La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality

La Côte-de-Beaupré (French pronunciation: [la kot də bopʁe]) is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel.

La Côte-de-Beaupré
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°03′N 70°54′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Château-Richer
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Pierre Lefrançois
Area [2][3]
• Total	5,065.16 km2 (1,955.67 sq mi)
• Land	4,845.19 km2 (1,870.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	30,240
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Change (2016-21)	7.2%
• Dwellings	15,487
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc cotedebeaupre.com

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Beaupré Château-Richer Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré

Municipalities (4) Boischatel L'Ange-Gardien Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Saint-Tite-des-Caps

Parishes (2) Saint-Joachim Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente

Unorganized Territory (2)

• Lac-Jacques-Cartier
• Sault-au-Cochon

Demographics

Canada census – La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality community profile

	2021	2016
Population	30,240 (+7.2% from 2016)	28,199 (+7.7% from 2011)
Land area	4,845.19 km2 (1,870.74 sq mi)	4,865.97 km2 (1,878.76 sq mi)
Population density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Median age	45.6 (M: 45.2, F: 45.6)	45.0 (M: 44.6, F: 45.5)
Private dwellings	15,487 (total)  13,027 (occupied)	14,244 (total)  11,851 (occupied)
Median household income	$84,000	$71,277

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5]

Historical census populations – La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality

Year Pop. ±% 1986 20,563 —     1991 21,214 +3.2% 1996 21,632 +2.0% 2001 20,984 −3.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 23,015 +9.7% 2011 26,172 +13.7% 2016 28,199 +7.7% 2021 30,240 +7.2%
Source: Statistics Canada[3][6]

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[7]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-138 R-175

Secondary Highways R-360

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec