- Source: Saint-Antonin, Quebec
Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.
Demographics
Population trend:
Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
Population in 2016: 4,049
Population in 2011: 4,027
Population in 2006: 3,780
Population in 2001: 3,395
Population in 1996: 3,368
Population in 1991: 3,268
Population in 1986: 3,160
Population in 1981: 3,075
Population in 1976: 2,586
Population in 1971: 2,243
Population in 1966: 2,132
Population in 1961: 1,983
Population in 1956: 1,834
Population in 1951: 1,632
Population in 1941: 1,530
Population in 1931: 1,409
Population in 1921: 1,222
Population in 1911: 1,271
Population in 1901: 1,186
Population in 1891: 1,079
Population in 1881: 1,234
Population in 1871: 1,185
Population in 1861: 891
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)
Mother tongue:
English as first language: 0.3%
French as first language: 99.1%
English and French as first language: 0.3%
Other as first language: 0.2%
Education
Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:
École Lanouette
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:
Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer
References
Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
Commission de toponymie du Québec
Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
External links
Media related to Saint-Antonin, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons