Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Bonaventure Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is New Carlisle.

Communities

• Towns
  • Bonaventure
  • New Richmond
  • Paspébiac

• Municipalities
  • Caplan
  • Cascapédia--Saint-Jules
  • Hope Town
  • New Carlisle
  • Saint-Alphonse
  • Saint-Elzéar
  • Shigawake

• Parishes
  • Saint-Siméon

• Cantons
  • Hope
  • Saint-Godefroi

• Unorganized Areas
  • Rivière-Bonaventure

Attractions

• Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
• Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
• Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
• Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
• Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
• Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
• Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
• Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
• St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)

Protected Areas

• Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
  • MLPC Campaign Post
• Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
• Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve

Highways

Highways in Bonaventure include:

• Principal Highways: #132
• Secondary Highways: #299

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

• Population: 18,267
• Population change (1996–2001): -6.6
• Dwellings: 7,808
• Area (sq. km): 4,375.15
• Density (per sq. km.): 4.2
• National rank in terms of population: 240
• Provincial rank in terms of population: 82

Surrounding Counties

• Avignon County Regional Municipality, Quebec
• La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Rocher-Percé County Regional Municipality, Quebec