Lac-Bouchette 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
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. The town is located on the eastern shore of the eponymous
Bouchette Lake, along
Quebec Route 155
Route 155 is a north/south highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Chambord at the junction of Route 169, and the southern terminus is the Piles Bridge in Shawinigan. Previously the ...
and the
Canadian National Railway.
In addition to Lac-Bouchette itself, the municipality also includes the population centres of Lac-des-Commissaires and Lizote.
The municipality and lake were named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada
Joseph Bouchette
Lt.-Colonel Joseph Bouchette (May 14, 1774 – April 8, 1841) was the Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America. His book, ''Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada'' was published at London in 1815 and also translated i ...
(1774-1841).
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census]
* Population in 2011: 1174 (2006 to 2011 population change: -10.5%)
* Population in 2006: 1311
* Population in 2001: 1370
* Population in 1996: 1445
* Population in 1991: 1485
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 565 (total dwellings: 1120)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 99.2%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.8%
References
External links
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean