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Saint-Ubalde

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Saint-Ubalde (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ybald]) is a rural municipality in Portneuf County in the Canadian province 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 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).[1]'.[4]

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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 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.[1]

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.[1]

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Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • 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%
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