Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac

Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
Parish municipality
Mauricie National Park
Location within Mékinac RCM.
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°46′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
RCM	Mékinac
Constituted	November 2, 1905
Government [2]
• Mayor	Rita Dufresne
• Federal riding	Saint-Maurice—Champlain
• Prov. riding	Laviolette
Area [2][3]
• Total	155.50 km^2 (60.04 sq mi)
• Land	144.52 km^2 (55.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	304
• Density	2.1/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.7%
• Dwellings	295
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0X 2E0
Area code	819
Highways	R-155 R-159
Website	www.stroch demekinac.com

Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁɔk də mekinak] ^ⓘ) is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec in Canada.

The Saint-Roch parish was named in honour of Roch of Montpellier. The term Mékinac is associated with several homonyms of place names in the sector: Mékinac River, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and Mékinac Lake.

Geography

Municipal territory covers both side of Saint-Maurice River, including a small portion of La Mauricie National Park. The village of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is located at the top of a hill on Eastern side of Saint-Maurice River.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of 304 living in 174 of its 295 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 144.52 km^2 (55.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km^2 (5.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend[5]

Year	Population	Variation (%)	Median age
2021	304	+0.7 %	57,6 years
2016	302	-31.1 %	55,4 years
2011	438	+35.2 %	55,6 years
2006	324	+5.9 %	50,8 years
2001	306	+2.7 %	47,3 years
1996	298	+2.1 %	-
1991	292	+33.3 %	-
1986	219	-29.6 %	-
1981	311	-6.9 %	-
1976	334	-4.6 %	-
1971	350	-12.5 %	-
1966	400	-3.1 %	-
1961	413	-6.3 %	-
1956	441	+22.5 %	-
1951	360	-16.5 %	-
1941	431	+35.1 %	-
1931	319	-3.0 %	-
1921	329	+4.1 %	-
1911	316	-	-

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.7%
• French as first language: 96.7%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.7%

See also

• Lake Roberge (Grandes-Piles)
• Matawin River

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57594". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. [hhttps://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052435045&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Saint-Roch-de-M%E9kinac "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Paroisse (Municipalité de), Quebec"]. 15 November 2023.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
5. Données extraites des différents recensements de Statistique Canada et Institut de la statistique du Québec Archived 2005-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac at Wikimedia Commons