Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues explained

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.

Demographics

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]

Transportation

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.

Education

Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[2]

2010 plane crash

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  2. News: Small plane crashes into Quebec island, 3 dead . Marianne . White . https://web.archive.org/web/20100523090410/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Small+plane+crashes+into+Quebec+island+dead/3048536/story.html . dead . May 23, 2010 . Canwest News Service . The Gazette . Montreal . May 19, 2010 . May 19, 2010.