Saint-Joachim is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region. Located at the foot of Cape Tourmente, it is home to the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area and Canyon Sainte-Anne.

Saint-Joachim
Parish municipality
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
Saint-Joachim Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°03′N 70°51′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	La Côte-de-Beaupré
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marc Dubeau
• Federal riding	Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord
• Prov. riding	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area [2][3]
• Total	35.10 km2 (13.55 sq mi)
• Land	42.61 km2 (16.45 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,471
• Density	34.5/km2 (89/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	8.0%
• Dwellings	661
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0A 3X0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138
Website	saintjoachim.qc.ca

History

The area, first called after Cape Tourmente, is one of the first places of New France to be colonized. In 1628, it was destroyed by the Kirke Brothers but it became an agricultural centre again after 1668 when François de Laval bought land around the cape to establish farms to feed his Seminary of Quebec. A few years later, the Saint-Joachim Parish was founded, and the place became known by the parish name.[1]

In 1845, the parish municipality was formed, but abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855.[1]

In 1916, Saint-Joachim lost large portions of its territory when the Parish Municipality of Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente was created to separate the lands and buildings belonging to the seminary from Saint-Joachim. However, except for a small enclave, these lands have returned to Saint-Joachim over time.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joachim had a population of 1,427 living in 629 of its 682 total private dwellings, a change of -1% from its 2016 population of 1,441. With a land area of 42.33 km² (16.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 33.7/km² (87.3/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Population trend:[7]

• Population in 2011: 1,471 (revised from 1,458 by Statistics Canada)[4]
• Population in 2006: 1,362
• Population in 2001: 1,471
• Population in 1996: 1,493
• Population in 1991: 1,478

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Image gallery

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  Saint-Joachim church, built between 1777 and 1779
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  View from Cape Tourmente over Saint-Joachim's countryside
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  Scenery at Cap Tourmente Wildlife Area with Mont-Sainte-Anne in the background

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

Media related to Saint-Joachim, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons