Lac-Bouchette is a municipality in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada. The town is located on the eastern shore of the eponymous Lake Bouchette, along Quebec Route 155

Quebec route 155

Route 155 is a north/south highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Chambord at the junction of Route 169, and the southern terminus is the Piles Bridge in Shawinigan...

 and the Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

.

In addition to Lac-Bouchette itself, the municipality also includes the population centres of Lac-des-Commissaires and Lizote.

Municipality and lake were named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette

Joseph Bouchette

Lieutenant Joseph Bouchette was a French Canadian soldier and surveyor.Born in Montreal to Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bouchette, a topographer, and Marie Angelique Duhamel. He later joined the Royal Navy's Provincial Marine on the Great Lakes and the Royal Canadian Volunteers...

(1774-1841).

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 1311 (2001 to 2006 population change: -4.3 %)
• Population in 2001: 1370
• Population in 1996: 1445
• Population in 1991: 1485

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 587 (total dwellings: 871)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 99.2 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0.8 %