Pontiac Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Pontiac

Regional county municipality

Location in province of Quebec

Coordinates: 46°03′N 76°55′W﻿ / ﻿46.050°N 76.917°W﻿ / 46.050; -76.917[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Outaouais
Effective| January 1, 1983
County seat| Campbell's Bay
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Warden| Jane Toller
Area

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• Total

| 14,105.70 km2 (5,446.24 sq mi)
• Land| 12,991.82 km2 (5,016.17 sq mi)
Population

(2016)[3]

• Total

| 14,251
• Density| 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change
2011-2016

|  0.7%
• Dwellings

| 10,208
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code| 819
Website| www.mrcpontiac.qc.ca

Pontiac (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tjak]) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located in the neighbouring Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality. For the electoral district see Pontiac (federal electoral district).

## Subdivisions

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There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Municipalities (15)

* Alleyn-et-Cawood
* Bristol
* Bryson
* Campbell's Bay
* Clarendon
* L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet
* L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
* Litchfield
* Mansfield-et-Pontefract
* Otter Lake
* Rapides-des-Joachims
* Shawville
* Sheenboro
* Thorne
* Waltham

Townships (1)

* Chichester

Villages (2)

* Fort-Coulonge
* Portage-du-Fort

Unorganized Territory (1)

* Lac-Nilgaut

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Location of Pontiac in Outaouais Region

## Demographics

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### Population

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Canada census – Pontiac community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 14,764 (+3.6% from 2016)| 14,251 (-0.7% from 2011)| 14,358 (-1.6% from 2006)
Land area| 12,824.36 km2 (4,951.51 sq mi)| 12,991.82 km2 (5,016.17 sq mi)| 12,992.69 km2 (5,016.51 sq mi)
Population density| 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)| 1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)| 1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
Median age| 52 (M: 51.6, F: 52.4)| 50.4 (M: 50.1, F: 50.8)| 47.8 (M: 47.3, F: 48.3)
Private dwellings| 6,665 (total)  | 10,208 (total)  | 9,224 (total)
Median household income| | $50,567| $45,675

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

Historical Census Data - Pontiac Regional County Municipality, QuebecYear| Pop.| ±%

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1986 | 15,100| —
1991 | 15,111| +0.1%
1996 | 15,576| +3.1%
2001 | 14,565| −6.5%
2006 | 14,586| +0.1%
2011 | 14,358| −1.6%
2016 | 14,251| −0.7%
Source: [7]

### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]

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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14,105

|  | 5,635  |  1.7%  | 40.0%  |  | 8,020  |  0.1%  | 56.9%  |  | 275  |  10.0%  | 1.9%  |  | 195  |  14.7%  | 1.4%

2011

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14,170

|  | 5,735  |  3.3%  | 40.5%  |  | 8,015  |  2.1%  | 56.7%  |  | 250  |  117.4%  | 1.8%  |  | 170  |  15.0%  | 1.2%

2006

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14,435

|  | 5,930  |  7.8%  | 41.1%  |  | 8,190  |  0.4%  | 56.7%  |  | 115  |  67.1%  | 0.8%  |  | 200  |  33.3%  | 1.4%

2001

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14,370

|  | 5,500  |  7.9%  | 38.3%  |  | 8,220  |  8.7%  | 57.2%  |  | 350  |  29.6%  | 2.4%  |  | 300  |  81.8%  | 2.1%

1996

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15,405

|  | 5,970  | n/a  | 38.8%  |  | 9,000  | n/a  | 58.4%  |  | 270  | n/a  | 1.8%  |  | 165  | n/a  | 1.1%
Note: Percentages may not equal 100% due to multiple responses and rounding.

## 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:[8]

* Autoroutes
* None

* Principal Highways
* R-148

* Secondary Highways
* R-301
* R-303
* R-366

* External Routes
* Highway 148

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## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
* Esprit Lodge
* Cycloparc PPJ

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141046". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 840". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Pontiac, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
4. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
5. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
6. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
7. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pontiac Regional County Municipality.

* Official tourism website of Pontiac MRC
* Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM |

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Témiscamingue RCM |

Pontiac RCM

| La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM
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| Ottawa River
Renfrew County, Ontario | Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM

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Administrative divisions of Outaouais  (Region 07)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* Papineau
* Gatineau
* Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
* La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
* Pontiac

Municipalities|

* Thurso
* Gatineau
* Val-des-Monts
* Cantley
* Chelsea
* Pontiac
* La Pêche
* Gracefield
* Maniwaki

Administrative divisions of Quebec

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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