Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Sept-Rivières
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 50°08′N66°37′W / 50.133°N 66.617°W / 50.133; -66.617 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
Effective	March 18, 1981
County seat	Sept-Îles
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Denis Miousse
Area [3] [4]
• Total	33,007.88 km2 (12,744.41 sq mi)
• Land	29,527.90 km2 (11,400.79 sq mi)
	Includes native reserves
Population  (2021) [4]
• Total	34,358
• Density	1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	3.1%
• Dwellings	17,244
	Includes native reserves
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc.septrivieres.qc.ca

Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.

The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the 2021 Canadian census, the combined population was 38,240. ^[5] The population of Sept-Rivières RCM itself was 34,358, ^[4] of whom the vast majority live in the city of Sept-Îles.

Geography

Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord. ^[6] It is bordered by the regional county municipalities of Manicouagan, Caniapiscau, and Minganie, as well as by the southwest corner of Labrador and by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is mostly covered by the Laurentian Mountains. It is a very sparsely populated and undeveloped region with its population highly concentrated along the coast, mostly at Sept-Îles (about three-fourths of the population).

It allegedly takes its name from seven major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou. But neither the Trinité River nor the Manitou River reaches the Saint Lawrence within the limits of the regional county municipality, and many other rivers could be amongst those "seven rivers".

Subdivisions

There are four subdivisions and two native reserves within the RCM: ^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Port-Cartier Sept-Îles

Unorganized territories (2) Lac-Walker Rivière-Nipissis

Native Reserves (2) (not associated with RCM) Maliotenam Uashat

Demographics

Canada census – Sept-Rivières RCM community profile

	2021
Population	34,358 (-3.1% from 2016)
Land area	29,527.90 km2 (11,400.79 sq mi)
Population density	1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
Median age
Private dwellings	17,244 (total)  15,261 (occupied)
Median household income

References: 2021 ^[7] earlier ^{[8] [9]}

Historical census populations –
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Year	Pop.	±%
2011	35,240	—
2016	35,441	+0.6%
2021	34,358	−3.1%
Population amounts include native reserves. Source: Statistics Canada

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: ^[10]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-138

Secondary Highways None

External Routes None

River basins

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north-south direction through Sept-Rivières to enter the Gulf. Near the coast the river basins tend to narrow in towards the river mouth, and between their mouths are areas that drain into the Gulf through smaller streams. From west to east, the larger river basins, which may cover parts of neighboring regions, are: ^[11]

River	Basin size		Mouth coordinates	Map link
	km2	sq. mile
Pentecôte	1,986	767	49°46′48″N67°09′52″W / 49.7800000°N 67.1644444°W / 49.7800000; -67.1644444	EHOZH
Riverin	221	85	49°47′08″N67°09′23″W / 49.7855556°N 67.1563889°W / 49.7855556; -67.1563889	EHWEN
Aux Rochers	4,161	1,607	50°01′10″N66°52′07″W / 50.0194444°N 66.8686111°W / 50.0194444; -66.8686111	EHWSX
Dominique	263	102	50°01′35″N66°52′05″W / 50.0263889°N 66.8680556°W / 50.0263889; -66.8680556	EGEDF
Sainte-Marguerite	6,213	2,399	50°08′34″N66°35′48″W / 50.1427778°N 66.5966667°W / 50.1427778; -66.5966667	EJGWT
Rapides	573	221	50°16′07″N66°27′26″W / 50.2686111°N 66.4572222°W / 50.2686111; -66.4572222	EHURW
Moisie	19,273	7,441	50°12′00″N66°04′03″W / 50.2000000°N 66.067500°W / 50.2000000; -66.067500	EHHGN
Matamec	679	262	50°17′01″N65°58′00″W / 50.2836111°N 65.9666667°W / 50.2836111; -65.9666667	EHEPE
Loups Marins	186	72	50°15′33″N65°44′40″W / 50.259167°N 65.744444°W / 50.259167; -65.744444	EHBME
Pigou	169	65	50°16′13″N65°37′38″W / 50.2702778°N 65.6272222°W / 50.2702778; -65.6272222	EHQOC

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141179". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 971". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. Derived indirectly from Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) website, by summing up data for Lac-Walker (18881.62 km²), Maliotenam (5.28 km²), Port-Cartier (1371.79 km²), Rivière-Nipissis (10574.82 km²), Sept-Îles (2172.22 km²), and Uashat (2.15 km²) census subdivisions.
4. "Table 98-10-0018-01 Population and dwelling counts: Regional county municipalities (RCM), Quebec". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
5. "Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau, Census division (CDR) Quebec. 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
6. Marie-Claude Dubé (23 August 2006). "Regional County Municipality of Sept-Rivières Map" (PDF). Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Le ministère des Ressources naturelles Canada. tous droits réservés. MRC de Sept-Rivières. Retrieved 28 May 2024. Proposed Regional Park, Seven Islands Archipelago, Zec de la Rivière-Moisie, Proposed Groulx Mountains Biodiversity Reserve
7. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
10. Official Transport Quebec Road Map
11. Portrait préliminaire de la zone de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant Duplessis (PDF) (in French), OBV Duplessis, April 2015, p. 20, retrieved 2019-09-29

External links

• Official website