the Lefebvre drugstore (la pharmacie Lefebvre). The Saint-Raymond hospital opened in 1959. The hospital then counted about 20 beds. The Saint-Joseph college (le collège Saint-Joseph) was built in 1908. In 1916, it counted 182 students. In October 1928, a fire destroyed the top two floors. During a very cold day in December 1933, fire struck the college again, this time destroying it completely. The school was rebuilt. The Marguerite d'Youville school, where children now go from kindergarten to the third grade, was built in 1960. Since 1972, high school education is given at the Louis-Jobin high school (l'école secondaire Louis-Jobin), which was initially named la polyvalente de Saint-Raymond. Le cinéma Alouette, a movie theatre, was built in 1947. A credit union (caisse populaire) was started in 1934. A new post office was built in 1938. The municipal ski centre opened in 1974 and offered 5 trails, a lift, 64 kilometres (40 mi) of cross-country trails, and a 24 by chalet. A tubing facility was installed at the centre in 1997. With money collected during a telethon, an arena was built in 1975. The Big Log festival (le festival de la Grosse Bûche) is a popular local family event occurring in July since 1976. In 1992, Saint-Raymond celebrated its 150th anniversary. In 1994, the rails were removed from the railroad to construct the Jacques-Cartier / Portneuf recreation trail. The trail was finished in 1997. When the city and the parish fused in 1995, Saint-Raymond became the most populous city of Portneuf. Three numbered provincial roads converge to St-Raymond, Route 365, Route 367, and Route 354. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Raymond had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend: Population in 2016: 10,221 (2011 to 2016 population change: 6.3%) Population in 2011: 9,615 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.7%) Population in 2006: 9,273 Population in 2001: 8,836 Population in 1996: 8,733 Population in 1991: 8,126 Mother tongue: English as first language: 0.9% French as first language: 97.5% English and French as first language: 0.2% Other as first language: 1.3% Economy Saint-Raymond developed mostly around the wood industry. Today, the sawmills and the wood drying, wood treating, plywood, and paper plants still play an essential role in the