Mont-Joli () is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is the county seat. The city is located east of Rimouski near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

History

In 1867, the main condition for New Brunswick and Nova-Scotia entering into the Canadian Confederation was, to be linked to the rest of the country by the railway. In 1868, work began on the Intercolonial Railway and the authorities decided to have the railway turn at Saint-Octave-de-Métis in Gaspésie. However, this village, because of its rugged landscape, was not suitable to receive the train station and maintenance shops. The engineers turned to the higher 2nd farming rank of Sainte-Flavie, and the train station was named Sainte-Flavie-Station. In 1880, Sainte-Flavie-Station became separate and was named Mont-Joli, the name which the first settlers had used to describe the area. On 13 June 2001, the neighbouring municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (not to be confused with a different Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the Montérégie region) merged with Mont-Joli.

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 Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, Mont-Joli 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.

Transportation

Mont-Joli is the easternmost end of Autoroute 20, whose segment connects with the city of Rimouski. Route 132 runs through the centre of Mont-Joli as part of a loop that circumnavigates 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 ...

; it is about southeast of Sainte-Flavie, where Route 132 intersects with itself.

Mont-Joli Airport Mont-Joli Airport is located north northwest of Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada. It is the only airport with scheduled service in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. History World War II In the summer of 1940 the Royal Canadian Air Force selected a fla ...

is the only airport with scheduled service in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Mont-Joli is also served by the

Mont-Joli railway station Mont-Joli station is a Via Rail station in Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada. Located on Avenue de la Gare, it is staffed and is wheelchair-accessible. Mont-Joli is currently served by Via Rail's ''Ocean'' and was previously served by Montreal–Gaspé t ...

Notables

* Joseph-Adalbert Landry: One of the inventors of the snowauto, patented in 1923 *

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: Inventor of tights * René Dupéré: Composer for Cirque du Soleil *

Robert Piché Robert Piché (born November 5, 1952) is a Canadian pilot. On August 24, 2001, he was Pilot in command, captain of the Airbus A330 flying Air Transat Flight 236 and managed to land the aircraft safely in the Azores after it lost all power due to f ...

: Airline pilot in Mont-Joli, involved in the 236 Air Transat incident *

Donald Dufresne Donald Alain Joseph Dufresne (born April 10, 1967) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Biography Dufresne was born in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tourn ...

: Ex-NHL hockey player and assistant manager to the Rimouski Océanic *

Pierre Labrie Pierre Labrie (born 23 April 1972) is a French-speaking Quebecer, Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Trois-Rivières. Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was preside ...

: Writer *

Micheline Morisset Michelines were a series of rubber-tyred trains developed in France in the 1930s by various rail companies and rubber-tyre manufacturer Michelin. Some Michelines were built in the United States by the Budd Company. Most Michelines were self-pr ...

: Writer *

Gervais Rioux Gervais Rioux (born 17 November 1960) is a Canadian former road bicycle racer. He rode at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Rioux is the owner of Argon 18. Professional Cycling Career From 1981 to 1990, Gervais Rioux represented Canada at major inte ...

: Olympic cyclist ( Seoul, 1988) *

Gaétan D'Amours Gaétan D'Amours (1933 – April 25, 2007) was awarded the title of Mr. Québec in 1960, Mr. World Canada Mr. World Canada (sometimes informally referred to as Mr. Canada) is a Canadian male beauty pageant that runs in parallel with the Mis ...

: Mr. Québec 1960, Mr. Canada 1961, Mr. America 1961, Mr. Universe 1967 (5th place) *

Claudine Desrosiers Claudine may refer to: Name * Claudine (given name) Claudine is a given name of French origin. It is the feminine form of the ancient Roman name Claudius. In the United States, the name was considered on the verge of extinction by 2013. People wi ...

: Researcher for worker relations * Jacques Lelièvre: Karting pilot *

Danielle Doyer Danielle Doyer (born December 17, 1951 in Mont-Joli, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and teacher. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Matapédia in the Gaspésie region. She is a member of the Parti Québé ...

: Politician *

Tommy Gagnon Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 f ...

: Musician, music group Delta 20 *

Maurice Lamontagne Maurice Lamontagne, (September 7, 1917 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian economist and politician. Born in Mont-Joli, Quebec, he graduated from Université Laval with a master's degree in social science and Harvard University with a maste ...

: Economist and Canadian Senator

Climate

References

External links

City website
{{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent