Pointe-aux-Outardes

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Pointe-aux-Outardes
Village municipality
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Pointe-aux-Outardes
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
Coordinates: 49°03′N68°26′W / 49.050°N 68.433°W / 49.050; -68.433 [1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM Manicouagan
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1964
Government
[2]
 • MayorJulien Normand
 •  Federal riding Manicouagan
 •  Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total112.34 km2 (43.37 sq mi)
 • Land75.19 km2 (29.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total1,434
 • Density19.1/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Increase2.svg 7.7%
 • Dwellings
710
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0H 1M0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc138.svg R-138
Website www.pointe-aux-outardes.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Pointe-aux-Outardes is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the southern point of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.

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The place is named after a piece of land that juts out into the Saint Lawrence River and partially encloses the Outardes Bay: Pointe aux Outardes. It literally means "Point of Bustards", but Outarde can also be translated as "Canada goose". [4] In fact, Canada geese and snow geese use the nearby Manicouagan River as a corridor in their annual migration and stopover at the point. The Innu called it Piletipistu Neshkâu, meaning "point of the Partridge River". But the term Outardes was used on Guérard's map of 1631 and on Franquelin's map of 1685 to identify the river that flows past the point into the St. Lawrence. [1]

Pointe-aux-Outardes is exceptionally rich in flora and fauna. Among its salt marshes, more than 175 species of birds have been counted. [1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-aux-Outardes had a population of 1,434 living in 641 of its 710 total private dwellings, a change of

Historical census populations – Pointe-aux-Outardes
YearPop.±%
1966 826—    
1971 836+1.2%
1976 968+15.8%
1981 1,056+9.1%
1986 1,032−2.3%
1991 1,109+7.5%
YearPop.±%
1996 1,339+20.7%
2001 1,413+5.5%
2006 1,443+2.1%
2011 1,330−7.8%
2016 1,332+0.2%
2021 1,434+7.7%
Source: Statistics Canada [5]

Mother tongue (2021): [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pointe-aux-Outardes (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 96030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Pointe-aux-Outardes (Code 2496030) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  4. ↑ Office québécois de la langue française - Le grand dictionnaire terminologique [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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