Mont-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
# Mont-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

Mont-Saint-Pierre is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Haute-Gaspésie in the administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

The village is located at the foot of the eponymous Mount Saint-Pierre. This 411 metres (1,348 ft) high mount juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, separating Cove Mont-Louis from Cove Mont-Saint-Pierre, into which the Mont-Saint-Pierre River flows. The place was formerly called Rivière-à-Pierre.

The 2021 census there were 186 inhabitants.

Mont-Saint-Pierre is well known for hang-gliding and paragliding, and home to the Mont-Saint-Pierre Ecological Reserve. The Festival of Free Flight (Fête de Vol Libre) is held each year since 1978.

## History

Permanent settlement occurred in 1858. Its post office opened in 1904. In 1947, the village was incorporated when it separated from Mont-Louis.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mont-Saint-Pierre had a population of 186 living in 98 of its 133 total private dwellings, a change of 20% from its 2016 population of 155. With a land area of 52.07 $km^2$ (20.10 sq mi), it had a population density of $3.6/km^2$ (9.3/sq mi) in 2021.

As of 2021, the population speaks almost exclusively french. The breakdown of mother tongues currently is:

* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 94.6%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 2.7%
