Saint-Honoré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɔnɔʁe] (
listen)) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and its most populous municipality.
Saint-Honoré | |
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City | |
Aerial view of Saint-Honoré | |
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Coat of arms | |
Saint-Honoré Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′N 71°05′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| RCM | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay |
| Settled | 1863 |
| Constituted | December 16, 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marie-Luce Demers-Martin |
| • Federal riding | Jonquière |
| • Prov. riding | Dubuc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 190.90 km2 (73.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 189.38 km2 (73.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 6,376 |
| • Density | 33.7/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) | |
| • Dwellings | 2,609 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0V 1L0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
The economy of Saint-Honoré is mainly based on agriculture and mining. Niobec is one of the mines located in Saint-Honoré, it is also the only active niobium mine in North America.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1996 | 3,851 | — |
| 2001 | 4,742 | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 4,727 | −0.3% |
| 2011 | 5,257 | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 5,757 | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 6,376 | +10.8% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Honoré had a population of 6,376 living in 2,535 of its 2,609 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 5,757. With a land area of 189.38 km2 (73.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 33.7/km2 (87.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 6,376 (+10.8% from 2016) | 5,757 (+9.5% from 2011) | 5,257 (+11.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 189.38 km2 (73.12 sq mi) | 189.54 km2 (73.18 sq mi) | 189.14 km2 (73.03 sq mi) |
| Population density | 33.7/km2 (87/sq mi) | 30.4/km2 (79/sq mi) | 27.8/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Median age | 38.4 (M: 38.8, F: 38.4) | 37.4 (M: 37.5, F: 37.4) | 37.9 (M: 38.1, F: 37.7) |
| Total private dwellings | 2,609 | 2,286 | 2,083 |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $70,380 | $N/A |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Honoré, Quebec[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
6,365 |
6,295 | 98.9% | 35 | 0.5% | 25 | 0.4% | 15 | 0.2% | |||||||||
2016 |
5,750 |
5,700 | 99.1% | 20 | 0.3% | 10 | 0.2% | 15 | 0.3% | |||||||||
2011 |
5,245 |
5,225 | 99.6% | 10 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.2% | |||||||||
2006 |
4,695 |
4,630 | 98.6% | 10 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 50 | 1.1% | |||||||||
2001 |
3,840 |
3,835 | n/a | 99.9% | 10 | n/a | 0.3% | 10 | n/a | 0.3% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
Saint-Honoré has two primary schools (Jean Fortin primary school and La Source school) and a Cégep de Chicoutimi campus run by the CQFA, dedicated to teaching aviation. Due to the growing number of families in Saint-Honoré, the provincial government invested $7.1 million to expand the Jean Fortin school.[10] The town also has a municipal library open part-time.
Media related to Saint-Honoré at Wikimedia Commons
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