Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east.
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.
The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.
History
The territory occupied by the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was first granted to Gabriel Thivierge and Louis Lepage and became known as the seigneury of Lepage-et-Thivierge. Later, this seigneury became the Seignory of Rimouski, which for a long time belonged to the Lepage family. The parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was canonically erected on 21 April 1873. The municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was officially created on 29 September 1873 by a detachment from Sainte-Flavie. The presbytery was built in 1873. The wooden church was built in 1875. The caisse populaire was founded on March 7, 1940.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of 590 living in 223 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 523. With a land area of 30.98 km (11.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km (49.3/sq mi) in 2021.
Population trend:
- Population in 2021: 590 (12.8% increase from 2016)
- Population in 2016: 523 (0.8% decrease from 2011)
- Population in 2011: 527 (3.3% decrease from 2006)
- Population in 2006: 545 (7.0% decrease from 2001)
- Population in 2001: 586
- Population in 1996: 587
- Population in 1991: 590
- Population in 1986: 613
- Population in 1981: 507
- Population in 1976: 392
- Population in 1971: 379
- Population in 1966: 434
- Population in 1961: 450
- Population in 1956: 463
- Population in 1951: 447
- Population in 1941: 521
- Population in 1931: 583
- Population in 1921: 481
- Population in 1911: 400
- Population in 1901: 414
- Population in 1891: 401
- Population in 1881: 556
Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223
Languages:
- French as first language: 98.3%
- English as first language: 0.8%
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56995". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links
Media related to Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage at Wikimedia Commons
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