Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in

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. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a ''

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'' in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in

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. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement. Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the

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of Beauce. Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the ''Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce'' (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.

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, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 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.

Notable people

* Henri Sévérin Béland, doctor, mayor and politician *

Vital Cliche Vital Cliche (September 10, 1890 – February 23, 1976) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born on September 10, 1890 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec and became an ...

, politician *

Junior Lessard Lucien Lessard Jr. (born May 26, 1980), known as Junior Lessard, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played for the Thetford Mines Isothermic of the LNAH. Playing career As a youth, Lessard played in the 1993 and 1994 Q ...

, Deutsche Eishockey Liga player * Raphaël Lessard,

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driver *

Adrien Ouellette Adrien Ouellette (February 9, 1940 – September 2, 2023) was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985, representing the riding of Beauce-Nord. Prior to his election to the l ...

, politician *

Joseph Poirier Joseph Poirier (December 21, 1839 – February 27, 1917) was a farmer and politician in Quebec. He represented Beauce in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal and from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative C ...

, politician *

Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau (March 27, 1745 – September 18, 1809) was the second in a line of distinguished French Canadians whose influence has spanned three centuries. Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau was born at Quebec City, the son of Thomas-J ...

, ''

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'', judge and politician *

Thomas Linière Taschereau Thomas Linière Taschereau (October 8, 1850 – May 29, 1901) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauce in the House of Commons of Canada from 1884 to 1887 as a Conservative Party of Canada member. His name appears ...

, lawyer, mayor and politician

References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Joseph-De-Beauce, Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Cities and towns in Quebec Populated places established in 1736