3,530 living in 1,559 of its 1,635 total private dwellings, a change of 1.8% from its 2016 population of 3,468. With a land area of 59.68 km2 (23.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.1/km2 (153.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Government
edit- Mayor: Solange Morneau
- Councillors: Isabelle Chouinard, Josée Chouinard, François Gagné‑Bérubé, Céline Langlais, Francis Ouellet, Rémi Pelletier
Notable people
edit- Annie St-Pierre, film director and producer[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57369". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14018". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Pascal, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Genest, Catherine (2022-01-09). "Du Kamouraska vers les Oscars". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
External links
editMedia related to Saint-Pascal at Wikimedia Commons