Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs

Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿alɛksɑ̃dʁ de lak]) is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
Parish municipality
Church of Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs in July 2019
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°28′N 67°18′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Matapédia
Settled	c. 1910
Constituted	January 1, 1965
Government [2]
• Mayor	Nelson Pilote
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [3]
• Total	90.80 km2 (35.06 sq mi)
• Land	89.82 km2 (34.68 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	298
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	11.2%
• Dwellings	143
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 2C0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.saintalexandre deslacs.com

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Quebec^[5]

Year	Pop.	±%
1966	520	—
1971	387	−25.6%
1976	301	−22.2%
1981	346	+15.0%
1986	363	+4.9%
1991	383	+5.5%
1996	350	−8.6%
2001	324	−7.4%
2006	275	−15.1%
2011	258	−6.2%
2016	268	+3.9%
2021	298	+11.2%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs had a population of 298 living in 129 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of 11.2% from its 2016 population of 268. With a land area of 89.82 km² (34.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km² (8.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

	2021	2016	2011
Population	298 (+11.2% from 2016)	327 (+26.7% from 2011)	258 (-6.2% from 2006)
Land area	89.82 km2 (34.68 sq mi)	90.07 km2 (34.78 sq mi)	89.77 km2 (34.66 sq mi)
Population density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)	3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi)	2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Median age	45.6 (M: 45.2, F: 48.0)	53.2 (M: 52.2, F: 54.0)	50.4 (M: 50.7, F: 50.0)
Private dwellings	143 (total)	172 (total)	142 (total)
Median household income	$61,600	$42,624	$.N/A

Canada census – Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs community profile

Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021^[7] 2016^[8] 2011^[9]

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Forest in Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec