Sainte-Françoise is a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Françoise | |
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Parish municipality | |
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![]() Location within Les Basques RCM | |
![]() ![]() Sainte-Françoise Location in eastern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 48.1°N 69.07°W / 48.1; -69.07[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Les Basques |
Constituted | December 6, 1873 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Simon Lavoie |
• Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata —Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 89.40 km2 (34.52 sq mi) |
• Land | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 399 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 229 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0L 3B0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 506 | — |
1996 | 467 | −7.7% |
2001 | 453 | −3.0% |
2006 | 431 | −4.9% |
2011 | 399 | −7.4% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Françoise had a population of 383 living in 192 of its 209 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 386. With a land area of 88.83 km2 (34.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.3/km2 (11.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 383 (-0.8% from 2016) | 399 (-7.4% from 2006) |
Land area | 88.83 km2 (34.30 sq mi) | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) |
Population density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Median age | 56 (M: 55.6, F: 56) | 52.6 (M: 53.5, F: 51.6) |
Total private dwellings | 190 | 229 |
Median household income | $40,716 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, 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 % | |||||
2011 |
405 |
395 | ![]() |
97.53% | 5 | ![]() |
1.23% | 5 | ![]() |
1.23% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
2006 |
420 |
410 | ![]() |
97.62% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 10 | ![]() |
2.38% | |||||
2001 |
450 |
450 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
465 |
465 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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