Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census.[3]

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Parish municipality
Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°56′N 71°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Constituted	September 30, 1909
Government [2]
• Mayor	Steven Laprise
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	61.60 km2 (23.78 sq mi)
• Land	59.32 km2 (22.90 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	189
• Density	3.2/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.5%
• Dwellings	133
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1E2
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 216 Route 263
Website	www.st-jacques-le-majeur-de-wolfestown.ca

It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of 186 living in 90 of its 134 total private dwellings, a change of -1.1% from its 2016 population of 188. With a land area of 58.71 km² (22.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.2/km² (8.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

External links

• Media related to Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown at Wikimedia Commons