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Lac-Beauport
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lac-Beauport |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Boulevard du Lac 2023-05.jpg |
| image_caption | boulevard du Lac |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 100x80px |
| image_map | Lac-Beauport Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Central Quebec |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in central Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Capitale-Nationale |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | La Jacques-Cartier |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1820 |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | July 1, 1855 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Lucie Laroche |
| leader_title1 | Fed. riding |
| leader_name1 | Montmorency—Charlevoix |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Chauveau |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 64.18 |
| area_land_km2 | 61.73 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 8164 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 132.2 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop (2016-21) |
| population_blank1 | 4.7% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 3201 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | G3B 0A1 |
| area_codes | 418, 581 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | No major routes |
| website |
Lac-Beauport () is a town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Beauport. It has a population of about 8,200 people, and lies about 25 km north from downtown Quebec City.
Lac-Beauport is the home of Le Relais ski centre.
Geography
The municipality of Lac-Beauport surrounds the homonymous lake. It is bounded to the south by Quebec City, to the north and west by the united townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and to the east by the municipality of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. Located in the Laurentians massif, the municipality occupies the basin centered on the lake as well as the surrounding hills and mountains.
History
Around 1820, a small cluster of homes was built on the present site of the municipality, named Waterloo Settlement by the English immigrants after the Anglo-Prussian victory at Waterloo. In 1845, the Municipality of St-Dunstan was formed, named after the local parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport. It was abolished in 1847, but reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport in 1855. In common use, it was only known as Lac-Beauport, prompting the town council to officially change the name in 1989.
Demographics
Population
| 1871 |354 | 1881 |286 | 1891 |216 | 1901 |228 | 1911 |225 | 1921 |169 | 1931 |173 | 1941 |239 | 1951 |542 | 1956 |542 | 1961 |606 | 1966 |860 | 1971 |1280 | 1977 |2072 | 1981 |3285 | 1986 |3713 | 1991 |4462 | 1996 |5008 | 2001 |5519 | 2006 |6081 | 2011 |7281 | 2016 |7801 | 2021 |8164
Language
Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 2.3%
- French as first language: 95.5%
- English and French as first languages: 1%
- Other as first language: 1%
Famous people
- Philippe Belanger, Freetyle skiing pioneer
- Philippe Larose, Freestyle skiing pioneer
- Philippe Dion, Freestyle skiing pioneer
- Philippe Laroche, Acrobatic Skier
- Caroline Brunet, Kayakist
- Jean Soulard, Chef
- Maxime Morneau-Ricard, Diving
- Patrick Roy, Goalie
- Philippe Dussault, Kayakist
- Philippe Warren, Skier
- Manon Rheaume, first woman to play in the NHL
- Francois Delisle, Canoe & Kayak coach
- Maxime Boilard, Canoer --
References
References
- {{mamrot. {{#property:P3856
- (2021)
- "Lac-Beauport (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]] census
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