Saint-Antonin, Quebec
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Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
- Population in 2016: 4,049
- Population in 2011: 4,027
- Population in 2006: 3,780
- Population in 2001: 3,395
- Population in 1996: 3,368
- Population in 1991: 3,268
- Population in 1986: 3,160
- Population in 1981: 3,075
- Population in 1976: 2,586
- Population in 1971: 2,243
- Population in 1966: 2,132
- Population in 1961: 1,983
- Population in 1956: 1,834
- Population in 1951: 1,632
- Population in 1941: 1,530
- Population in 1931: 1,409
- Population in 1921: 1,222
- Population in 1911: 1,271
- Population in 1901: 1,186
- Population in 1891: 1,079
- Population in 1881: 1,234
- Population in 1871: 1,185
- Population in 1861: 891
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.3%
- French as first language: 99.1%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 0.2%
Education
Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:
- École Lanouette [6]
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:
- Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer[7]
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052412015&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Saint-Antonin
- ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Modifications Aux Municipalités du Québec. Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ https://lanouette.csskamloup.gouv.qc.ca/
- ^ "Metis Beach School - Believe, Achieve, Succeed……".
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
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- Rivière-du-Loup
- Saint-Antonin
- Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent:
Kamouraska - La Matapédia
- La Mitis
- Les Basques
- La Matanie
- Rimouski-Neigette
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Témiscouata
- Indian Reserves
- Cacouna
- Kataskomiq