Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sainte-Françoise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t fʁɑ̃swaz]) is a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Françoise | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within Les Basques RCM | |
  Sainte-Françoise Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.1°N 69.07°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | December 6, 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Simon Lavoie |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata |
| Area | |
• Total | 89.40 km2 (34.52 sq mi) |
| • Land | 88.83 km2 (34.30 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 383 |
| • Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.8% |
| • Dwellings | 209 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-293  R-296 |
| Website | sainte-francoise |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 659 | — |
| 1891 | 704 | +6.8% |
| 1901 | 708 | +0.6% |
| 1911 | 890 | +25.7% |
| 1921 | 1,060 | +19.1% |
| 1931 | 1,074 | +1.3% |
| 1941 | 1,136 | +5.8% |
| 1951 | 1,176 | +3.5% |
| 1956 | 1,236 | +5.1% |
| 1961 | 1,073 | −13.2% |
| 1966 | 934 | −13.0% |
| 1971 | 763 | −18.3% |
| 1976 | 647 | −15.2% |
| 1981 | 601 | −7.1% |
| 1986 | 570 | −5.2% |
| 1991 | 506 | −11.2% |
| 1996 | 467 | −7.7% |
| 2001 | 453 | −3.0% |
| 2006 | 431 | −4.9% |
| 2011 | 399 | −7.4% |
| 2016 | 386 | −3.3% |
| 2021 | 383 | −0.8% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Françoise had a population of 383 living in 192 of its 209 total private dwellings, a change of −0.8% from its 2016 population of 386. With a land area of 88.83 km2 (34.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.3/km2 (11.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Canada census – Sainte-Françoise community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 383 (-0.8% from 2016) | 386 (-3.3% from 2011) | 399 (-7.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 88.83 km2 (34.30 sq mi) | 88.88 km2 (34.32 sq mi) | 88.07 km2 (34.00 sq mi) |
| Population density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56 (M: 55.6, F: 56) | 54.4 (M: 55.4, F: 53.4) | 52.6 (M: 53.5, F: 51.6) |
| Private dwellings | 209 (total) | 213 (total) | 229 (total) |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $43,328 | $40,716 |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
385 |
380 | 1.3% |
98.7% | 5 |  0.0% |
1.3% | 5 |  n/a% |
1.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2016 |
385 |
385 | 2.5% |
100.0% | 5 | 0.0% |
1.3% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2011 |
405 |
395 | 3.7% |
97.5% | 5 | n/a% |
1.2% | 5 | n/a% |
1.2% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2006 |
420 |
410 | 8.9% |
97.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 10 | n/a% |
2.4% | |||||
2001 |
450 |
450 | 3.2% |
100.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
1996 |
465 |
465 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
