Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Quebec
Geography
Municipal territory covers both side of Saint-Maurice River, including a small portion of La Mauricie National Park. The village of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is located at the top of a hill on Eastern side of Saint-Maurice River.
Toponymy
The Saint-Roch parish was named in honour of Roch of Montpellier. The term Mékinac is associated with several homonyms of place names in the sector: Mékinac River, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and Mékinac Lake.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of 304 living in 174 of its 295 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 144.52 km (55.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km (5.4/sq mi) in 2021.
| Year | Population | Variation (%) | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 302 |  -31,1 % |
55,4 years |
| 2011 | 438 |  +35,2 % |
55,6 years |
| 2006 | 324 | +5,9 % |
|
| 2001 | 306 | +2,7 % |
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| 1996 | 298 | +2,0 % |
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| 1991 | 292 | – | |
| 1986 | – | – |
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
