Saint-Pascal 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.
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 2021.1
Government
- Mayor: Solange Morneau
- Councillors: Isabelle Chouinard, Josée Chouinard, François Gagné‑Bérubé, Céline Langlais, Francis Ouellet, Rémi Pelletier
Notable people
- Annie St-Pierre, film director and producer2
See also
External links
- Media related to Saint-Pascal at Wikimedia Commons
References
"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 ↩
Genest, Catherine (2022-01-09). "Du Kamouraska vers les Oscars". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-12-03. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/01/09/du-kamouraska-vers-les-oscars ↩