Saint-Godefroi
Saint-Godefroi is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Bonaventure Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 350 in the 2021 Canadian census.
It is situated on the north shore of Chaleur Bay along Quebec Route 132. In addition to Saint-Godefroi itself, the township also includes the community of Kelly.
History
Settlement began in the mid-19th century, and in 1873 the Parish of Saint-Godefroi was founded, named in honour of Charles-Godefroi Fournier, priest and founder of the parish. In 1889, its post office opened under the name of Saint-Godfroy.On December 16, 1913, the Township Municipality of Saint-Godefroy was created when the Township Municipality of Hope was divided in two. In 1924, Saint-Godefroy lost more than half its area when the Municipality of Shigawake was formed. In 1940, the spelling of the post office name was adjusted to Saint-Godefroi, while the township's name was not corrected until much later.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Godefroi 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: 10.0%
- French as first language: 87.1%
- English and French as first language: 1.4%
- Other as first language: 1.4%
Local government
List of former mayors:- Réginald Joseph
- Gérard-Raymond Blais
- Grenade Grenier
- Gérard Litalien