Fossambault-sur-le-Lac

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|settlement_type = City

|image_skyline = Vue aérienne - Lac Saint-Joseph 2023 (2).jpg

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|image_caption = Lake Saint-Joseph in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac

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|motto = Crois en l'avenir

| image_map = Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Quebec location diagram.png

| map_caption = Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM.

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

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|subdivision_name2 = Capitale-Nationale

|subdivision_type3 = RCM

|subdivision_name3 = La Jacques-Cartier

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|established_title = Settled

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|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = March 10, 1949

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|government_footnotes = Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/22010/ Répertoire des municipalités: Fossambault-sur-le-Lac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212095215/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/22010/ |date=2015-12-12 }}

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Jean Laliberté

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = La Peltrie

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|area_footnotes = Statistics Canada 2021 Census - [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Fossam&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052422010 Fossambault-sur-le-Lac census profile]

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|area_total_km2 = 13.80

|area_land_km2 = 11.49

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|elevation_m = 367

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|population_total = 2327

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_density_km2 = 202.6

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|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 18.7%

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|population_blank2 = 1282

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|timezone = EST

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|postal_code = G3N

|area_code = 418 and 581

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|website = {{URL|www.fossambault-sur-le-lac.com|www.fossambault-
sur-le-lac.com}}

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Fossambault-sur-le-Lac ({{IPA|fr|fɔsɑ̃bo syʁ lə lak}}, {{lit|Fossambault on the Lake}}) is a city in the south part of Quebec, Canada, in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, just north of Quebec City. It had a population of 2,327 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is located near Saint-Joseph Lake.

Demographics

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| 1991 |817

| 1996 |921

| 2001 |1055

| 2006 |1532

| 2011 |1613

| 2016 |1960

| 2021 |2327

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac had a population of {{val|2327|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|994|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1282|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2327-1960}}|1960|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1960|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|11.49|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2327|11.49|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|location = Fossambault-sur-le-Lac

|2021_population=2,327 | 2021_pop_delta=+18.7 | 2021_land_area=11.49 | 2021_pop_density=202.6

|2021_median_age=42.4 | 2021_median_age_m=42.4 | 2021_median_age_f=42.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,282 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=994 |2021_mean_hh_income=103,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00052422010 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=1,960 | 2016_pop_delta=+21.5 | 2016_land_area=11.53 | 2016_pop_density=170.0

|2016_median_age=42.7 | 2016_median_age_m=43.7 | 2016_median_age_f=41.5

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,283 |2016_mean_hh_income=82,432 | 2016_access_date=2022-04-27

|2011_population=1,613 |2011_pop_delta=+5.3 |2011_land_area=11.38 |2011_pop_density=141.7

|2011_median_age=44.2 |2011_median_age_m=45.1 |2011_median_age_f=43.1

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,257 |2011_mean_hh_income=72,030 |2011_access_date=2022-07-19

|2006_population=1,542 | 2006_pop_delta=+45.2 | 2006_land_area=11.38 | 2006_pop_density=134.6

|2006_median_age=45.8 | 2006_median_age_m=45.8 | 2006_median_age_f=45.9

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,257 | 2006_mean_hh_income=61,627 | 2006_access_date=2022-07-19

|2001_population=1,055 | 2001_pop_delta=+14.5 | 2001_land_area=11.38 | 2001_pop_density=92.7

|2001_median_age=42.0 | 2001_median_age_m=41.7 | 2001_median_age_f=42,4

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,063 |2001_mean_hh_income=48,642 | 2001_access_date=2022-07-19

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Mother tongue:

English as first language: 2.1%
French as first language: 95.5%
English and French as first language: 1.5%
Other as first language: 0.9%

Places of interest

Station Touristique Duchesnay is one of the most attractive places of the town. The Jacques-Cartier River flows just nearby, and Route Fossambault links the town to Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, where the Sainte Catherine's church is located. There is also a well-known hotel, called "Hotel de la Glace", with views overlooking the lake.