Saint-Ubalde () is a rural municipality in
Portneuf County in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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.
Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east.
Numerous
watercourses
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and lakes (Blanc, Sainte-Anne, Ricard, Thom) crisscross and dot is entire territory.
The inhabited section is located in the southeast.
Saint-Ubalde is centred on potato cultivation and outdoor recreation (canoeing, water skiing, fishing).
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History
Saint-Ubald (originally without an "e") was founded by people from
Neuville in 1860, and the Saint-Ubald Mission was established that same year. It was named after Ubald Gingras (1824-1874), first
sacristan
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In ancient times, many duties of the sacrist were performed by the doorkeepers ( ostiarii), and later by the treasurers and mansionarii. The Decretal ...
of the place but originally from
Pointe-aux-Trembles (Portneuf), and who was brother-in-law of
Charles-François Baillargeon, archbishop of Quebec. The mission became a parish in 1866 by separating from Saint-Casimir. In 1873, the civil parish was formed and incorporated as a parish municipality. A year later, its post office opened.
In 1920, the village centre separated from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Ubalde. But in 1973, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Ubalde.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
, 2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
census
* Population in 2011: 1403 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
* Population in 2006: 1458
* Population in 2001: 1460
* Population in 1996: 1540
* Population in 1991: 1552
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 646 (total dwellings: 1015)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 99.3%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.7%
Photos
File:Saint Ubalde 026.jpg, St-Paul & Commercial Street sign
File:Saint Ubalde 025.jpg, Heart of the municipality
File:Saint Ubalde 021.jpg, Typical street of rural village
File:Saint Ubalde 001.jpg, Rivière Blanche (Saint-Casimir) bridge sign P-17644,Weller River
The Weller River (Stream) is a tributary left bank of the Blanche River (Saint-Casimir), Blanche River (St-Casimir) whose confluence is found east of the municipality of Saint-Ubalde, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administra ...
(Stream), steel and wood bridge P-19613,
See also
*
Portneuf Regional Natural Park
References
External links
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale
Portneuf Regional County Municipality