Lac-Saint-Joseph
City in Quebec, Canada
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Lac-Saint-Joseph (French pronunciation: [lak sɛ̃ ʒozɛf]) is a town in Quebec, Canada, located on the namesake Saint-Joseph Lake.
Lac-Saint-Joseph | |
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| Motto: Environnement Protégerai | |
 Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM | |
Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′N 71°39′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Jacques-Cartier |
| Constituted | June 10, 1936 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvan Côté |
| • Fed. riding | Saint-Augustin—Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.28 km2 (16.32 sq mi) |
| • Land | 33.65 km2 (12.99 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 304 |
| • Density | 9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  16.9% |
| • Dwellings | 334 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418, 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | villelacstjoseph |
History
Saint-Joseph Lake was already shown and named on Champlain's map of 1632 and Sanson's map of 1656.[1]
Initially a summer resort for residents from Quebec City, its post office opened in 1906 under the name Lake St. Joseph Hotel, renamed to Lac-Saint-Joseph in 1927. Real development of the town began when industrialist Thomas Maher obtained a land concession for logging and built a sawmill. Maher, one of the first residents, sold all the waterfront lots in the 1940s.[1]
In 1936, the City of Lac-Saint-Joseph was created out of territory ceded by the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Catherine.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Saint-Joseph had a population of 304 living in 167 of its 334 total private dwellings, a change of 16.9% from its 2016 population of 260. With a land area of 33.65 km2 (12.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.0/km2 (23.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Government
List of mayors
- J. Gérald Coote, 1936
- J. A. Saucier, 1936-1952
- Henri Giguère, 1952-1961
- Guy Desrivières, 1961-1967
- Fernand Grenier, 1967-1974
- J.-Arthur Bédard, 1974-1982
- Raymond Blouin, 1982-1990 and 1994-2005
- Robert Simard, 1990-1994
- O'Donnell Bédard, 2005-
- Michel Croteau, –2021
- Yvan Côté, 2021–present
Political representation
Provincially it is part of the riding of La Peltrie. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Éric Caire, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Lac-Saint-Joseph in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Federally, Lac-Saint-Joseph is part of the federal riding of Saint-Augustin—Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Joël Godin of the Conservative Party was re-elected to represent the population Lac-Saint-Joseph in the House of Commons of Canada.
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
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| 2021 | 22% | 31 | 53% | 74 | 21% | 30 | 1% | 2 | 0% | 0 | |
| 2019 | 25% | 29 | 36% | 42 | 30% | 35 | 3% | 4 | 2% | 3 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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| 2018 | 40% | 67 | 45% | 76 | 8% | 13 | 5% | 9 | |
| 2014 | 39% | 40 | 47% | 49 | 1% | 1 | 13% | 13 | |
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