Saint-Frédéric, Quebec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Frédéric (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fʁedeʁik]) is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,065 as of 2021. It is named after Reverend Frédéric Caron, first priest of Saint-Frédéric.
Saint-Frédéric | |
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 Location within Beauce-Centre RCM. | |
  Saint-Frédéric Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°58′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Centre |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Named after | Frederick of Utrecht[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Micheline Grenier |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 72.30 km2 (27.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 72.35 km2 (27.93 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,065 |
| • Density | 14.7/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  6.8% |
| • Dwellings | 443 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-112  R-276 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Frédéric had a population of 1,065 living in 422 of its 443 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 997. With a land area of 72.35 km2 (27.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.7/km2 (38.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 1,065 (2006 to 2011 population change: 6.8%)
- Population in 2016: 1,044
- Population in 2011: 1,085
- Population in 2006: 1,049
- Population in 2001: 1,087
- Population in 1996: 1,006
- Population in 1991: 1,008
- Population in 1986: 1,044
- Population in 1981: 1,023
- Population in 1976: 900
- Population in 1971: 940
- Population in 1966: 938
- Population in 1961: 1,056
- Population in 1956: 1,003
- Population in 1951: 1,032
- Population in 1941: 1,306
- Population in 1931: 1,113
- Population in 1921: 1,189
- Population in 1911: 1,710
- Population in 1901: 1,814
- Population in 1891: 1,814
- Population in 1881: 1,801
- Population in 1871: 1,765
- Population in 1861: 1,051
Notable people
- Louis-Albert Vachon, archbishop of Quebec