La Matapédia Regional County Municipality
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La Matapédia | |
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Coordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W / 48.300°N 67.567°WCoordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W / 48.300°N 67.567°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Amqui |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Chantale Lavoie |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 5,389.00 km2 (2,080.70 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,374.57 km2 (2,075.13 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 17,925 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 3.5% |
• Dwellings | 9,142 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
La Matapédia is a regional county municipality (RCM) in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Its seat is in Amqui. It is named after the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM.
La Matapédia was created on January 1, 1982, succeeding from the former Matapédia County Municipality. The region was subject to one of the last waves of colonization in Quebec, settled mostly by people from the Lower Saint-Lawrence between 1850 and 1950. It is a rural region in the Matapedia Valley crossed by the Notre Dame Mountains. Agriculture and logging, and its related industries (forestry and wood products), are the main economic activities.[1]
Subdivisions[]
There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics[]
Population[]
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2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
Population: | 17,925 (-3.5% from 2011) | 18,573 (-3.3% from 2006) | 19,199 (-3.6% from 2001) |
Land area: | 5,374.57 km2 (2,075.13 sq mi) | 5,373.92 km2 (2,074.88 sq mi) | 5,373.92 km2 (2,074.88 sq mi) |
Population density: | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) |
Median age: | 50.6 (M: 50.1, F: 51.2) | 48.0 (M: 47.7, F: 48.2) | 44.5 (M: 44.5, F: 44.5) |
Total private dwellings: | 9,142 | 9,116 | 9,015 |
Median household income: | $47,488 | $42,628 | $36,550 |
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7] |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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17,790
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17,635 | 3.2% | 99.13% | 70 | 6.7% | 0.39% | 35 | 16.7% | 0.20% | 50 | 100.0% | 0.28% | |||||
2011
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18,345
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18,215 | 2.4% | 99.29% | 75 | 36.4% | 0.41% | 30 | 200.0% | 0.16% | 25 | 68.8% | 0.14% | |||||
2006
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18,810
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18,665 | 3.4% | 99.23% | 55 | 57.1% | 0.29% | 10 | 75.0% | 0.05% | 80 | 700.0% | 0.43% | |||||
2001
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19,405
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19,320 | 4.7% | 99.56% | 35 | 41.7% | 0.18% | 40 | 42.9% | 0.21% | 10 | 60.0% | 0.05% | |||||
1996
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20,435
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20,280 | n/a | 99.24% | 60 | n/a | 0.29% | 70 | n/a | 0.34% | 25 | n/a | 0.12% |
Transportation[]
Access Routes[]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "La Matapédia (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "La Matapédia". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Matapédia, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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