Settlement began in the mid-19th century, and in 1873 the Parish of Saint-Godefroi was founded, named in honour of Charles-Godefroi Fournier (1829-1902), priest and founder of the parish. In 1889, its post office opened under the name of Saint-Godfroy.[1]
On December 16, 1913, the Township Municipality of Saint-Godefroy was created when the Township Municipality of Hope was divided in two. In 1924, Saint-Godefroy lost more than half its area when the Municipality of Shigawake was formed.[5] In 1940, the spelling of the post office name was adjusted to Saint-Godefroi, while the township's name was not corrected until much later (the 1981 census was the last census to use the spelling "Saint-Godefroy*).[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Godefroi had a population of 350 living in 177 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of -7.9% from its 2016 population of 380. With a land area of 63.57 km2 (24.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.5/km2 (14.3/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. References: 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]
Historical Census Data - Saint-Godefroi, Quebec
Year
Pop.
±%
1921
1,409
—
1931
848
−39.8%
1941
923
+8.8%
1951
717
−22.3%
1956
801
+11.7%
1961
900
+12.4%
Year
Pop.
±%
1966
891
−1.0%
1971
798
−10.4%
1976
718
−10.0%
1981
670
−6.7%
1986
582
−13.1%
1991
565
−2.9%
Year
Pop.
±%
1996
488
−13.6%
2001
373
−23.6%
2006
370
−0.8%
2011
405
+9.5%
2016
380
−6.2%
2021
350
−7.9%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[11]
