Saint-Antonin, Quebec


Saint-Antonin is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx, priest of Fraserville and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:
  • Population in 2021: 4,338
  • Population in 2016: 4,049
  • Population in 2011: 4,027
  • Population in 2006: 3,780
  • Population in 2001: 3,395
  • Population in 1996: 3,368
  • Population in 1991: 3,268
  • Population in 1986: 3,160
  • Population in 1981: 3,075
  • Population in 1976: 2,586
  • Population in 1971: 2,243
  • Population in 1966: 2,132
  • Population in 1961: 1,983
  • Population in 1956: 1,834
  • Population in 1951: 1,632
  • Population in 1941: 1,530
  • Population in 1931: 1,409
  • Population in 1921: 1,222
  • Population in 1911: 1,271
  • Population in 1901: 1,186
  • Population in 1891: 1,079
  • Population in 1881: 1,234
  • Population in 1871: 1,185
  • Population in 1861: 891
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889
Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 0.3%
  • French as first language: 99.1%
  • English and French as first language: 0.3%
  • Other as first language: 0.2%

Education

Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools: