Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec


Saint-Charles-Garnier is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

History

Settlers began arriving in the area at the end of 1935. They came mainly from Priceville, Saint-Fabien, Sainte-Flavie, Saint-François-Xavier-des-Hauteurs and Saint-Simon-de-la-Baie-Ha! Ha!. A Catholic service was opened in 1937 and the first parish priest was appointed. The parish of Saint-Charles-Garnier was canonically erected in 1954. The municipality was officially created in 1966 and took the same name as the church.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Charles-Garnier 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.