Ragueneau, Quebec
# Ragueneau, Quebec

Ragueneau is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, on Outardes Bay on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

## History

The first settlers arrived in 1920, mostly from Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Les Escoumins, and Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf. That same year, Ragueneau Township was proclaimed and named after Jesuit Paul Ragueneau (1608-1680). In 1926, its post office opened.

Three communities developed concurrently along the shores of the Saint Lawrence: Rivière-à-la-Truite in the north-east, Ruisseau-Vert in the centre, and Ragueneau in the south-west. The main administrative, commercial, cultural, and religious activities concentrated in Ruisseau-Vert, so that over time this community became known as Ragueneau itself. In 1951, the Parish Municipality of Ragueneau was incorporated.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ragueneau had a population of 1,314 living in 613 of its 713 total private dwellings, a change of -2.2% from its 2016 population of 1,343. With a land area of 179.83 $km^2$ (69.43 sq mi), it had a population density of $7.3/km^2$ (18.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Population trend:

* Population in 2011: 1405 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.6%)
* Population in 2006: 1520
* Population in 2001: 1584
* Population in 1996: 1684
* Population in 1991: 1722

Mother tongue:

* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 97.7%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 2.3%
