Alma, Quebec
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Coat of arms of Alma Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Crescit eundo | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| RCM | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
| Amalgamation | 1962 (of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.) |
| Constituted | February 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sylvie Beaumont |
| • Federal riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
| • Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Area | |
• Town | 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.94 km2 (6.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Town | 30,331 |
| • Density | 155.6/km2 (403/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20,274 |
| • Urban density | 1,272.2/km2 (3,295/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | Decrease 1.4% |
| • Dwellings | 14,493 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G8B, G8C & G8E |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | File:Qc169.svg R-169 File:Qc170.svg R-170 File:Qc172.svg R-172 |
| Telephone Exchanges | 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769 |
| NTS Map | 22D12 Alma |
| GNBC Code | EFHQD[5] |
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Alma (French pronunciation: [alma] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-Alma.wav" not found; 2021 Town population: 30,331; UA Population 20,274) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
History
[edit | edit source]The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.
In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle. Both modern day Alma and St-Joseph d'Alma are named after the Battle of the Alma.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second largest city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.
Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[6]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alma had a population of 30,331 living in 13,815 of its 14,493 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 30,771. With a land area of 194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 155.6/km2 (403.0/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
Population trend:[8]
- Population in 2021: 30,331
- Population in 2016: 30,771
- Population in 2011: 30,904
- Population in 2006: 29,998
- Population in 2001: 25,918
- Population in 1996: 26,127
- Population in 1991: 25,910
- Population in 1986: 25,923
- Population in 1981: 26,322
- Population in 1976: 25,638
- Population in 1971: 24,956
- Population in 1966: 22,195
- Population in 1961: 13,309
- Population in 1956: 10,822
- Population in 1951: 7,975
- Population in 1941: 6,449
- Population in 1931: 3,970
- Population in 1921: 850
Mother tongue:[9]
- English as first language: 0.4%
- French as first language: 98.5%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 0.7%
| Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2021 Census) | |||
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| Population group | Population | % of total population | |
| White | 28,015 | 95.5% | |
| Visible minority group Source:[10] |
South Asian | 0 | 0% |
| Chinese | 55 | 0.2% | |
| Black | 185 | 0.6% | |
| Filipino | 15 | 0.1% | |
| Arab | 35 | 0.1% | |
| Latin American | 30 | 0.1% | |
| Southeast Asian | 35 | 0.1% | |
| West Asian | 0 | 0% | |
| Korean | 0 | 0% | |
| Japanese | 0 | 0% | |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0% | |
| Multiple visible minority | 10 | 0% | |
| Total visible minority population | 375 | 1.3% | |
| Aboriginal group Source:[11] |
First Nations | 350 | 1.2% |
| Métis | 500 | 1.7% | |
| Inuk | 10 | 0% | |
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 65 | 0.2% | |
| Multiple Aboriginal identity | 10 | 0% | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 935 | 3.2% | |
| Total population | 29,325 | 100% | |
Infrastructure
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Transportation
[edit | edit source]Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.
Sister cities
[edit | edit source]Alma has been twinned with Falaise, Calvados, France, since 1969.[12]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Camille Bedard, hockey player
- Chris Boucher, basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
- Lucien Bouchard, former premier of Québec
- Guy Cloutier, producer and artist manager
- Guillaume Desbiens, hockey player
- Charles Hudon, hockey player for the Ontario Reign
- Pierre Lapointe, singer
- Émilie Fortin Tremblay (1872–1949), one of the first white women to cross the Chilkoot on the way to the Yukon gold fields
- François-Louis Tremblay, Olympic gold medallist short-track speed skater
- Mario Tremblay, hockey player and former coach of the Montreal Canadiens
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
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- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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- ^ [1], Community Profiles from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
- ^ [2], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
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External links
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- (in French) Ville d'Alma
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