Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁɔk də mekinak] ⓘ) is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec in Canada.
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac | |
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 Mauricie National Park | |
 Location within Mékinac RCM | |
  Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°46′W / 46.817°N 72.767°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | November 2, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Richard |
| • Fed. riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
• Total | 153.72 km2 (59.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.52 km2 (55.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 304 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-21 |  0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 295 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |  R-155  R-159 |
| Website | www |
The Saint-Roch parish was named in honour of Roch of Montpellier. The term Mékinac is associated with several homonyms of place names in the sector: Mékinac River, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and Mékinac Lake.
Geography
editMunicipal territory covers both side of Saint-Maurice River, including a small portion of La Mauricie National Park. The village of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is located at the top of a hill on Eastern side of Saint-Maurice River.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of 304 living in 174 of its 295 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 144.52 km2 (55.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 1.7%
- French as first language: 96.7%
- English and French as first languages: 0%
- Other as first language: 1.7%
See also
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References
edit- ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57594". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 35045". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac (Code 2435045) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
- ↑ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.
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