Saint-Basile

• Name — Saint-Basile • Type — City • Motto — Crois en l'avenir ("Believe in the Future") • Image Map — Saint-Basile Quebec location diagram.png • Map Caption — Location within Portneuf RCM • Pushpin Map — Canada Central Quebec • Pushpin Label Position — left • Pushpin Label — St-Basile • Pushpin Caption — Location in central Quebec • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Canada • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Quebec • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Capitale-Nationale • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — Portneuf • Established Title — Settled • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — March 1, 2000 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Guillaume Vézina • Leader Title1 — Fed. riding • Leader Name1 — Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Portneuf • Area Total Km2 — 98.93 • Area Land Km2 — 98.84 • Area Urban Km2 — 1.94 • Population Total — 2709 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 27.4 • Population Urban — 1444 • Population Density Urban Km2 — 745.5 • Population Blank1 Title — Pop (2016-21) • Population Blank1 — 3.4% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 1327 • Time Zone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Time Zone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — G0A 3G0 • Area Codes — 418, 581 • Custom Label Sec1 — Highways Saint-Basile (sɛ̃ bazil) is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The area was originally part of the seigneuries of Jacques-Cartier, Auteuil, and Neuville. In the mid-19th-century, settlers arrived from places along the St. Lawrence, especially from Cap-Santé. In 1840, the Parish of Saint-Basile was formed, named in honour of Basil of Caesarea. In 1845, the parish municipality was established, dissolved in 1847, and reestablished in 1855. In 1948, the Village Municipality of Saint-Basile-Sud (also known by its English equivalent of Saint-Basile South) separated from the parish municipality. In 2000, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Basile and the Village Municipality of Saint-Basile-Sud merged again to form the new City of Saint-Basile.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Basile had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 98.84 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. Population trend: Mother tongue (2021): • English as first language: 1.3% • French as first language: 97.4% • English and French as first languages: 0.7% • Other as first language: 0.4%

• Illustration — QC Cement in Saint-Basile The main economic activity in Saint-Basile is the cement plant owned Ciment Québec Inc. Towards the end of the 1940s, cement became a rare commodity in Canada. So Gustave Papillon wanted to manufacture it, starting in 1947. For this reason, he asked his father if he wanted to participate in this project. His father, Ernest-J. Papillon, agreed to partner with him on the condition that the company was based in the town of Saint-Basile. From the first year, Gustave bought the machinery and his father took care of the financing and legal matters. In 1951, the first rotary kiln was built. The factory initially used a so-called "wet" process. In the early 1980s, a modernization of the factory was undertaken with a switch to the "dry" type process (pyroprocess). Today, it still employs between 150 and 200 workers during the year.

List of former mayors since formation of current city: • Louis-Marie Caron • Jean Poirier (2005–2017) • Guillaume Vézina (2017–present)