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Saint-Boniface is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...
in the
Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popul ...
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of the
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Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, 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 ...
in
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
. On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.


Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:
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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
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census
* Population in 2021: 5156 (2016 to 2021 population change: 6.7%) * Population in 2016: 4832 * Population in 2011: 4511 * Population in 2006: 4180 * Population in 2001: 3998 * Population in 1996: 3998 * Population in 1991: 3813 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2098 (total dwellings: 2205) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1% * French as first language: 98.8% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0.2%


References


External links


Official Website (French only)

Official Facebook page of the Municipal Library of Saint-Boniface (French only)


{{authority control Incorporated places in Mauricie Municipalities in Quebec