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Boischatel, Quebec

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Country
  
Canada

RCM
  
La Côte-de-Beaupré

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
21.5 km²

Local time
  
Monday 1:22 AM

Region
  
Capitale-Nationale

Constituted
  
April 3, 1920

Postal code(s)
  
G0A 1H0

Population
  
6,465 (2011)

Province
  
Québec

Boischatel, Quebec

Weather
  
-13°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 46% Humidity

Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.

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Map of Boischatel, QC, Canada

The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Nearby on the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls where 35,000 litres of water per second are falling down a height one and a half times greater than the Niagara Falls.

Demographics

Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 6465 (2006 to 2011 population change: 22.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 5287
  • Population in 2001: 4303
  • Population in 1996: 4152
  • Population in 1991: 3878

    • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,331 (total dwellings: 2,382)

    First language:

  • English as first language: 0.3%
  • French as first language: 98.0%
  • English and French as first language: 0.3%
  • Other as first language: 1.4%

    • References

    Boischatel, Quebec Wikipedia
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