Boischatel is a municipality in the
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,7 ...
region of
Quebec
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, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
The town itself is located along the
Montmorency River
The Montmorency River is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the regional county municip ...
. Near the boundary with
Beauport are the
Montmorency Falls
The Montmorency Falls (french: Chute Montmorency) is a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada.
Location
The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, and Boischatel, about from the heart of old Q ...
, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Fall ...
.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, ]2016
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, 2021
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census
* Population in 2021: 8231 (2016 to 2021 population change: 8.5%)
* Population in 2016: 7587
* Population in 2011: 6465
* Population in 2006: 5287
* Population in 2001: 4303
* Population in 1996: 4152
* Population in 1991: 3878
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)
First language:
* English as first language: 0.7%
* French as first language: 97.3%
* English and French as first language: 0.3%
* Other as first language: 1.4%
See also
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Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
The chenal de l'Île d'Orléans (''English: Orléans Island Channel'') is a channel of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This channel is formed by the Île ...
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Ferrée River
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Montmorency River
The Montmorency River is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the regional county municip ...
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Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
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List of municipalities in Quebec
References
External links
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale