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 / 48.417°N 64.417°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| 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 |  4.9% |
| • Dwellings | 470 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  Route 132 |
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.
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 |  0.0% | 98.58% | 5 | 50.0% | 0.47% | 5 |  n/a% | 0.47% | 5 | 87.5% | 0.47% | |||||
2006 | 1,090 | 1,040 | 8.8% | 95.41% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.92% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 40 | n/a% | 3.67% | |||||
2001 | 1,150 | 1,140 | 10.6% | 99.13% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.87% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 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% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ Reference number 56436 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census