Girardville
Municipality
Girardville Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates: 49°00′N 72°33′W / 49.000°N 72.550°W / 49.000; -72.550[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM	Maria-Chapdelaine
Settled	1899
Constituted	November 11, 1921
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jeanne Savard
• Federal riding	Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
• Prov. riding	Roberval
Area [2][3]
• Total	133.10 km2 (51.39 sq mi)
• Land	124.11 km2 (47.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,018
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)	3%
• Dwellings	511
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0W 1R0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.ville.girardville.qc.ca

Girardville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the regional county municipality of Maria-Chapdelaine. The municipality had a population of 1,018 in the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality is named in honour of Joseph Girard, former federal deputy for Lac-St-Jean County.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2021: 1018 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3%)
• Population in 2016: 988
• Population in 2011: 1100
• Population in 2006: 1186
• Population in 2001: 1285
• Population in 1996: 1350
• Population in 1991: 1391

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 470 (total dwellings: 511)

Mother tongue:^[5]

• English as first language: 0.5%
• French as first language: 99%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0.5%