La Matapédia Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

48°18′N 67°34′W / 48.300°N 67.567°W / 48.300; -67.567^[1]Country

CanadaProvinceQuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatAmquiGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectChantale Lavoie • Federal ridingAvignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia • MPKristina Michaud (BQ) • MNA Pascal Bérubé (PQ)Area

^[2]^[3]

• Total5,389.00 km² (2,080.70 sq mi) • Land5,374.57 km² (2,075.13 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[4]

• Total17,592 • Density3.3/km² (9/sq mi) • Change
2016-2021

1.9% • Dwellings

9,274Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code(s)418 and 581Websitewww.mrcmatapedia.qc.ca

La Matapédia 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

There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

Municipalities (7)

Parishes (8)

Villages (1)

Saint-Noël

Unorganized Territory (7)

Demographics

Population

Canada census – La Matapédia community profile

	2021	2016	2011
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] earlier^[8]^[9]

Historical Census Data - La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	19,199	−3.6%
2011	18,573	−3.3%
2016	17,925	−3.5%

^[10]^[3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec^[10]^[3]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2016	17,790	17,635	3.2%	99.13%	70	6.7%	0.39%	35	16.7%	0.20%	50	100.0%	0.28%
2011	18,345	18,215	2.4%	99.29%	75	36.4%	0.41%	30	200.0%	0.16%	25	68.8%	0.14%
2006	18,810	18,665	3.4%	99.23%	55	57.1%	0.29%	10	75.0%	0.05%	80	700.0%	0.43%
2001	19,405	19,320	4.7%	99.56%	35	41.7%	0.18%	40	42.9%	0.21%	10	60.0%	0.05%
1996	20,435	20,280	n/a	99.24%	60	n/a	0.29%	70	n/a	0.34%	25	n/a	0.12%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[11]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal Highways
- R-132
- R-195

Secondary Highways
- R-299

External Routes
- None

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References

^ ^a ^b "La Matapédia (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Matapédia, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^ 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.
^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map