Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a town in

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within ...

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, Canada, along the

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, north-east of

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. The population was 2,803 according to the Canada 2006 Census. Major religious landmarks, the

Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (french: Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré) is a basilica set along the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, east of Quebec City, and one of the eight national shrines of Canada. It has been credited by ...

and the

Convent of the Redemptoristines The Convent of the Redemptoristines (French: ''Couvent des Rédemptoristines'') is a convent in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada that once was home to nuns of the Redemptoristines order. Owing to its Gothic Revival architecture and import ...

, are located in the town. The basilica continues to attract pilgrims. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré stands in a rolling agricultural country, with the foothills of the

Laurentian Mountains The Laurentian Mountains ( French: ''Laurentides'') are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of at Mont Raoul Blanchard, northeast of Quebec City in the Laurentid ...

in the background. The first church was built by sailors, seeking protection against shipwrecks off Ile-Oeuf on their way upriver to Quebec City. Saint Anne is the patron saint of sailors.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré 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. Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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census * Population in 2011: 2854 (2006 to 2011 population change: +1.8%) * Population in 2006: 2803 * Population in 2001: 2752 * Population in 1996: 3023 * Population in 1991: 3146 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 98.2% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 1.8%

Attractions

The

is a major

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place of

pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

. It has a copy of

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's statue, the ''

Pietà The Pietà (; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus after his body was removed from the cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form o ...

'' (the original is in the

St. Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal e ...

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). The basilica is known as a place of miracles. One of the builders of the original church, Louis Guimont, helped build the church despite having severe scoliosis and needing the aid of a crutch. When the church was complete, he was able to walk independently. Many subsequent visitors who have prayed at the church have left their canes, crutches and walking aids behind as testament to their healing. The main wall at the entry into the basilica is completely covered with crutches. In addition to the basilica, the town contains numerous religious edifices, the chief being the ''Scala Santa'', built in imitation of the Holy Stairs in

. The town is home of the

Cyclorama of Jerusalem The Cyclorama of Jerusalem is located in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, near the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. It is a cyclorama, a circular painting, of the Crucifixion of Jesus, showing what the city of Jerusalem might have looked like a ...

, a circular painting depicting the city of Jerusalem at the time of the death of Jesus.

Canyon Sainte-Anne Open from May to October, Canyon Sainte-Anne is a spectacular, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River, 6 km east of Beaupré, Quebec, Canada. The river drops over a waterfall within the canyon. Site and Visitors ...

, lying 6 km east of the town, is a steep walled gorge. A waterfall lies within the canyon. The canyon is accessible to visitors via footpaths and foot bridges. File:Ste Anne de Beaupré, Québec.jpg, Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré File:Scala Santa, Sainte-Anne, Québec.jpg, Scala Santa File:Canyon Sainte-Anne, la chute.jpeg, Sainte-Anne Falls in Canyon Sainte-Anne File:Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré - QC - Cyclorama de Jerusalem.jpg, Cyclorama of Jerusalem

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