Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues | |
Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in province of Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 47.0667°N -103°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Montmagny |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1860 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Frédéric Poulin |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Côte-du-Sud |
Area Total Km2: | 24.10 |
Area Land Km2: | 23.97 |
Population Total: | 122 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 15.3% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 102 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Timezone1: | EST |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0R 1P0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 23.97km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[2]
On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.