page_title: Gaspé, Quebec
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Gaspé, Quebec / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking northeast down rue de la Reine from between rue de la Cathédrale and rue Morin, Gaspé, Québec, 9th July 2012.
context_page_description: Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is located about 650 km northeast of Quebec City, and 350 km east of Rimouski. As of the 2011 Canadian Census, the city had a total population of 15,163.
  In addition to the city, Gaspé's territory includes the communities of Cap-aux-Os, Cap-des-Rosiers, Douglastown, Haldimand, Jersey Cove, L'Anse-à-Fugère, L'Anse-à-Valleau, L'Anse-au-Griffon, Penouille, Petit-Cap, Petite-Rivière-au-Renard, Pointe-Jaune, Rivière-au-Renard, Rivière-Morris, Sandy Beach, Saint-Majorique, Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouerie, Wakeham, and York Centre. The city's territory occupies 1,440 km² and borders the sea and the St. Lawrence River for some 130 km. French is the first language learnt by most of Gaspé's population where nearly 90% of the population is French Canadian.
  Gaspé is where Jacques Cartier took possession of New France in the name of François I of France on July 24, 1534.
caption: Downtown Gaspé
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