Saint-Pamphile
Town in Quebec, Canada
title: "Saint-Pamphile" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-quebec", "incorporated-places-in-chaudière-appalaches"] description: "Town in Quebec, Canada" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pamphile" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Quebec, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Saint-Pamphile |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | Ecole du rang des Pelletiers a Saint-Pamphile, comte de L Islet.jpg |
| image_caption | A rural school in 1939 |
| image_map | Saint-Pamphile Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within L'Islet RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Quebec |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in southern Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | L'Islet |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | January 21, 1888 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Mario Leblanc |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Côte-du-Sud |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 137.90 |
| area_land_km2 | 137.78 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2274 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 16.5 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 5.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 1188 |
| population_demonym | Pamphilien(ne) |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | G0R 3X0 |
| area_codes | 418 and 581 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Saint-Pamphile | official_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Ecole du rang des Pelletiers a Saint-Pamphile, comte de L Islet.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = A rural school in 1939 | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Saint-Pamphile Quebec location diagram.png | map_caption = Location within L'Islet RCM | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches | subdivision_type3 = RCM | subdivision_name3 = L'Islet | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title1 = Constituted | established_date1 = January 21, 1888 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mario Leblanc | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Côte-du-Sud | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 137.90 | area_land_km2 = 137.78 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2274 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 16.5 | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021 | population_blank1 = 5.3% | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 1188 | population_note = | population_demonym = Pamphilien(ne) | timezone = EST | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = −4 | postal_code_type = Postal code(s) | postal_code = G0R 3X0 | area_codes = 418 and 581 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = | website = | footnotes =
Saint-Pamphile () is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec situated in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the Canada–United States border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located immediately east of the border, known as St-Pamphile, Maine. The hamlet is historically part of the larger entity located in Quebec and is considered an integral part of the town by locals. The economy of St-Pamphile, Maine is entirely dependent upon the economy of St-Pamphile, Quebec, from which Maine residents obtain goods and services, and sometimes even employment. Saint-Pamphile, Quebec is the central town of seven neighboring parishes and provides a CLSC, elementary school, and high school for the area.
History
The first settler in the town was Frédéric Vaillancourt from the nearby Saint-Aubert municipality in the year 1859. Given that the surrounding land appeared to be fertile amongst a mostly rocky landscape, many settlers followed his lead, and in 1870, Saint-Pamphile became a parish. In 1889, the area was officially declared a municipality. It wasn't until 1963 that Saint-Pamphile was granted the legal status of city.
The community was named in tribute to Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault, a notary who represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pamphile had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 137.78 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population
|location=Saint-Pamphile |2021_population=2,274 | 2021_pop_delta=-5.3 | 2021_land_area=137.78 | 2021_pop_density=16.5 |2021_median_age=55.2 | 2021_median_age_m=54 | 2021_median_age_f=56 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,188 |2021_mean_hh_income=59,200 | 2021_access_date=2023-06-08 |2016_population=2,400 | 2016_pop_delta=-10.6 | 2016_land_area=137.77 | 2016_pop_density=17.4 |2016_median_age=53.1 | 2016_median_age_m=52.5 | 2016_median_age_f=53.7 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,227 |2016_mean_hh_income=52,315 | 2016_access_date=2023-06-08 |2011_population=2,685 | 2011_pop_delta=-0.7 | 2011_land_area=137.21 | 2011_pop_density=19.6 |2011_median_age=48.9 | 2011_median_age_m=47.9 | 2011_median_age_f=49.7 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,281 | 2011_mean_hh_income=51,994 | 2011_access_date=2023-06-08
Economy
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/St_Pamphile_border.jpg" caption="Customs station]] and [[North Maine Woods]] checkpoint in Saint-Pamphile" alt="A border control and checkpoint."] ::
The Saint Pamphile Border Crossing connects Canada and the United States. It is at a logging yard; the main economic activity of the region is timber. There are two major companies present who deal with raw materials: Maibec and Matériaux Blanchet.
Arts and culture
The lumberjack festival is held on the last full weekend of August. It showcases a variety of sporting activities that call to mind the dominance of forestry in the region. At the event, one may watch forestry competitions and shows (comedy, music, dance, among others) Other activities include barbecues, picnics, and golf tournaments. The gathering attracts more than 25,000 visitors annually.
In mid-February, another event takes place in St-Pamphile, known as the Appalachian Odyssey. It attracts a large number of mushers for dog sled races, the longest trail for which is some 200 km long and crosses each of the seven parishes in the county. There are also many other competitions during the event. This annual event gains popularity every year.
References
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
|Northwest=Sainte-Perpétue
|Northeast=Saint-Omer
|West=Sainte-Félicité
|Centre=Saint-Pamphile
|Southwest=Saint-Adalbert
|Southeast=
Maine Northwest Aroostook, Maine
References
- (June 1998). "Itinéraire toponymique au cœur de l'arrière-pays". Histoire Québec.
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". [[Statistics Canada]].
- "Chapter 1: Northern Maine and New Hampshire". The Center for Land Use Interpretation.
- "Festival du bûcheux de Saint-Pamphile".
- "Fêtes et Événements - Tourisme - St-Pamphile". City of Saint-Pamphile.
- {{mamrot. 17010
- {{toponymie. 57364
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