Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality
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Maria-Chapdelaine is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Dolbeau-Mistassini.
It runs from Lac Saint-Jean in the south to the deep interior of northern Quebec in the north.
Subdivisions
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RCM of Maria-Chapdelaine had a population of 24,149 living in 10,967 of its 12,185 total private dwellings, a change of -2.6% from its 2016 population of 24,793. With a land area of 35,501.49 km2 (13,707.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
In 2021, the median age was 50.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. French was the mother tongue of 99.0% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues were the related languages of Atikamekw and Innu at 0.3% total, followed by English and Spanish at 0.3% each. 0.3% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.1% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue.
As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 6.8% of the population, and visible minorities contributed 1.1%. The largest visible minority groups in the RCM of Maria-Chapdelaine are Black (0.5%), Arab (0.2%), and Latin American (0.2%).
In 2021, 79.1% of the population identified as Catholic, while 13.6% said they had no religious affiliation. Jehovah's Witnesses were the largest religious minority, making up 0.6% of the population. Muslims were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up just over 0.1% of the population.
Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
Ethnic origin | 2021 |
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Canadian | 42.1% |
French | 21.0% |
Québécois | 15.4% |
French Canadian | 9.4% |
First Nations | 4.2% |
Métis | 2.7% |
Irish | 1.6% |
Innu | 1.2% |
Acadian | 1.0% |
(Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses).
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141059". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2032 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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and equivalent territories
- Le Domaine-du-Roy
- Maria-Chapdelaine
- Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
- Saguenay
- Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
- Albanel
- Alma
- L'Anse-Saint-Jean
- L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
- Bégin
- Chambord
- Desbiens
- Dolbeau-Mistassini
- Ferland-et-Boilleau
- Girardville
- Hébertville
- Hébertville-Station
- La Doré
- Labrecque
- Lac-Bouchette
- Lamarche
- Larouche
- Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix
- Normandin
- Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
- Péribonka
- Petit-Saguenay
- Rivière-Éternité
- Roberval
- Saguenay
- Saint-Ambroise
- Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
- Saint-Augustin
- Saint-Bruno
- Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
- Saint-David-de-Falardeau
- Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines
- Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay
- Saint-Félicien
- Saint-François-de-Sales
- Saint-Fulgence
- Saint-Félix-d'Otis
- Saint-Gédéon
- Saint-Henri-de-Taillon
- Saint-Honoré
- Saint-Ludger-de-Milot
- Saint-Nazaire
- Saint-Prime
- Saint-Stanislas
- Saint-Thomas-Didyme
- Sainte-Hedwidge
- Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
- Sainte-Monique
- Sainte-Rose-du-Nord