Métis-sur-Mer

Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 587 in the Canada 2016 Census.[3]

Métis-sur-Mer
City
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
Métis-sur-Mer is located in Eastern Quebec
Métis-sur-Mer
Métis-sur-Mer
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.67°N 68°W / 48.67; -68[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedJuly 4, 2002
BoroughsMacNider
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean-Pierre Pelletier
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total263.70 km2 (101.82 sq mi)
 • Land48.60 km2 (18.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total587
 • Density12.1/km2 (31/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011–2016
Decrease 3.3%
 • Dwellings
471
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.ville.metis-sur-mer.qc.ca

Etymology

The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

History
Métis-sur-Mer, postcard, c. 1904 – 1910

From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.

The city has a borough named MacNider, named after John MacNider family, whose territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer.(Metis Beach)[4][5]

The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.[6]

On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 594 living in 310 of its 505 total private dwellings, a change of 3.8% from its 2016 population of 572. With a land area of 48.22 km2 (18.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.9/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Population

Population trend:[9]

Census Population Change (%)
2021 594 Increase 3.8%
2016 572 Decrease 11.1%
2011 644 Increase 6.6%
2006 604 N/A

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 374643 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 09048 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Métis-sur-Mer, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
  4. "Geographic code REC01 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  5. "Reference number 377250 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  6. "À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique". Le Devoir (in French). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
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