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Saint-Urbain
Parish municipality
Location within Charlevoix RCM
Saint-UrbainLocation in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°33′N 70°32′W / 47.550°N 70.533°W / 47.550; -70.533
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	Charlevoix
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Claudette Simard
• Federal riding	Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord
• Prov. riding	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
• Total	331.10 km (127.84 sq mi)
• Land	335.86 km (129.68 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population
• Total	1,474
• Density	4.4/km (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.8%
• Dwellings	672
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0A 4K0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-138 R-381
Website	www.sainturbain.qc.ca/fr/

Saint-Urbain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿yʁbɛ̃]) is a parish municipality located in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in Capitale-Nationale region, in Quebec, Canada.

The municipality lies along Quebec Route 381 at the intersection with Quebec Route 138.

History

Saint-Urbain was one of the localities affected by the 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Urbain had a population of 1,320 living in 585 of its 657 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 1,373. With a land area of 330.57 km (127.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.0/km (10.3/sq mi) in 2021.

Population trend:

• Population in 2011: 1474 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.8%)
• Population in 2006: 1448
• Population in 2001: 1430
• Population in 1996: 1528
• Population in 1991: 1599

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

People born in Saint Urbain

• Onésime Gauthier (1834-1886), a Canadian politician
• Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (1879–1962), a Canadian politician
• Alice Vinette / Sister Marie-Jocelyne (1894-1989), composer

Media

Television :

• CIMT-DT
• CKRT-DT

See also

• Rivière du Gouffre
• Rivière du Gouffre Sud-Ouest
• Le Petit Bras (Le Gros Bras)
• Rivière des Monts
• Le Gros Bras (Gouffre River tributary)
• Remy River
• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57729". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Urbain Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Urbain census profile
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

Media related to Saint-Urbain, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Saint-Urbain, Quebec
Mont-Élie Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs Lac-Pikauba Saint-Urbain Notre-Dame-des-Monts Saint-Hilarion Baie-Saint-Paul

v t e  Subdivisions of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Cities & towns	Baie-Saint-Paul
Municipalities	L'Isle-aux-Coudres Les Éboulements Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
Parishes	Saint-Hilarion Saint-Urbain
Unorganized territories	Lac-Pikauba
Regional county municipalities in Capitale-Nationale: Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré La Jacques-Cartier L'Île-d'Orléans Portneuf Equivalent territories (ET): Quebec City Independent parishes: Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native reserves: Wendake

• Parish municipalities in Quebec
• Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale