Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°04′N 70°33′W / 47.067°N 70.550°W / 47.067; -70.550^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMMontmagnyConstitutedJanuary 1, 1860Government

^[2]

• MayorFrédéric Poulin • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-
du-Loup • Prov. ridingCôte-du-SudArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total24.10 km² (9.31 sq mi) • Land23.97 km² (9.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total122 • Density5.1/km² (13/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

15.3% • Dwellings

102Time zoneEST • Summer (DST)EDTPostal code(s)

G0R 1P0

Area code(s)418 and 581HighwaysNo major routesWebsitewww.isle-aux-grues.com

Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of 122 living in 72 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of -15.3% from its 2016 population of 144. With a land area of 23.97 km² (9.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km² (13.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Transportation

L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.^[5]

Education

Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.^[5]

2010 plane crash

On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.^[5]

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55640". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 18070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Tableau de profil, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c White, Marianne (May 19, 2010). "Small plane crashes into Quebec island, 3 dead". The Gazette. Montreal. Canwest News Service. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.