| Baie-Saint-Paul | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 47.45°N -100°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 3, 1996 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michaël Pilote |
| Leader Name2: | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 563.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 546.48 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 5.99 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 7146 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 13.1 |
| Population Urban: | 4535 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | 760.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011–2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 3231 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G3Z |
| Area Codes: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Baie-Saint-Paul (2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. 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. It is also where Cirque du Soleil 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.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population 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 545.85km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
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Baie-Saint Paul has a humid continental climate with vast seasonal differences. Summers are mild and moderated by its proximity to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. In winter, interior Canada influences the climate with frequent cold waves.