Beauce (electoral district)

Beauce
Quebec electoral district
Beauce in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Richard Lehoux
Conservative
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]108,746
Electors (2019)86,333
Area (km²)[1]4,103.54
Pop. density (per km²)26.5
Census division(s)Beauce-Sartigan RCM, Les Etchemins RCM, Le Granit RCM, La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM, Robert-Cliche RCM
Census subdivision(s)Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Beauceville, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Côme-Linière, Saint-Martin, Scott, Saint-Bernard

Beauce is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. In 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters.

The Beauce riding has the highest percentage of people who answered "Canadian" as their ethnic origin in the 2006 Census (84.0%; multiple responses).[2]

It is also the riding with the highest percentage of Whites of European descent (99.3%).[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Federal Electoral District (FED) Profile, 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "Classification of visible minority". Statcan.gc.ca. April 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

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