Grosses-Roches

Grosses-Roches
Municipality
File:Grosses-Roches.jpg
Location within La Matanie RCM Location within La Matanie RCM
Grosses-Roches is located in Eastern Quebec Grosses-Roches Grosses-Roches Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°56′N 67°10′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Matanie
Settled	mid 19th century
Constituted	August 19, 1939
Government
• Mayor	Bruno Fournier
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area
• Total	63.95 km2 (24.69 sq mi)
• Land	63.59 km2 (24.55 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	375
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	Decrease 4.8%
• Dwellings	261
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 1K0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	File:Qc132.svg R-132

Grosses-Roches is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.

History

Settlement began in the mid-19th century and the place was called Grosses-Roches (French for "big rocks"), referring to a large number of small, rounded, brownish rocks. In 1870, the parish of Saints-Sept-Frères was founded. In 1881, the post office opened. On August 19, 1939, the Municipality of Grosses-Roches was formed when it ceded from the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Félicité.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grosses-Roches had a population of 375 living in 206 of its 261 total private dwellings, a change of -4.8% from its 2016 population of 394. With a land area of 63.59 km² (24.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.9/km² (15.3/sq mi) in 2021.

Canada census – Grosses-Roches community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	375 (-4.8% from 2016)	394 (-4.1% from 2011)	411 (-1.2% from 2006)
Land area	63.59 km2 (24.55 sq mi)	64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi)	63.65 km2 (24.58 sq mi)
Population density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Median age	61.2 (M: 62.4, F: 58.8)	59.1 (M: 59.9, F: 58.1)	52.9 (M: 54.1, F: 51.7)
Private dwellings	261 (total)  206 (occupied)	280 (total)  209 (occupied)	250 (total)
Median household income	$41,600	$34,432	$28,942

Notes: 2016 Data based on population and dwelling count amendments.
References: 2021 2016 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - Grosses-Roches, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1941 807 —     1951 886 +9.8% 1956 904 +2.0% 1961 804 −11.1% 1966 697 −13.3% 1971 639 −8.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1976 599 −6.3% 1981 561 −6.3% 1986 580 +3.4% 1991 517 −10.9% 1996 493 −4.6% 2001 457 −7.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 416 −9.0% 2011 411 −1.2% 2016 394 −4.1% 2021 375 −4.8%
2016 Population based on revised count. Source: Statistics Canada

Government

List of former mayors:

• Victoire Marin (...–2013)
• André Morin (2013–2017)
• Victoire Marin (2017–2021)
• Jonathan Massé (2021–2024)
• Bruno Fournier (2024–present)

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec