Maria-Chapdelaine
Regional county municipality
Location of Maria-Chapdelaine
Coordinates: 48°59′N 72°17′W / 48.983°N 72.283°W / 48.983; -72.283[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1983
County seatDolbeau-Mistassini
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectLuc Simard
Area
[2][3]
 • Total38,056.70 km2 (14,693.77 sq mi)
 • Land36,768.21 km2 (14,196.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total24,149
 • Density0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change
(2016-2021)
Decrease 2.6
 • Dwellings
12,185
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.mrcdemaria-chapdelaine.ca
[5]

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]

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
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

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141059". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.
  3. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Census Profile, 2032 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  5. ↑ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  6. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  7. ↑ "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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