Hope is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Bonaventure Regional County Municipality. Its population was 568 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Hope
Township municipality
Winery Le Plein d'amour
Location within Bonaventure RCM.
Hope Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°12′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM	Bonaventure
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named for	Henry Hope[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Hazen Whittom
• Federal riding	Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Prov. riding	Bonaventure
Area [2][3]
• Land	70.55 km2 (27.24 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	568
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	9.8%
• Dwellings	308
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0C 2K0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 132

The only population centre within the township is Saint-Jogues (48°10′30″N 65°15′03″W).

History

The township was surveyed circa 1786, and named in honour of British Colonel Henry Hope (c. 1746 – 1789), lieutenant-governor of Quebec from 1785 to 1789. At that time, the township also included the territory of Hope Town, Paspébiac, and Saint-Godefroi.[1]

In 1913, Saint-Godefroi split off, and in 1936, Hope Town became a separate incorporated municipality.

The community of Saint-Jogues was formed in 1930 when 52 settlers were encouraged to colonize Gaspésie's interior during the Great Depression. By 1937, there were 300 residents in this village.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hope had a population of 584 living in 289 of its 320 total private dwellings, a change of 2.8% from its 2016 population of 568. With a land area of 70.55 km² (27.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.3/km² (21.4/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Mother tongue:[12]

• English as first language: 17.3%
• French as first language: 80.9%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.7%

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

References