Saint-Boniface, Quebec

Saint-Boniface
Municipality

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Saint-Bo
Motto: Omnia ad bonum, nihil ad malum
("Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil")

Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Saint-Boniface

Location in central Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°W / 46.500; -72.817Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W / 46.500°N 72.817°W / 46.500; -72.817[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Mauricie
RCM Maskinongé
Constituted January 1, 1962
Government[2]
 • Mayor Claude Caron
 • Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. riding Saint-Maurice
Area[2][3]
 • Total 112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi)
 • Land 109.07 km2 (42.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 4,511
 • Density 41.4/km2 (107/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 7.9%
 • Dwellings 2,006
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0X 2L0
Area code(s) 819
Highways
A-55
Route 153
Route 350
Website www.municipalite
saint-boniface.ca

Saint-Boniface is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1837 (total dwellings: 2006)

Mother tongue:

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 377986 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 51085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2451085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modavr03.pdf
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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