Saint-Honoré () is a city 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. It is the seat of
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and its most populous municipality.
Economy
The economy of Saint-Honoré is mainly based on agriculture and mining.
Niobec is one of the mines located in Saint-Honoré, it is also the only active
niobium mine in
North America.
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-Honoré 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.
Education
Saint-Honoré has two primary schools (Jean Fortin primary school and La Source school) and a Cégep de Chicoutimi campus run by the CQFA, dedicated to teaching aviation. Due to the growing number of families in Saint-Honoré, the provincial government invested $7.1 million to expand the Jean Fortin school.
The town also has a municipal library open part-time.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
{{Quebec-geo-stub