Baie-Trinité, Quebec

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Baie-Trinité
Village municipality
Baie-Trinité
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°25′N 67°18′W / 49.417°N 67.300°W / 49.417; -67.300Coordinates: 49°25′N 67°18′W / 49.417°N 67.300°W / 49.417; -67.300[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM Manicouagan
Settled 1840
Constituted January 1, 1955
Government[2]
  Mayor Denis Lejeune
  Federal riding Manicouagan
  Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area[2][3]
  Total 536.30 km2 (207.07 sq mi)
  Land 425.32 km2 (164.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 419
  Density 1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 20.3%
  Dwellings 247
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0H 1A0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 138
Census profile 2496005[3]
MAMROT info 96005[2]
Toponymie info 3121[1]

Baie-Trinité (2011 Population 419) is a village in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the mouth of the Trinity River (French: Rivière de la Trinité), a salmon river which flows through the village. The major economic sectors are forestry and fisheries.

The village and municipality are named after the small Trinity Bay into which the Trinity River drains. The river's name may be attributed to Jacques Cartier who sailed by this river on Trinity Sunday in 1536. The first permanent settlers came circa 1840, and in 1898, the Baie-de-la-Trinité Mission was established.[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 419 (2006 to 2011 population change: -20.3 %)
  • Population in 2006: 526
  • Population in 2001: 604
  • Population in 1996: 646
  • Population in 1991: 651

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 209 (total dwellings: 247)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 1.9%
  • French as first language: 96.2%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.9%

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