L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur () 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.

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.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Population trend:

• 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:

• 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%

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Municipalité de L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

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