Saint-Boniface, Quebec
Saint-Boniface | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Nickname: Saint-Bo
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| Motto(s):
Omnia ad bonum, nihil ad malum
("Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil") | |
 Location within Maskinongé RCM.
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  Saint-Boniface Location in central Quebec.
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| Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°49′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Maskinongé |
| Constituted | January 1, 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre Desaulniers |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| • Prov. riding | Saint-Maurice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 112.00 km2 (43.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 107.42 km2 (41.48 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)
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| • Total | 5,156 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |
 6.7% |
| • Dwellings | 2,205 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
Highways  A-55
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 R-153  R-350
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| Website | www.municipalite saint-boniface.ca |
Saint-Boniface is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.
Demographics
Population trend:
- Population in 2021: 5156 (2016 to 2021 population change: 6.7%)
- Population in 2016: 4832
- Population in 2011: 4511
- Population in 2006: 4180
- Population in 2001: 3998
- Population in 1996: 3998
- Population in 1991: 3813
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2098 (total dwellings: 2205)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 1%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.2%
