Baie-Saint-Paul ( 2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...

, Canada, on the northern shore of the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of

Charlevoix Regional County Municipality Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul. Subdivisions There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Saint-Paul ;Municipalities (3) * L' ...

. The city is situated at the mouth of the Gouffre River. It is known for its art galleries, shops and restaurants. The place gained some prominence in the 1770s when Doctor

Philippe-Louis-François Badelard Philippe-Louis-François Badelard (25 May 1728 – 7 February 1802) was an army officer and surgeon from France. Biography He came to Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1757. He was the surgeon-major to the troops there and they left that year fo ...

named a disease he was researching the "Baie-Saint-Paul maladie". This illness was the subject of one of the first medical publications done in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec ...

. It is also where

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 ...

originated back in the early 1980s and the location of the first show using the name Cirque du Soleil during "

La Fete Foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

" in 1984. A visitor in the early 1800s noticed mineral springs and mineral resources in the area.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultu ...

, Baie-Saint-Paul had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada:

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

, 2016,

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* Population in 2021: 7,371 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3.1%) * Population in 2016: 7,146 (2011 to 2016 population change: -2.5%) * Population in 2011: 7,332 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.6%) * Population in 2006: 7,288 (2001 to 2006 population change: 0.6%) * Population in 2001: 7,290 (1996 to 2001 population change: -2.2%) * Population in 1996: 7,379 (1991 to 1996 population change: 0.7%) ** Baie-Saint-Paul (''ville''): 3,569 ** Baie-Saint-Paul (parish): 2,412 ** Rivière-du-Gouffre (municipality): 1,398 * Population in 1991: 7,321 ** Baie-Saint-Paul (''ville''): 3,733 ** Baie-Saint-Paul (parish): 2,297 ** Rivière-du-Gouffre (municipality): 1,305 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.2% * French as first language: 98.7% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 1.1%

Street views of Baie-Saint-Paul

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Climate

Baie-Saint Paul has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

with vast seasonal differences. Summers are mild and moderated by its proximity to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. In winter, interior Canada influences the climate with frequent cold waves.

References

External links

Ville de Baie-Saint-Paul

Vivre Baie-Saint-Paul!

Baie-Saint-Paul @ Google Maps

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec

Demographics

Street views of Baie-Saint-Paul

Climate

See also

References

External links