La Matapédia Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

La Matapédia

Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W﻿ / ﻿48.300°N 67.567°W﻿ / 48.300; -67.567[1]
Country|  Canada
Province| Quebec
Region| Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective| January 1, 1982
County seat| Amqui
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Chantale Lavoie
• Federal riding| Rimouski—La Matapédia
• Prov. riding| Matane-Matapédia
• MP| Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (BQ)
• MNA| Pascal Bérubé (PQ)
Area

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• 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 codes| 418 and 581
Website| www.mrcmatapedia.qc.ca

La Matapédia (French pronunciation: [la matapedja]) 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

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There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

* Amqui
* Causapscal

Municipalities (7)

* Albertville
* Lac-au-Saumon
* Sainte-Florence
* Sainte-Marguerite-Marie
* Saint-Vianney
* Sayabec
* Val-Brillant

Parishes (8)

* Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
* Saint-Cléophas
* Saint-Damase
* Sainte-Irène
* Saint-Léon-le-Grand
* Saint-Moïse
* Saint-Tharcisius
* Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui

Villages (1)

* Saint-Noël

Unorganized Territory (7)

* Lac-Alfred
* Lac-Casault
* Lac-Matapédia
* Rivière-Patapédia-Est
* Rivière-Vaseuse
* Routhierville
* Ruisseau-des-Mineurs

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## Demographics

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Amqui

### Population

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Canada census – La Matapédia 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: 52.0, F: 52.8)| 50.6 (M: 50.1, F: 51.2)| 48.0 (M: 47.7, F: 48.2)
Private dwellings| 9,274 (total) 8,258 (occupied)| 9,142 (total) | 9,116 (total)
Median household income| $56,800| $47,488| $42,628

References: 2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7]

Historical Census Data - La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 20,887| —
1996 | 20,883| −0.0%
2001 | 19,920| −4.6%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2006 | 19,199| −3.6%
2011 | 18,573| −3.3%
2016 | 17,925| −3.5%
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### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][3]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

French

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English

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French & English

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Other

Year  |  | Responses  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %

2016

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17,790

|  | 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

|  | 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

|  | 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

|  | 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

|  | 20,280  | n/a  | 99.24%  |  | 60  | n/a  | 0.29%  |  | 70  | n/a  | 0.34%  |  | 25  | n/a  | 0.12%

## Transportation

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Amqui station

### 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:[9]

* Autoroutes
* None

* Principal Highways
* R-132
* R-195

* Secondary Highways
* R-299

* External Routes
* None

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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. ^ a b "La Matapédia (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Matapédia, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
8. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | La Matanie RCM | La Haute-Gaspésie RCM

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La Mitis RCM |

La Matapédia RCM

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| Avignon RCM | Bonaventure RCM

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Administrative divisions of Bas-Saint-Laurent (Region 01)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* La Matapédia
* La Matanie
* La Mitis
* Rimouski-Neigette
* Les Basques
* Rivière-du-Loup
* Témiscouata
* Kamouraska

Municipalities|

* Causapscal
* Amqui
* Matane
* Métis-sur-Mer
* Mont-Joli
* Rimouski
* Trois-Pistoles
* Rivière-du-Loup
* Dégelis
* Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
* Pohénégamook
* Saint-Pascal
* La Pocatière

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