New Carlisle, Quebec

New Carlisle
Municipality

Statue of René Lévesque

Location within Bonaventure RCM.
New Carlisle

Location in eastern Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W / 48.017; -65.333Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W / 48.017; -65.333[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM Bonaventure
Settled 1784
Constituted February 1, 1877
Government[2]
 • Mayor Cyrus Journeau
 • Federal riding Gaspésie—
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
 • Prov. riding Bonaventure
Area[2][3]
 • Total 67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi)
 • Land 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi)
Elevation[4] 45.00 m (147.64 ft)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,358
 • Density 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.9%
 • Dwellings 594
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0C 1Z0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Website www.new-carlisle.ca

New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.

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 Matapedia and New Carlisle sometime around 2010.

History

Port of New Carlisle, circa 1890

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]

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

Population

Canada census – New Carlisle, Quebec community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 1,358 (-0.9% from 2006) 1,370 (-4.3% from 2001) 1,431 (-7.0% from 1996)
Land area: 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) 67.55 km2 (26.08 sq mi) 67.55 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
Population density: 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi) 20.3/km2 (53/sq mi) 21.2/km2 (55/sq mi)
Median age: 51.4 (M: 49.6, F: 52.8) 48.5 (M: 47.0, F: 49.7) 44.8 (M: 43.5, F: 46.4)
Total private dwellings: 594 598 611
Median household income: $36,924 $33,064
References: 2011[3] 2006[7] 2001[8]
Historical Census Data - New Carlisle, Quebec[9]
YearPop.±%
1991 1,568—    
1996 1,538−1.9%
YearPop.±%
2001 1,431−7.0%
2006 1,370−4.3%
YearPop.±%
2011 1,358−0.9%

Language

Mother tongue:[10]

Climate

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)		 9.5
(49.1)		 15
(59)		 27
(81)		 30.6
(87.1)		 31.1
(88)		 33
(91)		 32.2
(90)		 29
(84)		 22.2
(72)		 16.5
(61.7)		 10.5
(50.9)		 33
(91)
Average high °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)		 12
(54)		 6
(43)		 0.3
(32.5)		 −7.3
(18.9)		 3.7
(38.7)
Average low °C (°F) −16.1
(3)		 −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)		 −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
(3.524)		 56.5
(2.224)		 80.8
(3.181)		 83.5
(3.287)		 96.1
(3.783)		 99.2
(3.906)		 97.8
(3.85)		 108.2
(4.26)		 88.4
(3.48)		 105.5
(4.154)		 91.3
(3.594)		 99.5
(3.917)		 1,096.2
(43.157)
Source: Environment Canada[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "New Carlisle (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. 1 2 "New Carlisle". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "New Carlisle census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  4. 1 2 Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 23 July 2010
  5. ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  9. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  10. ↑ "New Carlisle community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Saint-Elzéar
Bonaventure Paspébiac
   New Carlisle  
Chaleur Bay


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