La Mitis Regional County Municipality

For homonymy, see Mitis (disambiguation).

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

La Mitis

Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 48°32′N 68°05′W﻿ / ﻿48.53°N 68.08°W﻿ / 48.53; -68.08[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective| January 1, 1982
County seat| Mont-Joli
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Michel Côté
Area

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• Total

| 2,538.80 km2 (980.24 sq mi)
• Land| 2,281.25 km2 (880.80 sq mi)
Population

(2016)[3]

• Total

| 18,210
• Density| 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Change
2011–2016

|  3.9%
• Dwellings

| 9,692
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 418 and 581
Website| www.lamitis.ca

La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.

The county seat is in Mont-Joli.

## Subdivisions

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There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

* Métis-sur-Mer
* Mont-Joli

Municipalities (6)

* Grand-Métis
* Les Hauteurs
* Padoue
* Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
* Sainte-Luce
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski

Parishes (7)

* La Rédemption
* Saint-Charles-Garnier
* Saint-Donat
* Sainte-Flavie
* Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
* Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
* Saint-Octave-de-Métis

Villages (1)

* Price

Unorganized Territory (2)

* Lac-à-la-Croix
* Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes

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## Demographics

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Mont-Joli

### Population

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Canada census – La Mitis community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 18,363 (+0.8% from 2016)| 18,210 (-3.9% from 2011)| 18,942 (-2.2% from 2006)
Land area| 2,275.56 km2 (878.60 sq mi)| 2,281.25 km2 (880.80 sq mi)| 2,279.22 km2 (880.01 sq mi)
Population density| 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)| 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)| 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
Median age| 50.8 (M: 50.0, F: 51.2)| 49.5 (M: 49.0, F: 50.1)| 48.0 (M: 47.3, F: 48.6)
Private dwellings| 9,842 (total) 8,492 (occupied)| 9,692 (total) | 9,471 (total)
Median household income| $57,600| $48,996| $42,351

References: 2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]

Historical Census Data – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 20,157| —
1996 | 20,160| +0.0%
2001 | 19,326| −4.1%
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2006 | 19,365| +0.2%
2011 | 18,942| −2.2%
2016 | 18,210| −3.9%
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### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][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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17,920

|  | 17,665  |  2.9%  | 98.58%  |  | 140  |  7.7%  | 0.78%  |  | 65  |  0.0%  | 0.36%  |  | 50  |  0.0%  | 0.28%

2011

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18,430

|  | 18,185  |  1.6%  | 98.67%  |  | 130  |  25.7%  | 0.71%  |  | 65  |  44.4%  | 0.35%  |  | 50  |  58.3%  | 0.27%

2006

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18,815

|  | 18,475  |  0.05%  | 98.19%  |  | 175  |  25.0%  | 0.93%  |  | 45  |  18.2%  | 0.24%  |  | 120  |  480.0%  | 0.64%

2001

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18,705

|  | 18,485  |  4.4%  | 98.82%  |  | 140  |  3.7%  | 0.75%  |  | 55  |  15.4%  | 0.29%  |  | 25  |  44.4%  | 0.13%

1996

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19,580

|  | 19,335  | n/a  | 98.75%  |  | 135  | n/a  | 0.69%  |  | 65  | n/a  | 0.33%  |  | 45  | n/a  | 0.23%

## Transportation

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Mont-Joli Airport

### 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:[8]

* Autoroutes
* A-20
* Principal Highways
* R-132
* Secondary Highways
* R-234
* R-298
* External Routes
* None

## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
* Seignory of Lac-Mitis
* Mitis Seignory

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141090". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Mitis, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
4. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
6. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
7. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

## External links

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Media related to La Mitis Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

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Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | Manicouagan RCM
Saint Lawrence River | La Matanie RCM

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Rimouski-Neigette RCM |

La Mitis RCM

| La Matapédia RCM
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|  Restigouche County, New Brunswick | Avignon 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

Administrative divisions of Quebec

Authority control databases: Geographic |

* MusicBrainz area

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