Saint-Ubalde is a rural municipality in

Portneuf County Portneuf County is a historic county in Quebec, Canada west of Quebec City on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. The county seat was Cap-Santé, Quebec, Cap-Santé. Previously named Hampshire County (after Hampshire, England) formed in 1792 at t ...

in the

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of Quebec. Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east where there are numerous lakes such as Blanc, Sainte-Anne, Ricard, and Thom. Therefore, its economy is centred on potato cultivation and outdoor recreation (canoeing, water skiing, fishing).

History

Saint-Ubald (originally without an "e") was founded by people from Neuville in 1860, and the Saint-Ubald Mission was established that same year. It was named after Ubald Gingras (1824-1874), first

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of the place but originally from Pointe-aux-Trembles (Portneuf), and who was brother-in-law of Charles-François Baillargeon, archbishop of Quebec. The mission became a parish in 1866 by separating from Saint-Casimir. In 1873, the civil parish was formed and incorporated as a parish municipality. A year later, its post office opened. In 1920, the village centre separated from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Ubalde. But in 1973, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Ubalde.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2011: 1403 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%) * Population in 2006: 1458 * Population in 2001: 1460 * Population in 1996: 1540 * Population in 1991: 1552 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 646 (total dwellings: 1015) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 99.3% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0.7%

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{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale Portneuf Regional County Municipality

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