Saint-Godefroi | |
Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
Pushpin Label: | St-Godefroi |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.0833°N -72°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | December 16, 1913 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gérard Litalien |
Area Total Km2: | 64.07 |
Area Land Km2: | 63.57 |
Population Total: | 350 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 7.9% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 200 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Godefroi (formerly spelled as Saint-Godefroy) is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Bonaventure Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 350 in the 2021 Canadian census.
It is situated on the north shore of Chaleur Bay along Quebec Route 132. In addition to Saint-Godefroi itself, the township also includes the community of Kelly .[1]
Settlement began in the mid-19th century, and in 1873 the Parish of Saint-Godefroi was founded, named in honour of Charles-Godefroi Fournier (1829-1902), priest and founder of the parish. In 1889, its post office opened under the name of Saint-Godfroy.
On December 16, 1913, the Township Municipality of Saint-Godefroy was created when the Township Municipality of Hope was divided in two. In 1924, Saint-Godefroy lost more than half its area when the Municipality of Shigawake was formed. In 1940, the spelling of the post office name was adjusted to Saint-Godefroi, while the township's name was not corrected until much later (the 1981 census was the last census to use the spelling "Saint-Godefroy*).
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Godefroi had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 63.57km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
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