Laurier-Station (French pronunciation: [loʁje stasjɔ̃]) is a village municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 2,570 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

It is named after its train station, Laurier, which is itself named in honour of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. It is also the town where the professional hockey player David Desharnais was born.

History

Laurier-Station was originally part of Saint-Flavien but split away in 1951 to become a municipality of its own. The railway station, built in 1880, launched the development of the region. In the 1950s, the advent of the Trans-Canada Highway and furniture manufacturing industries propelled the town's development.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier-Station had a population of 2,570 living in 1,126 of its 1,164 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 2,573. With a land area of 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 211.3/km2 (547.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 34717". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b c https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Laurier%2DStation&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433060&HEADERlist=0
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.


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