Girardville, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Girardville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the regional county municipality of Maria-Chapdelaine. The municipality had a population of 1,018 in the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality is named in honour of Joseph Girard, former federal deputy for Lac-St-Jean County.[citation needed]
Climate
Climate data for Girardville (Hémon), Quebec: 183 m (600 ft) (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1963–2002) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.0 (95.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 37.8 (100.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) | −8.0 (17.6) | −1.2 (29.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 0.4 (32.7) | −7.4 (18.7) | 7.5 (45.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −16.2 (2.8) | −8.7 (16.3) | 1.1 (34.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | −13.7 (7.3) | 0.8 (33.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −26.6 (−15.9) | −24.4 (−11.9) | −16.2 (2.8) | −5.3 (22.5) | 1.6 (34.9) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 8.4 (47.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.0 (30.2) | −8.7 (16.3) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −5.9 (21.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −49.0 (−56.2) | −50.6 (−59.1) | −42.8 (−45.0) | −32.0 (−25.6) | −13.9 (7.0) | −6.5 (20.3) | −1.7 (28.9) | −3.3 (26.1) | −8.3 (17.1) | −17.8 (0.0) | −32.0 (−25.6) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −50.6 (−59.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.7 (2.86) | 50.7 (2.00) | 56.2 (2.21) | 67.5 (2.66) | 90.1 (3.55) | 93.6 (3.69) | 122.7 (4.83) | 99.8 (3.93) | 100.9 (3.97) | 76.2 (3.00) | 83.9 (3.30) | 74.8 (2.94) | 989.1 (38.94) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 68.9 (27.1) | 45.2 (17.8) | 37.2 (14.6) | 19.4 (7.6) | 2.6 (1.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 4.9 (1.9) | 36.5 (14.4) | 65.7 (25.9) | 280.4 (110.3) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 12.4 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 163 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 12.0 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 47.8 |
Source: Environment Canada[4] |
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 1018 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3%)
- Population in 2016: 988
- Population in 2011: 1100
- Population in 2006: 1186
- Population in 2001: 1285
- Population in 1996: 1350
- Population in 1991: 1391
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 470 (total dwellings: 511)
Mother tongue:[6]
- English as first language: 0.5%
- French as first language: 99%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.5%
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 25496". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Girardville Archived 2015-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Girardville census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ^ "Hemon, Quebec". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2492055&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=Girardville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=1 Canada 2016 Census Community Profiles: Girardville]. Statistics Canada.
External links
Media related to Girardville, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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