Girardville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the regional county municipality of Maria-Chapdelaine. The municipality had a population of 1,018 in the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality is named in honour of Joseph Girard, former federal deputy for Lac-St-Jean County.[citation needed]

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2021: 1018 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3%)
  • Population in 2016: 988
  • Population in 2011: 1100
  • Population in 2006: 1186
  • Population in 2001: 1285
  • Population in 1996: 1350
  • Population in 1991: 1391

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 470 (total dwellings: 511)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0.5%
  • French as first language: 99%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0.5%

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 25496". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Girardville Archived 2015-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Girardville census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  5. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2492055&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=Girardville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=1 Canada 2016 Census Community Profiles: Girardville]. Statistics Canada.

External links

Media related to Girardville, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons