New Carlisle, Quebec
New Carlisle | |
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Location within Bonaventure RCM | |
New Carlisle Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | Bonaventure |
| Settled | 1784 |
| Constituted | February 1, 1877 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Patrice Leclerc |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj |
| • Prov. riding | Bonaventure |
| Area | |
• Total | 68.09 km2 (26.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45.00 m (147.64 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,336 |
| • Density | 19.6/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 3.7% |
| • Dwellings | 668 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-132 |
| Website | www |
New Carlisle (French pronunciation: [nju kaʁlajl]) is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque although he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Its population is approximately 1,336, approximately two thirds of whom are anglophone and the remainder francophone. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.
New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure, and the regional base for the Ministry of Transports Quebec, which has an operations centre on the outskirts of town. New Carlisle has a post office, primary and high schools, five different churches, and many other services. New Carlisle was served by passenger rail on the Montreal–Gaspé train until August 2013 when Canada's national passenger system VIA Rail suspended the route owing to poor track and bridge conditions. Replacement buses served the route until September 2013. Repair of the rail line began in 2020 and the Government of Quebec announced in 2023 that service would be restored in 2026 after the completion of a multi-year $872 million project to completely rehabilitate the Gaspé railway.