Duhamel-Ouest is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.
Duhamel-Ouest | |
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 Fort Temiscamingue | |
 Location within Témiscamingue RCM | |
  Duhamel-Ouest Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°22′N 79°26′W / 47.367°N 79.433°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Témiscamingue |
| Settled | 1870s |
| Constituted | February 20, 1911 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Sarrazin |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.81 km2 (49.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 91.49 km2 (35.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 945 |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  7.6% |
| • Dwellings | 470 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | municipalites-du-quebec |
Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada.
History
editOriginally inhabited by Algonquin people, the area began to see Coureurs des bois in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720, Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries.[4]
In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "Ouest" (French for "west") was added to distinguish it from Duhamel in the Outaouais Region.[1][5]
Demographics
edit| 2021 | |
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| Population | 945 ( 7.6% from 2016) |
| Land area | 91.49 km2 (35.32 sq mi) |
| Population density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Median age | 49.6 (M: 50.0, F: 48.8) |
| Private dwellings | 470 (total) 394 (occupied) |
| Median household income | $86,000 |
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 1.6%
- French as first language: 95.8%
- English and French as first language: 1.1%
- Other as first language: 2.1%
Local government
editList of former mayors:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 19633". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 85030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ a b c d "Duhamel-Ouest census profile - 2021 Census data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Historique". municipalites-du-quebec.ca. Municipalité de Duhamel-Ouest. 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Lorrainville". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
- ^ a b Sickini-Joly, Bianca (20 April 2023). "Alain Sarrazin élu maire sans opposition à Duhamel-Ouest". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Radio-Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
External links
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