title: Saint-Basile, Quebec
text: # Saint-Basile, Quebec
  
  Saint-Basile is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Basile had a population of 2,709 living in 1,262 of its 1,327 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 2,621. With a land area of 98.84 $km^2$ (38.16 sq mi), it had a population density of $27.4/km^2$ (71.0/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  Population trend:
  
  * Population in 2011: 2463 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
  * Population in 2006: 2560
  * Population in 2001: 2575
  * Population in 1996:
     * Saint-Basile (parish): 840
     * Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1684
  * Population in 1991:
     * Saint-Basile (parish): 823
     * Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1733
  
  Mother tongue:
  
  * English as first language: 2.4%
  * French as first language: 95.4%
  * English and French as first language: 0.4%
  * Other as first language: 1.8%
  