Bonaventure is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

in the

Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine () is an administrative region of Quebec consisting of the Gaspé Peninsula (''Gaspésie'') and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It lies in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern extreme of southern Quebec. The p ...

region of eastern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada, on the

Gaspé Peninsula The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia (; ), is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick o ...

. Its seat is New Carlisle.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) *

Bonaventure Bonaventure ( ; it, Bonaventura ; la, Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister G ...

* New Richmond *

Paspébiac Paspébiac is a city on Baie des Chaleurs in the Gaspésie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. The population was 3,033 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The town is noted for the ''Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac'', a large sandbar jutting out into the b ...

;Municipalities (7) * Caplan * Cascapédia–Saint-Jules *

Hope Town Hope Town is one of the districts of the Bahamas, districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands, Abaco islands as well as a small village on Elbow Cay, located in Abaco. The area had a population of 458 in 2010. Golf carts are the main mode of ...

* New Carlisle * Saint-Alphonse * Saint-Elzéar * Shigawake ;Parishes (1) * Saint-Siméon ;Townships (2) *

Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

* Saint-Godefroi ;Unorganized Territory (1) * Rivière-Bonaventure

Demographics

Population

Language

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> *Autoroutes **None *Principal Highways ** *Secondary Highways ** *External Routes **None

Attractions

*Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac) *Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure) *Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar) *Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure) *Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond) *Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle) *Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond) *Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar) *St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)

Protected Areas

*Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve *Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve **MLPC Campaign Post *Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC *Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve *Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve

References

{{Authority control Regional county municipalities in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Census divisions of Quebec