| Rivière-Saint-Jean | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Côte-Nord Region Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 50.3°N -84°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Côte-Nord |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Minganie |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1966 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Josée Brunet |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Manicouagan |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Duplessis |
| Area Total Km2: | 743.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 513.36 |
| Population Total: | 227 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 5.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 169 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0G 2N0 |
| Area Code: | 418 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Rivière-Saint-Jean is a municipality and village in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
In addition to the village of Rivière-Saint-Jean, the municipality also includes the community of Magpie ()[1] which is located near the mouth of the Magpie River.
In 1876, the Saint Jean mission was established, located at the mouth of the Saint-Jean River after which the mission was named. The name "St. Jean" already appeared on a Franquelin map from 1684. Its post office opened in 1877.
In 1966, the Municipality of Saint-Jean was formed.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rivière-Saint-Jean, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 210 | 12.5% | 97.7% | 5 | n/a% | 2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 240 | 4.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 250 | 10.7% | 96.2% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 | n/a% | 3.9% | ||||||||
| 280 | 11.1% | 94.9% | 15 | n/a% | 5.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 315 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | ||||||||