 It has an area of according to Quebec's "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire" (which includes coastal, lake, and river water territory and also disputed land within Labrador), or a land area of according to Statistics Canada.The population from the Canada 2011 Census was 5126.Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and the neighbouring Minganie Regional County Municipality are grouped into the single census division of Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (known as Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord before 2010).