Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Quebec
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.
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: 613
Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223
Languages:
- French as first language: 98.3%