Laurier-Station | |
Settlement Type: | Village municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.5333°N -109°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Lotbinière |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1951 |
Named For: | Wilfrid Laurier |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Huguette Charest |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Lévis—Lotbinière |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area Total Km2: | 12.00 |
Area Land Km2: | 12.16 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 2570 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 211.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 0.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1164 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 1N0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank Name Sec2: | Census profile |
Blank Info Sec2: | https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Laurier%2DStation&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433060&HEADERlist=0[1] |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | MAMROT info |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 33060 |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Toponymie info |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 34717 |
Laurier-Station is a village municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 2,570 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
It is named after its train station, Laurier, itself named in honour of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. It is also the town where the professional hockey player David Desharnais was born.
Laurier-Station was originally part of Saint-Flavien but split away in 1951 to become a municipality of its own. The railway station, built in 1880, launched the development of the region. In the 1950s, the advent of the Trans-Canada Highway and furniture manufacturing industries propelled its development.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier-Station had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 12.16km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]