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 (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.
On December 4, 2021, Saint-Antonin was changed again, being uprgaded to a ville (town)...
Demographics Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%) 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
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)
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
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools: Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer
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Répertoire des municipalités du Québec Commission de toponymie du Québec Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales