Baie-Trinité, Quebec

Baie-Trinité (2016 Population 407) is a village in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the mouth of the Trinity River (French: Rivière de la Trinité), a salmon river which flows through the village. The major economic sectors are forestry and fisheries.

Baie-Trinité
Village municipality
Baie-Trinité
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°25′N 67°18′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMManicouagan
Settled1840
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1955
Government
 • MayorMarc Tremblay
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
 • Land424.38 km2 (163.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total407
 • Density1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 18.8%
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0H 1A0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 138
Census profile2496005[3]
MAMROT info96005[2]
Toponymie info3121[1]

The village and municipality are named after the small Trinity Bay into which the Trinity River drains. The river's name may be attributed to Jacques Cartier who sailed by this river on Trinity Sunday in 1536. The first permanent settlers came c. 1840, and in 1898, the Baie-de-la-Trinité Mission was established.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 419 (2006 to 2011 population change: -20.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 526
  • Population in 2001: 604
  • Population in 1996: 646
  • Population in 1991: 651

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 209 (total dwellings: 247)

Mother tongue:[6]

  • English as first language: 1.9%
  • French as first language: 96.2%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.9%

Galerie
  • Trinity Bay church in Winter
  • View of the western section of Trinity Bay

References
  1. Reference number 3121 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 96005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2496005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. "Baie-Trinité (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, 2011
  6. Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Baie-Trinité community profile



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