Pont-Rouge Explained

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
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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]

History

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.

Demographics

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]

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Administration

List of successive mayors
PeriodName
2013 Ghislain Langlais
2005 2013Claude 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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Community profiles - Pont-Rouge. 2022-03-25 . Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census subdivision of Pont-Rouge, V (Quebec) - Census Subdivisions - Focus on Geography Series - Census 2021. 2012-02-08.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census