La Matapédia Regional County Municipality
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.
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| Coordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Amqui |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Chantale Lavoie |
| • Federal riding | Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| • MP | Kristina Michaud (BQ) |
| • MNA | Pascal Bérubé (PQ) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,389.00 km2 (2,080.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 5,374.57 km2 (2,075.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 17,592 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  1.9% |
| • Dwellings | 9,274 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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
Canada census – La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 17,592 (-1.9% from 2016) | 17,925 (-3.5% from 2011) | 18,573 (-3.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 5,354.53 km2 (2,067.40 sq mi) | 5,374.57 km2 (2,075.13 sq mi) | 5,373.92 km2 (2,074.88 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
| Median age | 52.4 (M: 52, F: 52.8) | 50.6 (M: 50.1, F: 51.2) | 48.0 (M: 47.7, F: 48.2) |
| Private dwellings | 8,260 (total) | 9,142 (total) | 9,116 (total) |
| Median household income | $47,488 | $42,628 |
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Language
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English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
17,790 |
17,635 | 3.2% |
99.13% | 70 | 6.7% |
0.39% | 35 |  16.7% |
0.20% | 50 | 100.0% |
0.28% | |||||
2011 |
18,345 |
18,215 | 2.4% |
99.29% | 75 | 36.4% |
0.41% | 30 | 200.0% |
0.16% | 25 | 68.8% |
0.14% | |||||
2006 |
18,810 |
18,665 | 3.4% |
99.23% | 55 | 57.1% |
0.29% | 10 | 75.0% |
0.05% | 80 | 700.0% |
0.43% | |||||
2001 |
19,405 |
19,320 | 4.7% |
99.56% | 35 | 41.7% |
0.18% | 40 | 42.9% |
0.21% | 10 | 60.0% |
0.05% | |||||
1996 |
20,435 |
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:[11]
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References
- "La Matapédia (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- "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.
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Matapédia, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - La Matapédia, Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) [Census division], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada.
- "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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