New Carlisle, Quebec

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 1,388, half English-speaking and half French-speaking. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.

New Carlisle
Municipality
New Carlisle in 2010
Location within Bonaventure RCM.
New Carlisle
Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionGaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCMBonaventure
Settled1784
ConstitutedFebruary 1, 1877
Government
 • MayorSteven Chatterton
 • Federal ridingGaspésie—
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
 • Prov. ridingBonaventure
Area
 • Total67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi)
 • Land67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi)
Elevation45.00 m (147.64 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,388
 • Density20.5/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 2.2%
 • Dwellings
574
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0C 1Z0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Websitewww.new-carlisle.ca

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] Senator Theodore Robitallie was elected as a member from Bonaventure County and during his time in the federal government he commissioned the Words and music for O'Canada in 1885.

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
Saint-Andrew Church in New Carlisle

Population
Canada census – New Carlisle, Quebec community profile
2011 2006
Population: 1,358 (-0.9% from 2006) 1,370 (-4.3% from 2001)
Land area: 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) 67.55 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
Population density: 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi) 20.3/km2 (53/sq mi)
Median age: 51.4 (M: 49.6, F: 52.8) 48.5 (M: 47.0, F: 49.7)
Total private dwellings: 594 598
Median household income: $36,924
References: 2011[3] 2006[7] earlier[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]

  • English as first language: 62.8%
  • French as first language: 34.9%
  • English and French as first language: 1.1%
  • Other as first language: 1.1%

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
(48.0)		 9.5
(49.1)		 15
(59)		 27
(81)		 30.6
(87.1)		 31.1
(88.0)		 33
(91)		 32.2
(90.0)		 29
(84)		 22.2
(72.0)		 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
(63.0)		 12
(54)		 6
(43)		 0.3
(32.5)		 −7.3
(18.9)		 3.7
(38.7)
Average low °C (°F) −16.1
(3.0)		 −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
(21.0)		 −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
(3.52)		 56.5
(2.22)		 80.8
(3.18)		 83.5
(3.29)		 96.1
(3.78)		 99.2
(3.91)		 97.8
(3.85)		 108.2
(4.26)		 88.4
(3.48)		 105.5
(4.15)		 91.3
(3.59)		 99.5
(3.92)		 1,096.2
(43.16)
Source: Environment Canada[4]

See also

References
  1. "New Carlisle (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. "New Carlisle". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. 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". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
  9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  10. "New Carlisle community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.



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