Papineau Regional County Municipality

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Papineau
Regional county municipality
Quebec MRC Papineau location map.svg
Coordinates: 45°53′N75°03′W / 45.883°N 75.050°W / 45.883; -75.050 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec
Region Outaouais
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1983
County seat Papineauville
Government
[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • PrefectPaul-André David
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total
3,205.90 km2 (1,237.80 sq mi)
 • Land3,016.78 km2 (1,164.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total
25,149
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Change
2016-2021
Increase2.svg 6.5%
 • Dwellings
16,537
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code 819
Website www.mrcpapineau.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Papineau (French pronunciation: [papino] ) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Papineauville.

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Subdivisions

There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM: [2]

NameTypePopulation
(2016)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhab./km2)
Boileau Municipality335136.332.5
Bowman Municipality658129.305.1
Chénéville Municipality76466.7611.4
Duhamel Municipality430434.571.0
Fassett Municipality43112.4934.5
Lac-des-Plages Municipality431152.942.8
Lac-Simon Municipality94497.489.7
Lochaber Township41560.706.8
Lochaber-Partie-Ouest Township85657.4514.9
Mayo Municipality60173.258.2
Montebello Municipality9838.62114.0
Montpellier Municipality985249.144.0
Mulgrave-et-Derry Municipality369293.751.3
Namur Municipality57256.7610.1
Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Municipality301264.971.1
Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix Municipality648106.626.1
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette Municipality727117.106.3
Papineauville Municipality2,10161.3334.3
Plaisance Municipality1,08836.1530.1
Ripon Municipality1,542131.4711.7
Saint-André-Avellin Municipality3,749137.9927.2
Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk Municipality47756.688.4
Saint-Sixte Municipality46985.335.5
Thurso City2,8186.28449.0
Val-des-Bois Municipality865225.423.8
Total22,8322,941.797.8

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RCM of Papineau had a population of 24,308 living in 11,504 of its 16,059 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 22,832. With a land area of 2,903.45 km2 (1,121.03 sq mi), it had a population density of

In 2021, the median age was 54.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. French was the mother tongue of 91.2% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues are English at 5.5% total, followed by Spanish and German at 0.2% each and by Portuguese at 0.1%. 1.9% 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 and another 0.1% who reported both French, English and a non-official language as their mother tongue.

As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 4.4% of the population, and visible minorities contributed 1.1%. The largest visible minority groups in the RCM of Papineau are Black (0.4%), Chinese (0.1%), and Arab (0.1%).

In 2021, 65.2% of the population identified as Catholic, while 26.1% said they had no religious affiliation. Baptists were the largest religious minority, making up 0.6% of the population. Buddhists were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up just over 0.1% of the population.

Canada census – Papineau community profile
2021 2016 2011
Population24,308 (+6.5% from 2016)22,832 (1.3% from 2011)22,541 (3.1% from 2006)
Land area2,903.45 km2 (1,121.03 sq mi)2,941.79 km2 (1,135.83 sq mi)2,941.82 km2 (1,135.84 sq mi)
Population density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Median age54 (M: 54.4, F: 53.6)52.1 (M: 52.2, F: 52.0)49.9 (M: 49.8, F: 50.1)
Private dwellings11,505 (total) 15,893 (total) 14,569 (total) 
Median household income$51,196$44,308
References: 2021 [5] 2016 [6] 2011 [7]
Historical census populations
YearPop.±%
1986 18,790—    
1991 19,526+3.9%
1996 20,308+4.0%
2001 20,367+0.3%
2006 21,863+7.3%
2011 22,541+3.1%
2016 22,832+1.3%

Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census [3]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
French only21,01592.6%
English only1,1505.1%
Both English and French2501.1%
Other languages2701.19%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141047". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 800". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Papineau, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec + Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  6. ↑ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. ↑ "Official Transport Quebec Road Map". Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
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