Summary
New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque although he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Its population is approximately 1,388, approximately two-thirds of whom are anglophone and the remainder francophone. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.
New Carlisle | |
|---|---|
 Location within Bonaventure RCM. | |
  New Carlisle Location in eastern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | Bonaventure |
| Settled | 1784 |
| Constituted | February 1, 1877 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Thibault |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| • Prov. riding | Bonaventure |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45.00 m (147.64 ft) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,388 |
| • Density | 20.5/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  2.2% |
| • Dwellings | 574 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132 |
| Website | www |
New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure,[5] and the regional base for the Ministry of Transports Quebec, which has an operations centre on the outskirts of town. New Carlisle has a post office, primary and high schools, five different churches and many services. Via Rail mothballed its operations between Matapédia and New Carlisle sometime [when?] around 2010.
History edit
The site of the town was selected in 1784 by the Lieutenant-Governor of the jurisdictional District of Gaspe, Nicholas Cox, named Cox Township. The town as is thought to have been named after Cox's home town, possibly Carlisle in England, soon after, the name was changed from "Carlisle" to "New Carlisle". The original settlers of 1784 were discharged soldiers of British Army regiments and Loyalists claimants. In 1877, the place was incorporated when the Township Municipality of Cox was dissolved into the Municipalities of New Carlisle and Paspébiac.[1] Senator Theodore Robitallie was elected as a member from Bonaventure County and during his time in the federal government he commissioned the Words and music for O'Canada in 1885.
The town was the scene of the capture of German spy Werner von Janowski, who was dropped from a nearby U-boat in November, 1942.[6]
Demographics edit
Population edit
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,336 (-3.7% from 2016) | 1,358 (-0.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi) | 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) |
| Population density | 19.6/km2 (51/sq mi) | 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Median age | 53.2 (M: 51.6, F: 54.4) | 51.4 (M: 49.6, F: 52.8) |
| Private dwellings | 605 (total) | 594 (total) |
| Median household income |
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Language edit
Mother tongue:[11]
- English as first language: 62.8%
- French as first language: 34.9%
- English and French as first language: 1.1%
- Other as first language: 1.1%
Climate edit
| Climate data for New Carlisle | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15 (59) |
27 (81) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33 (91) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29 (84) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
33 (91) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5 (23) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13 (55) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−10 (14) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14 (57) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12 (54) |
6 (43) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) |
−15 (5) |
−9 (16) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−1 (30) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−29 (−20) |
−25 (−13) |
−17 (1) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
5 (41) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−27 (−17) |
−31.5 (−24.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.5 (3.52) |
56.5 (2.22) |
80.8 (3.18) |
83.5 (3.29) |
96.1 (3.78) |
99.2 (3.91) |
97.8 (3.85) |
108.2 (4.26) |
88.4 (3.48) |
105.5 (4.15) |
91.3 (3.59) |
99.5 (3.92) |
1,096.2 (43.16) |
| Source: Environment Canada[4] | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "New Carlisle (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ a b "New Carlisle". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ a b Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 23 July 2010
- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
- ^ Beeby, Dean (1995). Cargo of lies : the true story of a Nazi double-agent in Canada. Canada: University of Toronto Press. pp. 3–5. ISBN 0-8020-0731-7.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "New Carlisle community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.