| Pont-Rouge | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.75°N -113°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Portneuf |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 3, 1996 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mario Dupont |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Portneuf |
| Area Total Km2: | 123.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 121.12 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 10121 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 83.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 9.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 4344 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G3H |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Pont-Rouge is a Canadian city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec, Canada. In the Canada 2021 Census the population was 10,121 inhabitants.[2]
The first efforts to colonise the area came around 1769.
On April 15, 1867, the archbishop of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon, founded the parishof Sainte-Jeanne-de-Neuville from portions of Cap-Santé, Saint-Basile, and Neuville. After the separation of the parish in two in 1911 (the village of Pont-Rouge and the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge), the new City of Pont-Rouge was established when these two municipalities merged on January 3, 1996.
Transportation had considerable influence on the development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served the construction of a second bridge le pont Rouge, which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pont-Rouge had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 121.12km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
Population trend:[4]
Mother tongue:
| Period | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ghislain Langlais | ||
| 2005 | 2013 | Claude Bégin | |
| 1996 | 2005 | Paul-Eugène Parent | |
| 1973 | 1996 | Marcel Bédard | |
| 1967 | 1973 | Albert Picher | |
| 1965 | 1967 | Louis Piché | |
| 1964 | 1965 | Léopold Bussières | |
| 1961 | 1964 | Clément Vaugeois | |
| 1941 | 1961 | Joseph-Alfred Leclerc | |
| 1929 | 1941 | Edward Hamel | |
| 1925 | 1929 | Joseph Arthus Bussières | |
| 1921 | 1925 | Edward Hamel | |
| 1919 | 1921 | Arthur Galarneau | |
| 1917 | 1919 | Thomas Savary | |
| 1916 | 1917 | Louis-Georges Bussières | |
| 1915 | 1916 | Napoleon Larue | |
| 1911 | 1915 | Arthur Galarneau | |