Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
History
The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.
In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle. Both modern day Alma and St-Joseph d'Alma are named after the Battle of the Alma.
Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[7]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alma had a population of 30,331 living in 13,815 of its 14,493 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 30,771. With a land area of 194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 155.6/km2 (403.0/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
Population trend:[9]
Population in 2021: 30,915 [10]
Population in 2011: 30,904 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3%)
Population in 2006: 29,998
Population total in 2001: 30,126
Alma (ville): 25,918
Delisle (municipality): 4,208
Population in 1996:
Alma (ville): 26,127
Delisle (municipality): 4,256
Population in 1991:
Alma (ville): 25,910
Delisle (municipality): 4,281
Mother tongue:[11]
English as first language: 0.5%
French as first language: 98.5%
English and French as first language: 0.1%
Other as first language: 0.9%
Infrastructure
Petite-Décharge
Transportation
Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.
^ a bMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b"Alma census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ a b"Alma (Population centre) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ a b"Alma (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-24. The census agglomeration consists of Alma and Saint-Nazaire. In the 2006 census, the census agglomeration had also included Saint-Henri-de-Taillon.
^Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
^"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^"Décret de population".
^"Alma community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
^[1], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
^[2], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
^FLURY, Jérôme (September 5, 2019). "Falaise. Les anecdotes étonnantes des villes jumelles européennes". Ouest-France.fr.
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