Hope, Quebec

Hope is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Bonaventure Regional County Municipality. Its population was 584 in the 2021 Canadian census.
The only population centres within the township are Saint-Jogues and Saint-Jogues-Sud.

History

The township was surveyed circa 1786, and named in honour of British Colonel Henry Hope, lieutenant-governor of Quebec from 1785 to 1789. At that time, the township also included the territory of Hope Town, Paspébiac, and Saint-Godefroi.
In 1913, Saint-Godefroi split off, and in 1936, Hope Town became a separate incorporated municipality.
The community of Saint-Jogues was formed in 1930 when 52 settlers were encouraged to colonize Gaspésie's interior during the Great Depression. By 1937, there were 300 residents in this village.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hope 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.
Mother tongue :

English as first language: 14.7%
French as first language: 83.6%
English and French as first language: 1.7%
Other as first language: 0.0%