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L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur (French pronunciation: [lasɑ̃sjɔ̃ də nɔtʁ sɛɲœʁ]) is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, located within the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its name is French for "the Ascension of Our Lord".
The municipality had a population of 2,079 in the 2021 Canadian Census.
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History
The area opened for colonization in 1896, and the parish was formed on June 8, 1916. In 1919, the place was incorporated, taking the parish's name.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur had a population of 2,079 living in 855 of its 985 total private dwellings, a change of 4.6% from its 2016 population of 1,987. With a land area of 130.84 km2 (50.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.9/km2 (41.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 2,079 (2016 to 2021 population change: 4.6%)
- Population in 2016: 1,987
- Population in 2011: 1,983
- Population in 2006: 1,976
- Population in 2001: 1,933
- Population in 1996: 1,867
- Population in 1991: 1,823
- Population in 1986: 1,845
- Population in 1981: 1,701
- Population in 1976: 1,511
- Population in 1971: 1,474
- Population in 1966: 1,637
- Population in 1961: 1,742
- Population in 1956: 1,678
- Population in 1951: 1,578
- Population in 1941: 912
- Population in 1931: 801
- Population in 1921: 702
Mother tongue:[6]
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 99.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.2%
- Other as first language: 0.2%
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