The community has the name of the local Giroux family, being named after Father Henri Giroux, a
Roman Catholicmissionary appointed by
Émile Grouard.[3] In 1951, Girouxville was incorporated as a village.[4]
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, the Village of Girouxville had a population of 278 living in 127 of its 150 total private dwellings, a change of 26.9% from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 421.2/km2 (1,090.9/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Girouxville recorded a population of 219 living in 107 of its 130 total private dwellings, a -17.7% change from its 2011 population of 266. With a land area of 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 326.9/km2 (846.6/sq mi) in 2016.[12]
Notable people
Singer and actor
Robert Goulet lived in Girouxville for a portion of his teenage years.[14]
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^"Table 9: Population by census subdivisions, 1966 by sex, and 1961". 1966 Census of Canada. Western Provinces. Vol. Population: Divisions and Subdivisions. Ottawa:
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1967.
^"Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada. Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories. Vol. Population: Geographic Distributions. Ottawa:
Statistics Canada. 1977.
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^"Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 – 100% Data". 91 Census. Vol. Population and Dwelling Counts – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions. Ottawa:
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