Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage explained

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Settlement Type:Parish municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Eastern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in eastern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bas-Saint-Laurent
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:La Mitis
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:September 29, 1873
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Réginald Morissette
Leader Title1:
Leader Name1:Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Matane-Matapédia
Area Total Km2:32.00
Area Land Km2:30.98
Population Total:590
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:19
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 12.8%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:260
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G5H 3N8
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east.

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.[1]

The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 30.98km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Population trend:[3]

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223

Languages:

See also

Notes and References

  1. [:fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage]
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census