Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.
Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana | |
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 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  St-Mathieu-d'Harricana Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′N 78°08′W / 48.467°N 78.133°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | 1912 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1943 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Martin Roch |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 111.69 km2 (43.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 105.86 km2 (40.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 770 |
| • Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  4.2% |
| • Dwellings | 349 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-109 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana had a population of 770 living in 318 of its 349 total private dwellings, a change of 4% from its 2016 population of 739. With a land area of 105.86 km2 (40.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km2 (18.8/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
As of the 2021 census, mother tongues spoken are:[3]
- English as first language: 1.3%
- French as first language: 97.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 1.3%
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Government
editMunicipal council (as of 2023):[2]
- Mayor: Martin Roch
- Councillors: Miguel Roy, Simon Roy, Éric Arseneault, Lucie Crépeault, Guillaume Bergeron, Sébastien Morand
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 279847". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ a b c "Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
External links
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