Bonaventure Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bonaventure is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its seat is New Carlisle.[2]
Bonaventure | |
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| Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Effective | April 8, 1981 |
| County seat | New Carlisle |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Éric Dubé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,423.664 km2 (1,707.986 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,379.46 km2 (1,690.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 17,557 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016-21) |  0.6% |
| • Dwellings | 8,831 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | mrcbonaventure |
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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- Unorganized Territory (1)
Population
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 17,557 (-0.6% from 2016) | 17,660 (-1.9% from 2011) | 18,000 (+0.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 4,379.46 km2 (1,690.92 sq mi) | 4,379.40 km2 (1,690.90 sq mi) | 4,375.27 km2 (1,689.30 sq mi) |
| Population density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Median age | 53.6 (M: 52.4, F: 54.4) | 52.3 (M: 51.5, F: 52.9) | 50.1 (M: 49.4, F: 50.7) |
| Private dwellings | 8,831 (total) 8,194 (occupied) | 8,744 (total) | 8,525 (total) |
| Median household income | $62,400 | $53,346 | $47,827 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][11] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
17,445 |
14,700 | 1.4% |
84.3% | 2,515 | 4.9% |
14.4% | 160 |  10.3% |
0.82% | 70 | 40.0% |
0.4% | |||||
2011 |
17,755 |
14,915 | 1.7% |
84.00% | 2,645 | 5.4% |
14.90% | 145 | 107.1% |
0.82% | 50 | 75.0% |
0.28% | |||||
2006 |
17,730 |
14,665 | 3.3% |
82.71% | 2,795 | 10.7% |
15.76% | 70 | 74.1% |
0.40% | 200 | 566.7% |
1.13% | |||||
2001 |
17,995 |
15,170 | 7.9% |
84.30% | 2,525 | 10.5% |
14.03% | 270 | 157.1% |
1.50% | 30 | 100.0% |
0.17% | |||||
1996 |
19,410 |
16,470 | n/a | 84.85% | 2,820 | n/a | 14.53% | 105 | n/a | 0.54% | 15 | n/a | 0.08% | |||||
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[12]
- Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
- Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
- Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
- Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
- Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
- Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
- Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
- Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
- St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)
- Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
- MLPC Campaign Post
- Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
- Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
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