Saint-Ubalde


Saint-Ubalde is a rural municipality in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east. The inhabited section is located in the southeast.
Numerous watercourses and lakes crisscross and dot is entire territory. Saint-Ubalde is centred on potato cultivation and outdoor recreation.

History

Saint-Ubald was founded by people from Neuville in 1860, and the Saint-Ubald Mission was established that same year. It was named after Ubald Gingras, first sacristan of the place but originally from Pointe-aux-Trembles, and who was brother-in-law of Charles-François Baillargeon, archbishop of Quebec. The mission became a parish in 1866 by separating from Saint-Casimir. In 1873, the civil parish was formed and incorporated as a parish municipality. A year later, its post office opened.
In 1920, the village centre separated from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Ubalde. But in 1973, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Ubalde.

Geography

The municipality of Saint-Ubalde is located in the western part of the Portneuf RCM, 30 km north of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, bordering Saint-Casimir to the south. Numerous rivers and lakes criss-cross and dot the territory. The inhabited section is located in the southeast.
This agricultural community was founded by people from Neuville in 1860 and is focused on vacationing. Saint-Ubalde is renowned for potato farming, an activity that has given rise to a festival since 1974 that celebrates it as the Kingdom of the Potato.

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents : 735
Mother tongue :
  • English as first language: 1.4%
  • French as first language: 97.9%
  • English and French as first languages: 0.3%
  • Other as first language: 0.7%