Bonaventure, Quebec

Bonaventure
City
Bonaventure Church
Location within Bonaventure RCM
Bonaventure Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°W / 48.050; -65.483[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM	Bonaventure
Settled	1760
Constituted	January 1, 1884
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pierre Gagnon
• Federal riding	Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Prov. riding	Bonaventure
Area [2][3]
• Total	108.17 km2 (41.76 sq mi)
• Land	104.50 km2 (40.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,733
• Density	26.2/km2 (68/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	1.0%
• Dwellings	1,404
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0C 1E0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-132
GNBC Code	EQKCG
NTS Map	022A03
Website	www.villebonaventure.ca

Bonaventure is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in the Bonaventure Regional County Municipality of Quebec. It is located on Chaleur Bay near the mouth of the Bonaventure River. The town is situated on Route 132 between Saint-Siméon and New Carlisle.

The majority of the inhabitants are of Acadian descent, who found refuge there after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. They arrived there in 1760. The Quebec Acadian Museum (Musée Acadien du Québec) is located in the town. Bonaventure celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2010.

The toponym Bonaventure has been associated with several locations in the Gaspé since the beginnings of New France, such as Bonaventure Island and Bonaventure River. No definite origin of this name has been identified.^[4]