title: Saint-Boniface, Quebec
text: # Saint-Boniface, Quebec
  
  Saint-Boniface is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
  
  On April 5, 2003, the village municipality of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan changed its legal status and its name and became the municipality of Saint-Boniface.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Population trend:
  
  * Population in 2021: 5156 (2016 to 2021 population change: 6.7%)
  * Population in 2016: 4832
  * Population in 2011: 4511
  * Population in 2006: 4180
  * Population in 2001: 3998
  * Population in 1996: 3998
  * Population in 1991: 3813
  
  Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2098 (total dwellings: 2205)
  
  Mother tongue:
  
  * English as first language: 1%
  * French as first language: 98.8%
  * English and French as first language: 0%
  * Other as first language: 0.2%
  