Alma, Quebec

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Alma
Town
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Seal
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Coat of arms
Motto: 
Crescit eundo
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Alma
Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates: 48°33′N71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W / 48.550; -71.650 [1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Amalgamation1962 (of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.)
ConstitutedFebruary 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle)
Government
[2]
 • MayorSylvie Beaumont
 •  Federal riding Lac-Saint-Jean
 •  Prov. riding Lac-Saint-Jean
Area
[2] [3]
 •  Town 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi)
 • Land194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi)
 • Urban
[4]
15.94 km2 (6.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 •  Town 30,331
 • Density155.6/km2 (403/sq mi)
 •  Urban
[4]
20,274
 • Urban density1,272.2/km2 (3,295/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease2.svg 1.4%
 • Dwellings
14,493
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G8B, G8C & G8E
Area codes 418 and 581
HighwaysQc169.svg R-169
Qc170.svg R-170
Qc172.svg R-172
Telephone Exchanges 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769
NTS Map 22D12 Alma
GNBC CodeEFHQD [5]
Website www.ville.alma.qc.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; UA Population 20,274) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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History

The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.

In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle. Both modern day Alma and St-Joseph d'Alma are named after the Battle of the Alma.

Geography

Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second largest city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.

Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma. [6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alma had a population of 30,331 living in 13,815 of its 14,493 total private dwellings, a change of

Population trend: [8]

Mother tongue: [9]

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2021 Census)
Population groupPopulation % of total population
White 28,015
Visible minority group
Source: [10] 		South Asian 0
Chinese 55
Black 185
Filipino 15
Arab 35
Latin American 30
Southeast Asian 35
West Asian 0
Korean 0
Japanese 0
Visible minority, n.i.e.0
Multiple visible minority10
Total visible minority population375
Aboriginal group
Source: [11] 		First Nations 350
Métis 500
Inuk 10
Aboriginal, n.i.e.65
Multiple Aboriginal identity10
Total Aboriginal population935
Total population29,325100%

Infrastructure

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Petite-Décharge

Transportation

Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.

Sister cities

Alma has been twinned with Falaise, Calvados, France, since 1969. [12]

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 1013". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "Alma census profile". 2021 Census data . Statistics Canada. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  4. 1 2 "Alma (Population centre) community profile". 2021 Census data . Statistics Canada. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  5. ↑ "Alma". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  6. ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  8. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  9. ↑ "Alma community profile". 2021 Census data . Statistics Canada. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  10. ↑ , Community Profiles from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
  11. ↑ , Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
  12. ↑ FLURY, Jérôme (September 5, 2019). "Falaise. Les anecdotes étonnantes des villes jumelles européennes". Ouest-France.fr.
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