Trois-Pistoles
City in Quebec, Canada
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Trois-Pistoles (French pronunciation: [tʁwa pistɔl]) is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Trois-Pistoles | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Les Basques RCM | |
  Trois-Pistoles Location in eastern Quebec  Trois-Pistoles Trois-Pistoles (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 48°07′12″N 069°10′48″W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | 9 March 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maurice Vaney |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 3,115 | |
| • Density | 408.1/km2 (1,057/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,031 |
| • Urban density | 746.5/km2 (1,933/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  4.0% |
| • Dwellings | 1,727 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132 R-293 |
| Website | www |
A ferry crosses the river to Les Escoumins on the north shore. The port facilities are also used by fishing boats and scuba divers.
The town is the site of the University of Western Ontario's annual French immersion program, which has existed since 1932. It is the oldest such program in Canada.
Just offshore of the town lies Île aux Basques, an island that was used by Basque whalers in the 16th century. The island, part of the surrounding Municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, is a National Historic Site of Canada and is now a migratory bird sanctuary.[4]
The town hosted the Festival Échofête de Trois-Pistoles, an environmentalism-themed music festival and fair each July from 2002 to 2014. At the time it was Quebec's largest environmental festival.[5][6]
The town can be reached by Via Rail on the named train The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax.
The town is said to have been named for a silver goblet worth three pistoles, an old French coin equivalent to the Spanish Doubloon, that was lost in the river in the 17th century.[1]
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Trois-Pistoles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12 (54) |
11 (52) |
17.8 (64.0) |
27 (81) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32 (90) |
35 (95) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31 (88) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21 (70) |
15 (59) |
35 (95) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8 (18) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23 (73) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16 (61) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12 (10) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15 (59) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.4 (−29.9) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−18 (0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
0 (32) |
3.3 (37.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−18 (0) |
−28.5 (−19.3) |
−34.4 (−29.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 83.9 (3.30) |
67.8 (2.67) |
77.3 (3.04) |
73.9 (2.91) |
88.3 (3.48) |
84.2 (3.31) |
93.3 (3.67) |
87.6 (3.45) |
90.5 (3.56) |
92.5 (3.64) |
78.3 (3.08) |
87.6 (3.45) |
1,005.3 (39.58) |
| Source: Environment Canada[7] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1,454 | — |
| 1931 | 1,837 | +26.3% |
| 1941 | 2,176 | +18.5% |
| 1951 | 3,537 | +62.5% |
| 1956 | 4,039 | +14.2% |
| 1961 | 4,349 | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 4,710 | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 4,678 | −0.7% |
| 1976 | 4,554 | −2.7% |
| 1981 | 4,445 | −2.4% |
| 1986 | 4,290 | −3.5% |
| 1991 | 3,886 | −9.4% |
| 1996 | 3,807 | −2.0% |
| 2001 | 3,635 | −4.5% |
| 2006 | 3,500 | −3.7% |
| 2011 | 3,253 | −7.1% |
| 2016 | 3,246 | −0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,115 | −4.0% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trois-Pistoles had a population of 3,115 living in 1,562 of its 1,727 total private dwellings, a change of −4% from its 2016 population of 3,246. With a land area of 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 408.3/km2 (1,057.4/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,115 (-4.0% from 2016) | 3,246 (-6.1% from 2011) | 3,456 (-1.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi) | 7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi) | 7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi) |
| Population density | 408.1/km2 (1,057/sq mi) | 425.1/km2 (1,101/sq mi) | 450.9/km2 (1,168/sq mi) |
| Median age | 59.6 (M: 57.6, F: 61.6) | 58.0 (M: 55.9, F: 60.0) | 55.2 (M: 53.0, F: 56.7) |
| Private dwellings | 1,727 (total) | 1,770 (total) | 1,757 (total) |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $40,448 | $38,395 |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue – Trois-Pistoles, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
2,995 |
2,950 | 6.5% |
98.5% | 15 |  0.0% |
0.5% | 10 |  n/a% |
0.3% | 20 | n/a% |
0.7% | |||||
2016 |
3,175 |
3,155 | 6.5% |
99.4% | 15 | 0.0% |
0.5% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2011 |
3,395 |
3,375 | 5.3% |
99.4% | 15 | n/a% |
0.4% | 5 | n/a% |
0.2% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | |||||
2006 |
3,250 |
3,195 | 6.2% |
98.3% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | 55 | n/a% |
1.7% | |||||
2001 |
3,430 |
3,405 | 3.7% |
99.3% | 25 | 28.6% |
0.7% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.0% | |||||
1996 |
3,580 |
3,535 | n/a | 98.7% | 35 | n/a | 1.0% | 10 | n/a | 0.3% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
Media
- FM 93.9 – CIEL-FM-4, adult contemporary
- FM 104.9 – CIBM-FM-2, hot adult contemporary
See also
- List of cities in Quebec
- Trois Pistoles station
- Trois-Pistoles, a Belgian-style beer from Unibroue, a Quebec brewery now owned by Sapporo Brewery.
