Alma | |
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| Motto: Crescit eundo | |
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  Alma Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec | |
| Coordinates:48°33′N71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W /48.550; -71.650[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| RCM | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
| Amalgamation | 1962(of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.) |
| Constituted | February 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sylvie Beaumont |
| • Federal riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
| • Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Area | |
• Town | 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.94 km2 (6.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Town | 30,331 |
| • Density | 155.6/km2 (403/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20,274 |
| • Urban density | 1,272.2/km2 (3,295/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.4% |
| • Dwellings | 14,493 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G8B, G8C & G8E |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-169 R-170 R-172 |
| Telephone Exchanges | 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769 |
| NTS Map | 22D12 Alma |
| GNBC Code | EFHQD[5] |
| Website | www |
Alma (French pronunciation:[alma]ⓘ;2021 Town population: 30,331;UA Population 20,274) is a town inSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province ofQuebec.
The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages,St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.
In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle. Both modern day Alma and St-Joseph d'Alma are named after theBattle of the Alma.
Alma is located on the southeast coast ofLac Saint-Jean where it flows into theSaguenay River, in theSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region ofQuebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north ofQuebec City. Alma is the seat ofLac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second largest city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.
Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[6]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Alma had a population of30,331 living in13,815 of its14,493 total private dwellings, a change of-1.4% from its 2016 population of30,771. With a land area of 194.92 km2 (75.26 sq mi), it had a population density of155.6/km2 (403.0/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
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| Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2021 Census) | |||
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| Population group | Population | % of total population | |
| White | 28,015 | 95.5% | |
| Visible minority group Source:[10] | South Asian | 0 | 0% |
| Chinese | 55 | 0.2% | |
| Black | 185 | 0.6% | |
| Filipino | 15 | 0.1% | |
| Arab | 35 | 0.1% | |
| Latin American | 30 | 0.1% | |
| Southeast Asian | 35 | 0.1% | |
| West Asian | 0 | 0% | |
| Korean | 0 | 0% | |
| Japanese | 0 | 0% | |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0% | |
| Multiple visible minority | 10 | 0% | |
| Total visible minority population | 375 | 1.3% | |
| Aboriginal group Source:[11] | First Nations | 350 | 1.2% |
| Métis | 500 | 1.7% | |
| Inuk | 10 | 0% | |
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 65 | 0.2% | |
| Multiple Aboriginal identity | 10 | 0% | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 935 | 3.2% | |
| Total population | 29,325 | 100% | |
Alma is serviced by theAlma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.
Alma has been twinned withFalaise, Calvados, France, since 1969.[12]
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