Grande-Rivière, Quebec
Grande-Rivière is a city in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Québec in Canada.
In addition to Grande-Rivière itself at the mouth of the namesake, the town's territory also includes the communities of Grande-Rivière-Ouest, Petite-Rivière-Ouest, and Petit Pabos.
Its economy is based on the fishing industry. It is home to two processing plants, as well as offices of the provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Marine Agricultural Centre is also located there.
History
In 1697, Jacques Cochu was granted the seignory of Grande-Rivière, named after the namesake river that drains there into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. By the middle of the 18th century, about 70 families were living there, but in 1758, the place was destroyed by General James Wolfe's army during the Gulf of St. Lawrence campaign during the French and Indian War.By 1795, the seignory was owned by Charles Robin, whose company established fishery operations in Grande-Rivière, opening a fish processing plant in 1828.
In 1840, the Parish of Assomption-de-Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Rivière was founded. In 1845, the Municipality of Grande-Rivière was created, abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855. In 1853, its post office opened under the English name Grand River.
On December 19, 1931, the main population centre split off to form the separate Village Municipality of Grande-Rivière, but it was annexed into the Municipality of Grande-Rivière on February 1, 1967.
On September 21, 1974, the City of Grande-Rivière was formed through the merger of the Municipality of Grande-Rivière, the Municipality of Grande-Rivière-Ouest, and the Municipality of Petit-Pabos.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grande-Rivière had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.Government
List of former mayors:- Romuald Boutin
- Bernard Stevens
- Gino Cyr