Trois-Pistoles

A ferry crosses the river to Les Escoumins on the north shore. The port facilities are also used by fishing boats and scuba divers. The town is the site of the University of Western Ontario's annual French immersion program, which has existed since 1932. It is the oldest such program in Canada. Just offshore of the town lies Île aux Basques, an island that was used by Basque whalers in the 16th century. The island, part of the surrounding Municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, is a National Historic Site of Canada and is now a migratory bird sanctuary. The town hosted the Festival Échofête de Trois-Pistoles, an environmentalism-themed music festival and fair each July from 2002 to 2014. At the time it was Quebec's largest environmental festival. The town can be reached by Via Rail on the named train The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax. The town is said to have been named for a silver goblet worth three pistoles, an old French coin equivalent to the Spanish Doubloon, that was lost in the river in the 17th century.

• Name — Trois-Pistoles • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Canada • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Quebec • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Bas-Saint-Laurent • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — Les Basques • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — 9 March 1916 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Maurice Vaney • Leader Title1 — Federal riding • Leader Name1 — Rimouski—La Matapédia • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata • Area Total Km2 — 9.60 • Area Land Km2 — 7.63 • Area Urban Km2 — 4.06 • Population Total — 3115 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 408.1 • Population Urban — 3031 • Population Density Urban Km2 — 746.5 • Population Blank1 Title — Pop 2016–2021 • Population Blank1 — 4.0% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 1727 • Timezone — EST • Utc Offset — −05:00 • Timezone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −04:00 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — G0L 4K0 • Area Codes — 418 and 581 • Blank Name — Highways • Website — www.ville-trois-pistoles.ca • Illustration — Ferry boat returns to Trois Pistoles from Les Escumins • Illustration — Village of Trois-Pistoles, 1896

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trois-Pistoles had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 7.63 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. • Canada Census Mother Tongue – Trois-Pistoles, Quebec • Census — Total — French — English — French & English — Other • Year — Responses — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % • 2,950 — 6.5% — 98.5% — 15 — 0.0% — 0.5% — 10 — n/a% — 0.3% — 20 — n/a% — 0.7% • 3,155 — 6.5% — 99.4% — 15 — 0.0% — 0.5% — 0 — 100.0% — 0.0% — 0 — 0.0% — 0.0% • 3,375 — 5.3% — 99.4% — 15 — n/a% — 0.4% — 5 — n/a% — 0.2% — 0 — 100.0% — 0.0% • 3,195 — 6.2% — 98.3% — 0 — 100.0% — 0.0% — 0 — 0.0% — 0.0% — 55 — n/a% — 1.7% • 3,405 — 3.7% — 99.3% — 25 — 28.6% — 0.7% — 0 — 100.0% — 0.0% — 0 — 0.0% — 0.0% • 3,535 — n/a — 98.7% — 35 — n/a — 1.0% — 10 — n/a — 0.3% — 0 — n/a — 0.0%

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