Lac-Beauport, Quebec

Lac-Beauport is a little town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Beauport. It has a population of about 6010 people, and lies about 25 kilometers north from downtown Quebec City.

Lac-Beauport is the home of Le Relais ski center.

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.^[3]

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2006: 6081 (2001 to 2006 population change: 10.2 %)
• Population in 2001: 5519
• Population in 1996: 5008
• Population in 1991: 4462

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2199 (total dwellings: 2336)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.5 %
• French as first language: 96.7 %
• English and French as first language: 0.7 %
• Other as first language: 1.1 %

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