Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf də ləpaʒ]) 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.[4]

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

History

The territory occupied by the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was first granted to Gabriel Thivierge and Louis Lepage and became known as the seigneury of Lepage-et-Thivierge. Later, this seigneury became the Seignory of Rimouski, which for a long time belonged to the Lepage family. The parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was canonically erected on 21 April 1873. The municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was officially created on 29 September 1873 by a detachment from Sainte-Flavie. The presbytery was built in 1873. The wooden church was built in 1875. The caisse populaire was founded on March 7, 1940.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of 590 living in 223 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 523. With a land area of 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km2 (49.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Historical census populations – Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
YearPop.±%
1881 556—    
1891 401−27.9%
1901 414+3.2%
1911 400−3.4%
1921 481+20.2%
1931 583+21.2%
1941 521−10.6%
1951 447−14.2%
1956 463+3.6%
1961 450−2.8%
1966 434−3.6%
YearPop.±%
1971 379−12.7%
1976 392+3.4%
1981 507+29.3%
1986 613+20.9%
1991 590−3.8%
1996 587−0.5%
2001 586−0.2%
2006 545−7.0%
2011 527−3.3%
2016 523−0.8%
2021 590+12.8%
Source: Statistics Canada[6]

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223

Languages:

  • French as first language: 98.3%
  • English as first language: 0.8%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56995". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census


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