Baie-Saint-Paul (
2011 Population 7,332;
UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of
Quebec
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, Canada, on the northern shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
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. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.
Subdivisions
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Baie-Saint-Paul
;Municipalities (3)
* ...
. The city is situated at the mouth of the
Gouffre River. It is known for its art galleries, shops and restaurants.
The place gained some prominence in the 1770s when Doctor
Philippe-Louis-François Badelard named a disease he was researching the "Baie-Saint-Paul maladie". This illness was the subject of one of the first medical publications done in
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec ...
. It is also where
Cirque du Soleil
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originated back in the early 1980s and the location of the first show using the name Cirque du Soleil during "
La Fete Foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul" in 1984.
A visitor in the early 1800s noticed mineral springs and mineral resources in the area.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Baie-Saint-Paul 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: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
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* Population in 2021: 7,371 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3.1%)
* Population in 2016: 7,146 (2011 to 2016 population change: -2.5%)
* Population in 2011: 7,332 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.6%)
* Population in 2006: 7,288 (2001 to 2006 population change: 0.6%)
* Population in 2001: 7,290 (1996 to 2001 population change: -2.2%)
* Population in 1996: 7,379 (1991 to 1996 population change: 0.7%)
** Baie-Saint-Paul (''ville''): 3,569
** Baie-Saint-Paul (parish): 2,412
** Rivière-du-Gouffre (municipality): 1,398
* Population in 1991: 7,321
** Baie-Saint-Paul (''ville''): 3,733
** Baie-Saint-Paul (parish): 2,297
** Rivière-du-Gouffre (municipality): 1,305
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0.2%
* French as first language: 98.7%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 1.1%
Street views of Baie-Saint-Paul
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Climate
Baie-Saint Paul has a
humid continental climate
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with vast seasonal differences. Summers are mild and moderated by its proximity to the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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. In winter, interior Canada influences the climate with frequent cold waves.
See also
*
1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake
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*
Charlevoix tourist train
References
External links
Ville de Baie-Saint-PaulVivre Baie-Saint-Paul!Baie-Saint-Paul @ Google Maps
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