Bonaventure Regional County Municipality
| Bonaventure | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°WCoordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Effective | April 8, 1981 |
| County seat | New Carlisle |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Jean-Guy Poirier |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 4,401.70 km2 (1,699.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,375.27 km2 (1,689.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 18,000 |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 8,525 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website |
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Bonaventure is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its seat is New Carlisle.[2]
Subdivisions
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
17,755 |
14,915 | 1.7% |
84.00% | 2,645 |  5.4% |
14.90% | 145 | 107.1% |
0.82% | 50 | 75.0% |
0.28% | |||||
| 2006 |
17,730 |
14,665 | 3.3% |
82.71% | 2,795 | 10.7% |
15.76% | 70 | 74.1% |
0.40% | 200 | 566.7% |
1.13% | |||||
| 2001 |
17,995 |
15,170 | 7.9% |
84.30% | 2,525 | 10.5% |
14.03% | 270 | 157.1% |
1.50% | 30 | 100.0% |
0.17% | |||||
| 1996 |
19,410 |
16,470 | n/a | 84.85% | 2,820 | n/a | 14.53% | 105 | n/a | 0.54% | 15 | n/a | 0.08% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[8]
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Attractions
- Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
- Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
- Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
- Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
- Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
- Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
- Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
- Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
- St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)
Protected Areas
- Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
- MLPC Campaign Post
- Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
- Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141115 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 4 Geographic code 050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2405) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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