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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Alma
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|settlement_type        = [[Town (Quebec)|Town]]
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|image_shield           = Blason ville ca Alma (Québec).svg
|shield_size            = 80px
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|nickname               = 
|motto                  = ''Crescit eundo''
|image_map              = Carte MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - Alma.svg
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 | pushpin_map          = Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
 | pushpin_label_position = right
 | pushpin_map_caption  = Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
|coordinates            = {{coord|48|33|N|71|39|W|region:CA-QC_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Canada]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality|Lac-Saint-Jean-Est]]
|subdivision_type4      = 
|subdivision_name4      = 
|established_title      = Amalgamation
|established_date       = 1962 <small>(of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.)</small>
|established_title1     = Constituted
|established_date1      = February 21, 2001 <small> (amalgamation with Delisle)</small>
|established_title2     = 
|established_date2      = 
|established_title3     = 
|established_date3      = 
|government_footnotes   = <ref name=mamrot>Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/93042/ Alma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115031603/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/93042/ |date=2012-01-15 }}</ref>
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Sylvie Beaumont
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Lac-Saint-Jean]]
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)|Lac-Saint-Jean]]
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|area_footnotes         = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="cp2021">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alma&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052493042,2021S05100009&HEADERlist=0 |title=Alma census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census data]] |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref>
|area_magnitude         = 
|area_total_km2         = 230.30
|area_land_km2          = 194.92
|area_water_km2         = 
|area_water_percent     = 
|area_urban_footnotes   = <ref name="cp2021-PC">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alma&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052493042,2021S05100009&HEADERlist=0 |title=Alma (Population centre) community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census data]] |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref>
|area_urban_km2         = 15.94
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|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cp2021/>
|population_total       = 30331
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 155.6
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|population_urban       = 20274
|population_density_urban_km2 = 1272.2
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|population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
|population_blank1      = {{decrease}} 1.4%
|population_blank2_title= Dwellings
|population_blank2      = 14493
|population_note        = 
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = −4
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = [[List of G postal codes of Canada|G8B]], G8C & G8E
|area_codes              = [[Area codes 418 and 581|418 and 581]]
|blank_name             = Highways <!--<br> {{jct|state=QC|A|70}} when completed-->
|blank_info             = <!--<br>--> {{jct|state=QC|QC|169}} <br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|170}} <br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|172}}
|blank1_name            = [[Telephone Exchange]]s
|blank1_info            = 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769
|blank2_name            = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] Map
|blank2_info            = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|22|D|12}}
|blank3_name            = [[Geographical Names Board of Canada|GNBC]] Code
|blank3_info            = EFHQD<ref>{{Cite cgndb |id = EFHQD |name = Alma}}</ref>
|website                = {{Official URL}}
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}}

'''Alma''' ({{IPA|fr|alma|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-Alma.wav}}; [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] Town population: 30,331; [[Urban area|UA]] Population 20,274) is a town in [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]], in the Canadian province of [[Quebec]].

==History==
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 the [[Battle of the Alma]].

==Geography==
Alma is located on the southeast coast of [[Lac Saint-Jean]] where it flows into the  [[Saguenay River]], in the [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada, approximately 175&nbsp;km north of [[Quebec City]]. Alma is the seat of [[Lac-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.<ref>[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM ''Territorial Division Act'']. ''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Alma had a population of {{val|30331|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|13815|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|14493|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:30331-30771}}|30771|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|30771|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|194.92|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|30331|194.92|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

Population trend:<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
* Population in 2021: 30,331 
* Population in 2016: 30,771 
* Population in 2011: 30,904 
* Population in 2006: 29,998 
* Population in 2001: 25,918
* Population in 1996: 26,127 
* Population in 1991: 25,910 
* Population in 1986: 25,923 
* Population in 1981: 26,322 
* Population in 1976: 25,638 
* Population in 1971: 24,956 
* Population in 1966: 22,195 
* Population in 1961: 13,309 
* Population in 1956: 10,822 
* Population in 1951: 7,975 
* Population in 1941: 6,449 
* Population in 1931: 3,970 
* Population in 1921: 850 

Mother tongue:<ref name=SC21>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alma&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052493042&HEADERlist=0 |title=Alma community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census data]] |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref>
* English as first language: 0.4%
* French as first language: 98.5%
* English and French as first language: 0.3%
* Other as first language: 0.7%
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Aboriginal population ([[Canada 2021 Census]])
|-
! colspan="2" | Population group!! Population !! % of total population
|-
| colspan="2" | '''[[European Canadian|White]]''' || '''28,015''' || '''{{Percentage | 28015 | 29325 | 1 }}'''
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group<BR><small>Source:<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alma&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052493042&HEADERlist=0], Community Profiles from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision</ref></small> || [[South Asia]]n || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] || 55 || {{Percentage | 55 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 185 || {{Percentage | 185 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 15 || {{Percentage | 15 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] || 30 || {{Percentage | 30 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Western Asia|West Asian]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Multiple]] visible minority || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total visible minority population'''|| '''375''' || '''{{Percentage | 375 | 29325 | 1 }}'''
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group<BR><small>Source:<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alma&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052493042&HEADERlist=0], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision</ref></small> || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 350 || {{Percentage | 350 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 500 || {{Percentage | 500 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit|Inuk]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. || 65 || {{Percentage | 65 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 29325 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total Aboriginal population''' || '''935''' || '''{{Percentage | 935 | 29325 | 1 }}'''
|-
| colspan="2" | '''''Total population''''' || '''''29,325''''' || '''''100%'''''
|}

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Petite-décharge-2012.jpg|thumb|Petite-Décharge]]

===Transportation===
Alma is serviced by the [[Alma Airport]], located 4.1&nbsp;km to the south of the town.

==Sister cities==

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Canada}}
Alma has been twinned with [[Falaise, Calvados]], France, since 1969.<ref name=jumilage>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/falaise-14700/falaise-les-anecdotes-etonnantes-des-villes-jumelles-europeennes-6505807|title=Falaise. Les anecdotes étonnantes des villes jumelles européennes|first=Jérôme|last=FLURY|date=September 5, 2019|website=Ouest-France.fr}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Camille Bedard]], hockey player
* [[Chris Boucher (basketball)|Chris Boucher]], basketball player for the [[Toronto Raptors]]
* [[Lucien Bouchard]], former premier of Québec
* [[Guy Cloutier]], producer and artist manager
* [[Guillaume Desbiens]], hockey player
* [[Charles Hudon]], hockey player for the [[Ontario Reign]]
* [[Pierre Lapointe]], singer
* [[Émilie Fortin Tremblay]] (1872–1949), one of the first white women to cross the Chilkoot on the way to the Yukon gold fields
* [[François-Louis Tremblay]], Olympic gold medallist short-track speed skater
* [[Mario Tremblay]], hockey player and former coach of the [[Montreal Canadiens]]

==See also==
* [[List of cities in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |1013}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ville.alma.qc.ca Ville d'Alma]

{{Geographic location
 | title     = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre    = Alma
 | North     = [[L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, Quebec|L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur]]
 | Northeast = [[Labrecque, Quebec|Labrecque]]
 | East      = [[Saint-Nazaire, Quebec|Saint-Nazaire]]
 | Southeast = [[Larouche, Quebec|Larouche]]
 | South     = [[Saint-Bruno, Quebec|Saint-Bruno]]
 | Southwest = [[Saint-Gédéon, Quebec|Saint-Gédéon]]
 | West      = ''[[Lac Saint-Jean]]''
 | Northwest = [[Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Quebec|Saint-Henri-de-Taillon]]
}}
{{Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM|state=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}

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