Saint-Pascal

Saint-Pascal
City
Location within Kamouraska RCM
Location within Kamouraska RCM
Saint-Pascal is located in Eastern Quebec
Saint-Pascal
Saint-Pascal
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°48′W / 47.533°N 69.800°W / 47.533; -69.800
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMKamouraska
ConstitutedMarch 1, 2000
Government
 • MayorSolange Morneau
 • Federal ridingCôte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
 • Prov. ridingCôte-du-Sud
Area
 • City
60.20 km2 (23.24 sq mi)
 • Land59.68 km2 (23.04 sq mi)
 • Urban
3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • City
3,530
 • Density59.1/km2 (153/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,534
 • Urban density756/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 1.8%
 • Dwellings
1,635
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0L 3Y0
Area codes418 and 581
Highways
A-20 (TCH)
R-230
Websitewww.villesaintpascal.com

Saint-Pascal (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ paskal]) is a city in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It has a population of 3,530. It is the second biggest city in the RCM, after La Pocatière. The city is crossed by the Kamouraska River. It's also the county seat of the Kamouraska RCM.

Saint-Pascal was named in honour of Paschal Taché, seigneur of Kamouraska. The original spelling of the municipality, based on the Latin Paschalis, was given in honour of Étienne-Paschal Taché, a notary and militia lieutenant-colonel. In November 1813, he became co-seigneur of Kamouraska with his father, Paschal-Jacques. On his father's death, he assumed sole ownership of the seigneury.

History

The original municipality of Saint-Paschal-de-Kamouraska was officially established in 1855 as a parish municipality but it was in 1939 that the city of Saint-Pascal (then a village) was create as it separated from the more rural Saint-Paschal-de-Kamouraska. In 1957, the municipality of Saint-Paschal-de-Kamouraska changed it's name to Saint-Pascal also. In 1966, the village of Saint-Pascal became the city of Saint-Pascal. In 2000, the municipality of Saint-Pascal was finally annexed by the city of Saint-Pascal.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pascal had a population of 3,530 living in 1,559 of its 1,635 total private dwellings, a change of 1.8% from its 2016 population of 3,468. With a land area of 59.68 km2 (23.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.1/km2 (153.2/sq mi) in 2021.

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References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 57369". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14018". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Pascal, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. ↑ Genest, Catherine (2022-01-09). "Du Kamouraska vers les Oscars". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  6. ↑ Garrioch, Bruce (2026-09-21). "Jacques Martin calling it a career". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2026-09-22.