Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality

Caniapiscau
Caniapiscau
Regional county municipality
	Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W / 52.783°N 67.083°WCoordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W / 52.783°N 67.083°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Fermont
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Mme Lise Pelletier
Area
• Total	79,253.60 km2 (30,599.99 sq mi)
• Land	70,389.38 km2 (27,177.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,260
• Density	0.06/km2 (0.2/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.9%
• Dwellings	1,953
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.caniapiscau.net

Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Fermont.

The census groups Caniapiscau RCM with neighbouring Sept-Rivières into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 4260,^[4] about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.

Subdivisions[]

There are 6 subdivisions and 3 native reserves within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

Fermont
Schefferville

Unorganized territories (4)

Native Reserves (2) (not associated with RCM)

Lac-John
Matimekosh

Naskapi Reserve (1) (not associated with RCM)

Kawawachikamach

Demographics[]

Land area: 70,389.37 km²
Population: 4,260

Transportation[]

Access routes[]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal Highways
- None

Secondary Highways
- Route 389

External Routes
- Route 500

References[]

^ Reference number 141113 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Geographic code 972 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Code 2497) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Caniapiscau, Fermont, Kawawachikamach, Lac-John, Lac-Juillet, Lac-Vacher, Matimekosh, Rivière-Mouchalagane and Schefferville census subdivisions.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links[]

Official site

[toponymie-1] Reference number 141113 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)

[mamrot-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Geographic code 972 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)

[cp2011-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Code 2497) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

[caveat-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Caniapiscau, Fermont, Kawawachikamach, Lac-John, Lac-Juillet, Lac-Vacher, Matimekosh, Rivière-Mouchalagane and Schefferville census subdivisions.

[5] Official Transport Quebec Road Map

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hide v t Administrative divisions of Côte-Nord (Region 09)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	La Haute-Côte-Nord Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Manicouagan Sept-Rivières Caniapiscau Minganie
Municipalities	Forestville Baie-Comeau Sept-Îles Port-Cartier Havre-Saint-Pierre Fermont Schefferville
Administrative divisions of Quebec