Nédélec
Township municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Nédélec is located in Western Quebec
Nédélec
Nédélec
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°41′N 79°26′W / 47.683°N 79.433°W / 47.683; -79.433[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
Settled1895
ConstitutedFebruary 1, 1909
Named forJean-Marie Nédélec[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorLyne Ash
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
[2][3]
 • Total375.14 km2 (144.84 sq mi)
 • Land371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total340
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 4.5%
 • Dwellings
168
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Z 2Z0
Area code819
Highways R-101
Websitemunicipalite.nedelec.qc.ca

Nédélec is a township municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Name

The name of the municipality recalls the name of Jean-Marie Nédélec who was an oblate and a missionary with the Algonquins in the region. His last name is from the Breton word Nedeleg which means Christmas.

History

By 1895, a general store was supplying the many logging camps of the area. The first permanent settlers arrived in 1909, the same year the township and township municipality were formed. They were both named after Jean-Marie Nédélec (1834-1896) who was a missionary among the Algonquin First Nations of Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi from 1867 to 1869 and from 1892 to 1896.[1]

On October 7, 1995, the unorganized territory of Roulier, named after Ulric Roulier who was priest at Nédélec in the mid-1930s, was added to the municipality.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Nédélec had a population of 340 living in 152 of its 168 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km2 (2.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Canada census – Nédélec community profile
2021
Population340 (-4.5% from 2016)
Land area371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi)
Population density0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)
Median age50.0 (M: 53.2, F: 47.2)
Private dwellings168 (total)  152 (occupied)
Median household income$63,200
References: 2021[4] earlier[5][6]
Historical census populations – Nédélec
YearPop.±%
1921 1,002—    
1931 654−34.7%
1941 639−2.3%
1951 990+54.9%
1956 1,075+8.6%
1961 1,019−5.2%
YearPop.±%
1966 957−6.1%
1971 719−24.9%
1976 619−13.9%
1981 553−10.7%
1986 490−11.4%
1991 457−6.7%
YearPop.±%
1996 474+3.7%
2001 429−9.5%
2006 416−3.0%
2011 403−3.1%
2016 356−11.7%
2021 340−4.5%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
Source: Statistics Canada[3][7]

Mother tongue (2021):[3]

  • English as first language: 10.3 %
  • French as first language: 88.2 %
  • English and French as first language: 0 %
  • Other as first language: 1.5 %

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nédélec (Municipalité de canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 85100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nédélec (Code 2485100) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ↑ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
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