Lac-Beauport, Quebec

Lac-Beauport
Municipality
Lake Beauport
Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM
Lac-Beauport Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°58′N71°18′W / 46.967°N 71.300°W / 46.967; -71.300 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	La Jacques-Cartier
Settled	1820
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Charles Brochu
•  Federal riding	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
•  Prov. riding	Chauveau
Area [2] [3]
• Total	64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi)
• Land	61.73 km2 (23.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	8,164
• Density	132.2/km2 (342/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.7%
• Dwellings	3,201
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G3B 0A1
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.lac-beauport.ca

Lac-Beauport is a town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Beauport. It has a population of about 8,200 people, and lies about 25 kilometres north from downtown Quebec City. Lac-Beauport is the home of Le Relais ski centre.

Geography

The municipality of Lac-Beauport surrounds the homonymous lake. It is bounded to the south by Quebec City, to the north and west by the united townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and to the east by the municipality of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. Located in the Laurentians massif, the municipality occupies the basin centered on the lake as well as the surrounding hills and mountains.

History

Around 1820, a small cluster of homes was built on the present site of the municipality, named Waterloo Settlement by the English immigrants after the Anglo-Prussian victory at Waterloo. In 1845, the Municipality of St-Dunstan was formed, named after the local parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport. It was abolished in 1847, but reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport in 1855. In common use, it was only known as Lac-Beauport, prompting the town council to officially change the name in 1989. ^[1]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Lac-Beauport, Quebec ^[4]

Year Pop. ±% 1871 354 —     1881 286 −19.2% 1891 216 −24.5% 1901 228 +5.6% 1911 225 −1.3% 1921 169 −24.9% 1931 173 +2.4% 1941 239 +38.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1951 542 +126.8% 1956 542 +0.0% 1961 606 +11.8% 1966 860 +41.9% 1971 1,280 +48.8% 1977 2,072 +61.9% 1981 3,285 +58.5% 1986 3,713 +13.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1991 4,462 +20.2% 1996 5,008 +12.2% 2001 5,519 +10.2% 2006 6,081 +10.2% 2011 7,281 +19.7% 2016 7,801 +7.1% 2021 8,164 +4.7%

Canada census – Lac-Beauport community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	8,164 (+4.7% from 2016)	7,801 (+6.5% from 2011)	7,281 (+19.7% from 2006)
Land area	61.73 km2 (23.83 sq mi)	61.79 km2 (23.86 sq mi)	61.27 km2 (23.66 sq mi)
Population density	132.2/km2 (342/sq mi)	126.2/km2 (327/sq mi)	118.8/km2 (308/sq mi)
Median age	42.4 (M: 43.2, F: 42.0)	41 (M: 41.7, F: 40.3)	38.6 (M: 39.3, F: 37.9)
Private dwellings	3,201 (total)  3,070 (occupied)	3,031 (total)	2,815 (total)
Median household income	$134,000	$116,832	$102,376

References: 2021 ^[5] 2016 ^[6] 2011 ^[7] earlier ^{[8] [9]}

Language

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 2.3%
• French as first language: 95.5%
• English and French as first language: 1%
• Other as first language: 1%

Lake Beauport

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Lac-Beauport (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-Beauport Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Lac-Beauport census profile
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
5. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.

External links

Media related to Lac-Beauport at Wikimedia Commons