Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.

The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of Niagara Falls.

Demographics

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Population trend:

• Population in 2021: 8231 (2016 to 2021 population change: 8.5%)
• Population in 2016: 7587
• Population in 2011: 6465
• Population in 2006: 5287
• Population in 2001: 4303
• Population in 1996: 4152
• Population in 1991: 3878

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)

First language:

• English as first language: 0.7%
• French as first language: 97.3%
• English and French as first language: 0.3%
• Other as first language: 1.4%

See also

• Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
• Ferrée River
• Montmorency River
• Saint Lawrence River
• List of municipalities in Quebec