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.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 7281 (2006 to 2011 population change: 19.7%)
- Population in 2006: 6081
- Population in 2001: 5519
- Population in 1996: 5008
- Population in 1991: 4462
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2619 (total dwellings: 2815)
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%
Lake Beauport
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| | La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM | |
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