Port-Daniel–Gascons
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| Port-Daniel–Gascons | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | Le Rocher-Percé |
| Constituted | January 17, 2001 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | Maurice Anglehart |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| • Prov. riding | Bonaventure |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 332.00 km2 (128.19 sq mi) |
| • Land | 302.69 km2 (116.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,453 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 1,173 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0C 2N0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  Route 132 |
| Website | www |
Port-Daniel–Gascons is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
The municipality includes the communities of Clemville, Gascons, Gascons-Est, Gascons-Ouest, Marcil, and Port-Daniel. It was formed on January 17, 2001, through the merger of the Municipality of Port-Daniel and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anse-aux-Gascons.
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Demographics
Population
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(P) pre-merger combined totals for municipality of Port-Daniel and the parish municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anse-aux-Gascons.
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| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Port-Daniel–Gascons, Quebec[5] 1996-2001 pre-merger combined totals for municipality of Port-Daniel and parish of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anse-aux-Gascons.
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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2011
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2,445
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2,095 | 3.7% |
85.68% | 335 | 10.7% |
13.70% | 15 |  50.0% |
0.61% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
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2006
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2,580
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2,175 | 4.4% |
84.30% | 375 | 1.4% |
14.53% | 10 | 66.7% |
0.39% | 20 | n/a% |
0.78% | |||||
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2001
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2,675
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2,275 | 13.7% |
85.05% | 370 | 4.2% |
13.83% | 30 |  0.0% |
1.12% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
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1996
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3,020
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2,635 | n/a | 87.25% | 355 | n/a | 11.75% | 30 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.99% | |||||
File:PortDanielGare.jpg
Train station in Port Daniel
Traffic connections
Port Daniel is no longer easily accessible by train due to track closures until local bridges are prepared although the train station is close to the city hall.
Notable natives
- Édouard Gagnon (1918 – 2007), a Canadian Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Hazel McCallion (born 1921), former mayor of Mississauga, Ontario
File:Port-Daniel.jpg
City Hall in Port-Daniel
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 366565 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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