La Bostonnais is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Mauricie

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of the

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. The community is about north of La Tuque's town centre along

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. The municipality takes its name from the nearby Bostonnais and

Little Bostonnais River The Little Bostonnais river flows westbound in the city of La Tuque, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography From the mouth of Little Wayagamac Lake, Little Bostonnais River runs on 4.4 km (measured on water) before emptying into t ...

s. This name probably came from an American man originally from

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who joined the

Abenaki The Abenaki ( Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was pre ...

at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1823, a reference was made to an Abenaki man named Jean-Baptiste Bostonnais who had one of his daughters baptized at

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...

. The Bostonnais family had their hunting territory in the area where the namesake rivers flow.

History

The area, located within the geographic township of Bourgeoys, opened up for colonization around 1871. The Mission of Saint-Jean-Bosco was formed in 1946 and became a parish two years later. In 1946, the post office opened, and closed again in 1961. It was constituted as a municipality in 1987. On March 26, 2003 it became part of the City of La Tuque as part of the

early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * E ...

, but following a 2004 referendum, the Municipalities of La Bostonnais and Lac-Édouard were reconstituted on January 1, 2006. It remains part of the

urban agglomeration of La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 s ...

. It had formerly been part of

Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 1982, and dissolved on March 26, 2003, when it was amalgamate ...

, which was abolished in the wake of the merger; after demerger, it is one of the few municipalities (other than in the

Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec (; en, Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsu ...

region) that is not part of any regional county municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011,

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census * Population in 2021: 556 (2016 to 2021 population change: -12.4%) * Population in 2016: 635 * Population in 2011: 503 * Population in 2006: 617 * Population in 2001: 529 * Population in 1996: 524 * Population in 1991: 473 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 268 (total dwellings: 374) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1.8% * French as first language: 97.3% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bostonnais, La Incorporated places in Mauricie Municipalities in Quebec La Tuque, Quebec

History

Demographics

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