Lac-Saint-Joseph is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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, located on the namesake
Saint-Joseph Lake
Saint-Joseph Lake (french: Lac Saint-Joseph, link=no) is a freshwater body located in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Recreational and tou ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Lac-Saint-Joseph 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.
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 98.4%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
List of mayors
* J. Gérald Coote, 1936
* J. A. Saucier, 1936-1952
* Henri Giguère, 1952-1961
* Guy Desrivières, lawyer, 1961-1967
* Fernand Grenier, Professor University Laval 1967-1974
* J.-Arthur Bédard, 1974-1982
* Raymond Blouin, 1982-1990 and 1994-2005
* Robert Simard, 1990-1994
* O'Donnell Bédard, 2005-
See also
*
List of cities in Quebec
References
External links
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Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale
Cities and towns in Quebec