Les villes moyennes périphériques à l’épreuve des tendances économiques et démographiques. L’exemple de Saguenay

Abstract

Despite its significant demographic importance, the Saguenay region is a rather small census metropolitan area (CMA) among the 33 Canadian CMAs. Like Sudbury or Thunder Bay, Saguenay is located at the periphery of major urban-industrial corridors and its population stagnates or declines from one census to another. In this context, what is the future of the midsized cities located at the edge of the ecumene, such as the Saguenay region? How do you take in immigrants in a generally homogeneous social environment? Will there be a gradual divide between the midsized cities of the hinterland and the large metropolitan areas? We will attempt to address these important issues.