Lac-Beauport is a town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Beauport. It has a population of about 8,200 people, and lies about 25 kilometres north from downtown Quebec City. Lac-Beauport is the home of Le Relais ski centre.

Geography

The municipality of Lac-Beauport surrounds the homonymous lake. It is bounded to the south by Quebec City, to the north and west by the united townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and to the east by the municipality of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. Located in the Laurentians massif, the municipality occupies the basin centered on the lake as well as the surrounding hills and mountains.

History

Around 1820, a small cluster of homes was built on the present site of the municipality, named Waterloo Settlement by the English immigrants after the Anglo-Prussian victory at Waterloo. In 1845, the Municipality of St-Dunstan was formed, named after the local parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport. It was abolished in 1847, but reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport in 1855. In common use, it was only known as Lac-Beauport, prompting the town council to officially change the name in 1989.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Lac-Beauport, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1871 354 —     1881 286 −19.2% 1891 216 −24.5% 1901 228 +5.6% 1911 225 −1.3% 1921 169 −24.9% 1931 173 +2.4% 1941 239 +38.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1951 542 +126.8% 1956 542 +0.0% 1961 606 +11.8% 1966 860 +41.9% 1971 1,280 +48.8% 1977 2,072 +61.9% 1981 3,285 +58.5% 1986 3,713 +13.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1991 4,462 +20.2% 1996 5,008 +12.2% 2001 5,519 +10.2% 2006 6,081 +10.2% 2011 7,281 +19.7% 2016 7,801 +7.1% 2021 8,164 +4.7%

Language

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 2.3%
• French as first language: 95.5%
• English and French as first language: 1%
• Other as first language: 1%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec