Mont-Valin, Quebec

Unorganized territory in Quebec, Canada

Mont-Valin

Unorganized territory

Mont-Valin

Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec

Coordinates: 48°37′N 70°48′W﻿ / ﻿48.617°N 70.800°W﻿ / 48.617; -70.800[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM| Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Constituted| February 18, 2002
Government

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• Federal riding| Jonquière
• Prov. riding| Dubuc
Area

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• Total

| 38,032.30 km2 (14,684.35 sq mi)
• Land| 33,540.39 km2 (12,950.02 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[3]

• Total

| 10
• Density| 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)

|  N/A
• Dwellings

| 44
Time zone| UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)

Mont-Valin is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec. It makes up over 87% of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and is the largest subdivision of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. The territory, named after Mount Valin, had a population of 10 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and covered a land area of 33,540.39 km2.

The territory has one settlement: the hamlet of Chutes-des-Passes, located 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Chicoutimi (49°50′23″N 71°09′55″W﻿ / ﻿49.83972°N 71.16528°W﻿ / 49.83972; -71.16528). It was founded in 1941, when Alcan built a dam on the Peribonka River. When operation of the dam was automated in 1974, the community was almost entirely abandoned.[4]

The Mont-Valin unorganized territory is a strip of land that stretches from Saguenay River bank to the north. It is bordered to the west by the Rivière Péribonka and to the east by the limit of Côte-Nord administrative region.

## Demographics

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Population trend:[5]

* Population in 2021: 10 (2016 to 2021 population change: N/A)
* Population in 2016: 0
* Population in 2011: 5
* Population in 2006: 15
* Population in 2001: 20
* Population in 1996: 2
* Population in 1991: 5

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 5 (total dwellings: 44)

## See also

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* Saint-Martin Dam
* Vallée-de-la-Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite Biodiversity Reserve

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149749". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mont-Valin
3. ^ a b "Mont-Valin census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
4. ^ "Chute-des-Passes (hameau)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

## External links

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Media related to Mont-Valin at Wikimedia Commons

Places adjacent to Mont-Valin, Quebec

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Petit-Saguenay

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