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
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:- École Lanouette
- Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer