Saint-Malo, Quebec


Saint-Malo is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. Saint-Malo has the highest elevation of any municipality in Quebec. At, local residents live in an environment of forests, farms, and waterways that supply their livelihood.
Every September, Saint-Malo holds a Harvest Festival that includes a "country" mass. A popular point of interest is La Montagnaise, a -tall observation tower built in 1995, that offers panoramic views of the countryside.

History

The parish of Saint-Malo was established in 1863 by Canadiens and was incorporated as a municipality in 1910. The town's name evokes Saint-Malo, France— the hometown in Brittany of Jacques Cartier, the first European explorer to describe and map modern Quebec and to name his discoveries as "Canada".

Demographics

Population

Population trend:
CensusPopulationChange
2011483 10.2%
ADJ538 4.3%
2006516 0.4%
2001518 5.1%
ADJ546 4.3%
1996375 6.5%
1991401N/A

ADJ = adjusted figures due to boundary changes between census years

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