Saint-Basile, Quebec

Saint-Basile (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bazil]) is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Saint-Basile
City
Motto:  Crois en l'avenir ("Believe in the Future")
Location within Portneuf RCM
Saint-Basile Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°49′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	Portneuf
Constituted	March 1, 2000
Government [2]
• Mayor	Guillaume Vézina
• Federal riding	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
• Prov. riding	Portneuf
Area [2][3]
• Total	98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
• Land	98.20 km2 (37.92 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	2,463
• Density	25.1/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.8%
• Dwellings	1,179
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0A 3G0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-365
Website	saintbasile.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Basile had a population of 2,709 living in 1,262 of its 1,327 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 2,621. With a land area of 98.84 km² (38.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 27.4/km² (71.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend:^[5]

• Population in 2011: 2463 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
• Population in 2006: 2560
• Population in 2001: 2575
• Population in 1996:
  • Saint-Basile (parish): 840
  • Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1684
• Population in 1991:
  • Saint-Basile (parish): 823
  • Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1733

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 2.4%
• French as first language: 95.4%
• English and French as first language: 0.4%
• Other as first language: 1.8%

Québec Ciment in Saint-Basile