Saint-Joachim () is a
parish municipality in
Quebec
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, Canada. It is part of the
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 withi ...
in the
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...
region. Located at the foot of Cape Tourmente, it is home to the
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
The Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area (NWA) located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Capitale-Nationale, National Provincial Capital Region of Quebec, Canada, established on 28 April 1978. It i ...
and
Canyon Sainte-Anne.
History
The area, originally named after Cape Tourmente, was one of the first places in
New France
New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Br ...
to be colonized. In 1628, it was destroyed by the
Kirke Brothers but it became an agricultural centre again after 1668 when
François de Laval
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (; 30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of New France from 1658 to 1674 and as Bishop of Quebec from its creat ...
bought land around the cape to establish farms to feed his
Seminary of Quebec. A few years later, the Saint-Joachim Parish was founded, and the place became known by the parish name.
In 1845, the parish municipality was formed, but abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855.
In 1916, Saint-Joachim lost large portions of its territory when the Parish Municipality of
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente () is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Its population in the 2021 Canadian census was 0. It is a relic of the seigneurial system of New France.
Geography
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourment ...
was created to separate the lands and buildings belonging to the seminary from Saint-Joachim. However, except for a small enclave, these lands have returned to Saint-Joachim over time.
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
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, Saint-Joachim 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.
Mother tongue (2021):
* English as first language: 0.4%
* French as first language: 98.6%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.7%
Image gallery
Image:Église St Joachim.JPG, Saint-Joachim church, built between 1777 and 1779
Image:Paysage 08 - Cap tourmente - années 1980.jpg, View from Cape Tourmente over Saint-Joachim's countryside
Image:Paysage 05 - Cap tourmente - octobre 2005.jpg, Scenery at Cap Tourmente Wildlife Area with Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of above sea level with a vertical ...
in the background
See also
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List of parish municipalities in Quebec
This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
The ''Commission de topony ...
References
External links
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Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale