L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur is a

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, Canada, located within the

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of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its name is French for "the Ascension of Our Lord". The municipality had a population of 2,079 in the

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History

The area opened for colonization in 1896 and on June 8, 1916, the parish was formed. In 1919, the place was incorporated, taking the name of the parish.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2021: 2079 (2016 to 2021 population change: 4.6%) * Population in 2016: 1987 * Population in 2011: 1983 * Population in 2006: 1976 * Population in 2001: 1933 * Population in 1996: 1867 * Population in 1991: 1823 Mother tongue:Canada 2006 Census Community Profiles: L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

. * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

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Municipalité de L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

{{DEFAULTSORT:L'Ascension-De-Notre-Seigneur Designated places in Quebec Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

History

Demographics

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