Baie-des-Sables
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Baie-des-Sables
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Baie-des-Sables05.JPG
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| flag_size = 120x80px
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| shield_size = 100x80px
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| image_map = Baie-des-Sables Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within La Matanie RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Eastern Quebec
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in eastern Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|48|43|N|67|51|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Quebec
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Bas-Saint-Laurent
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = La Matanie
| established_title = Settled
| established_date =
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 1, 1859
| government_footnotes = {{mamrot |{{#property:P3856}} |access-date=2024-09-04}}
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Gérald Beaulieu
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Matane-Matapédia
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=baie%2Ddes%2Dsables&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052408080 |title=Baie-des-Sables census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2021 Census data |accessdate=2022-11-07}}
| area_total_km2 = 65.37
| area_land_km2 = 65.07
| area_water_km2 =
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| population_total = 613
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 9.4
| population_blank1_title= Pop (2016-21)
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 2.4%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 336
| population_note =
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = G0J 1C0
| area_codes = 418 and 581
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|132}} {{jct|state=QC|QC|297}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes =
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Baie-des-Sables ({{IPA|fr|bɛ de sabl}}) is a municipality in La Matanie Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Its elevation is {{Convert|577|ft|order=flip}}.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
History
The area was originally part of the Mitis seignory, purchased by Mathew MacNider in 1802, and acquired by his brother John MacNider in 1807. MacNider encouraged settlement of Scottish families there. Upon John Macnider's death in 1829, the seignory was inherited by the 2 sons of Adam Lymburner Macnider, nephew of John. In 1842, the geographic township of MacNider was created.{{toponymie |37815 |text=MacNider (canton) |access-date=2024-09-04}}
In 1853, the Mission of L'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame was established, and in 1859, the Township Municipality of MacNider was formed when it ceded from the Municipality of Métis. In 1864, the MacNider Post Office opened.
The Scottish settlers began to call the place Sandy Bay, or also Sandy Beach, in reference to a prominent sandbank on the western edge of the municipality. In 1902, the post office was renamed to Sandy Bay, and renamed to the French equivalent, Baie-des-Sables, in 1925. In 1932, the township municipality followed suit and changed name and statutes from Township Municipality of MacNider to the Municipality of Baie-des-Sables.
Demographics
{{Canada census
|location = Baie-des-Sables
|2021_population=613 | 2021_pop_delta=-2.4 | 2021_land_area=65.07 | 2021_pop_density=9.4
|2021_median_age=56.0 | 2021_median_age_m=56.4 | 2021_median_age_f=56.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=336 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=281 |2021_mean_hh_income=58,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00052408080 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=628 |2016_pop_delta=3.1 |2016_land_area=65.19 |2016_pop_density=9.6
|2016_median_age=51.9 |2016_median_age_m=51.7 |2016_median_age_f=52.5
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=328 |2016_mean_hh_income=51,840 |2016_access_date=2022-11-07
|2011_population=609 |2011_pop_delta=-0.8 |2011_land_area=65.48 |2011_pop_density=9.3
|2011_median_age=48.5 |2011_median_age_m=47.5 |2011_median_age_f=48.96
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=277 |2011_mean_hh_income=48,415 |2011_access_date=2014-01-29
|2006_population=614 | 2006_pop_delta=-6.1 | 2006_land_area=65.48 | 2006_pop_density=9.4
|2006_median_age=45.9 | 2006_median_age_m=46.0 | 2006_median_age_f=45.8
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=327 | 2006_mean_hh_income=38,832 | 2006_access_date=2012-01-24
|2001_population=654 | 2001_pop_delta=-0.5 | 2001_land_area=65.48 | 2001_pop_density=10.0
|2001_median_age=43.0 | 2001_median_age_m=42.8 | 2001_median_age_f=43.4
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=321 | 2001_mean_hh_income=33,373 | 2001_access_date=2012-01-24
|notes=
}}
{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Baie-des-Sables
|align = none
|cols = 3
|percentages =
|footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
|source = Statistics Canada{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}
| 1861 |1235
| 1871 |2265
| 1881 |2364
| 1891 |1881
| 1901 |1908
| 1911 |1769
| 1921 |1703
| 1931 |1965
| 1941 |2001
| 1951 |1793
| 1956 |1279
| 1961 |1394
| 1966 |1207
| 1971 |1068
| 1976 |910
| 1981 |895
| 1986 |763
| 1991 |698
| 1996 |657
| 2001 |654
| 2006 |614
| 2011 |609
| 2016 |628
| 2021 |613
}}
=Language=
Mother tongue language (2021)[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Baie%2Ddes%2Dsables&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052408080&HEADERlist=0 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Baie-des-Sables, Quebec]
| class="wikitable" |
| Language
! Population ! Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only
| 605 | 98.4% |
| English only
| 0 | 0.0% |
| Both English and French
| 5 | 0.8% |
| Other languages
| 0 | 0.0% |
Government
=Local government=
{{Incomplete list|date=September 2024}}
{{Div col}}
- Olivier Côté (1859–1862)
- Alexis Caron (1862–1864)
- Auguste Lamontagne (1864–1867)
- Georges Bélanger (1867–1868, 1889–1892)
- Louis Saucier (1868–1883)
- Achille Chouinard (1883–1886)
- Louis Martial Raymond (1886–1889)
- François Parent (1892–1893)
- Jean-Baptiste Pinault (1893–1894)
- Théophile Fournier (1894–1898)
- Georges Boucher (1898–1904)
- François St-Laurent (1904–1905)
- Thomas Santerre (1905–1910)
- Israël Michaud (1910–1919, 1923–1931, 1933–1935)
- Michel Crispo (1919–1920)
- Joseph Thibault (1920–1923)
- Octave Massé (1931–1933)
- J. Honoré Desrosiers (1935–1936)
- J. Antoine Santerre (1936–1951)
- Donald Mac Donald (1951–1955)
- Philippe Morin (1955–1963)
- Roland Massé (1963–...)
- Jacques Couillard (...–2009)
- Denis Santerre
- Gérald Beaulieu (2021–present)
{{Div col end}}
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Baie-des-Sables
| North = Pointe-Lebel
St. Lawrence River
| Northeast =
| East = Saint-Ulric
| Southeast =
| South = Saint-Damase
| Southwest =
| West = Métis-sur-Mer
| Northwest =
}}
{{La Matanie RCM|state=expanded}}
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