Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Caniapiscau

Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W﻿ / ﻿52.783°N 67.083°W﻿ / 52.783; -67.083[1]
Country| Canada
Province| Quebec
Region| Côte-Nord
Effective| January 1, 1982
County seat| Fermont
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Martin St-Laurent
Area

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• Total

| 80,398.08 km2 (31,041.87 sq mi)
• Land| 64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi)
| Total area excludes reserves
Population

(2021)[4]

• Total

| 3,838
• Density| 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)

|  1.1%
• Dwellings

| 2,263
| Includes reserves
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes| 418 and 581
Website| www.caniapiscau.net

Caniapiscau (French pronunciation: [kanjapisko]) 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 2021 Canadian census, the combined population was 38,240.[5] The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 3838,[4] about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.

## Subdivisions

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

Cities & Towns (2)

* Fermont
* Schefferville

Unorganized territories (4)

* Caniapiscau
* Lac-Juillet
* Lac-Vacher
* Rivière-Mouchalagane

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Native Reserves (2)
(not associated with RCM)

* Lac-John
* Matimekosh

Naskapi Reserve (1)
(not associated with RCM)

* Kawawachikamach

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## Demographics

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Canada census – Caniapiscau RCM community profile

| 2021

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Population| 3,838 (-1.1% from 2016)
Land area| 64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi)
Population density| 0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Median age|
Private dwellings| 2,263 (total) 1,547 (occupied)
Median household income|

Notes: 2021 Population figure based on amended count. Data includes the reserves.
References: 2021[6]

Historical census populations – Caniapiscau RCMYear| Pop.| ±%

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2011 | 4,260| —
2016 | 3,881| −8.9%
2021 | 3,838| −1.1%
Population figures based on revised counts. Data includes the reserves.
Source: Statistics Canada

## Transportation

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### Access routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]

* Autoroutes
* None

* Principal Highways
* None

* Secondary Highways
* R-389

* External Routes
* Route 500

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## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141113". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 972". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ Derived indirectly from Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) website, by summing up data for Caniapiscau (40577.46 km2), Fermont (503.06 km2), Lac-Juillet (3595.81 km2), Lac-Vacher (550.51 km2), Rivière-Mouchalagane (35161.71 km2), and Schefferville (39.53 km2) total areas (total area given at website is 542.59 km2 which is an obvious error or typo).
4. ^ a b c "Table 98-10-0018-01 Population and dwelling counts: Regional county municipalities (RCM), Quebec". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 April 2024. (population amount adjusted by Population and dwelling count amendments: Lac-Vacher had 0 population instead of 44).
5. ^ "Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau, Census division, Census division (CDR) Quebec. 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
6. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
7. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.

* Official site

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

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Jamésie |

Caniapiscau RCM

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Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM | Manicouagan RCM | Sept-Rivières RCM

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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

Authority control databases |

* VIAF
* WorldCat

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