Alma, Quebec

Alma
Town

Coat of arms
Motto(s): La ville de l'hospitalité

Location within Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM.
Alma
Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W / 48.550; -71.650Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W / 48.550; -71.650[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Amalgamation 1962 (of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.)
Constituted February 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle)
Government[2]
 • Mayor Marc Asselin
 • Federal riding Lac-Saint-Jean
 • Prov. riding Lac-Saint-Jean
Area[2][3]
 • Town 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi)
 • Land 195.59 km2 (75.52 sq mi)
 • Urban[4] 41.10 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
 • Metro[5] 340.35 km2 (131.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Town 30,904
 • Density 158.0/km2 (409/sq mi)
 • Urban[4] 26,016
 • Urban density 633.0/km2 (1,639/sq mi)
 • Metro[5] 33,018
 • Metro density 97.0/km2 (251/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.0%
 • Dwellings 13,884
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G8B, G8C & G8E
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 169
Route 170
Route 172
Telephone Exchanges 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769
GNBC Code EFHQD
NTS Map 022D12
Website www.ville.alma.qc.ca

Alma (2011 Town population: 30,904; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Geography

Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.

Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[6]

History

The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.

In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle.

Demographics

Population trend:[7]

  • Population in 2011: 30,904 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3%)
  • Population in 2006: 29,998
  • Population total in 2001: 30,126
    • Alma (ville): 25,918
    • Delisle (municipality): 4,208
  • Population in 1996:
    • Alma (ville): 26,127
    • Delisle (municipality): 4,256
  • Population in 1991:
    • Alma (ville): 25,910
    • Delisle (municipality): 4,281

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 13324 (total dwellings: 13884)

Mother tongue:[8]

  • English as first language: 0.5%
  • French as first language: 98.5%
  • English and French as first language: 0.1%
  • Other as first language: 0.9%
Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
Population groupPopulation% of total population
White29,02597.7%
Visible minority group
Source:[9]		South Asian00%
Chinese450.2%
Black400.1%
Filipino00%
Latin American200.1%
Arab150.1%
Southeast Asian600.2%
West Asian00%
Korean00%
Japanese100%
Visible minority, n.i.e.00%
Multiple visible minority00%
Total visible minority population2000.7%
Aboriginal group
Source:[10]		First Nations1250.4%
Métis3351.1%
Inuit00%
Aboriginal, n.i.e.100%
Multiple Aboriginal identity00%
Total Aboriginal population4801.6%
Total population29,705100%

Transportation

Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 1013 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Alma census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. 1 2 "Alma (Population centre) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. 1 2 "Alma (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-24. The census agglomeration consists of Alma and Saint-Nazaire. In the 2006 census, the census agglomeration had also included Saint-Henri-de-Taillon.
  6. ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  7. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  8. ↑ "Alma community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  9. ↑ , Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
  10. ↑ , Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision

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