Duparquet
City in Quebec, Canada
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Duparquet (French pronunciation: [dypaʁkɛ]) is a city in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It covers 157.4 km2 (60.8 sq mi) and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It was named to tribute Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's army.
Duparquet | |
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Town Hall of Duparquet | |
 Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM | |
  Duparquet Location in western Quebec  Duparquet Duparquet (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′N 79°14′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Constituted | April 13, 1933 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Blais |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 156.36 km2 (60.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 121.17 km2 (46.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 716 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  7.5% |
| • Dwellings | 389 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s)/ | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-388  R-393 |
| Website | duparquet |
History
In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector named Beattie. He set up the Beattie Gold Mine company that began operation in 1933. That same year, the new community forming at the mine was incorporated as Ville de Duparquet, named after the geographic township in which it is located. The township was named in 1916 in honour of Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of General Montcalm's army.[1]
After producing 1 million ounces of gold and killing at least 27 miners, including 4 in a landslide on 9 July 1946, the mine closed in 1956. But the owners of the mining rights are currently considering reopening it as an open-pit mine.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Duparquet had a population of 716 living in 342 of its 389 total private dwellings, a change of 7.5% from its 2016 population of 666. With a land area of 121.17 km2 (46.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.9/km2 (15.3/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 716 (+7.5% from 2016) | 666 (1.4% from 2011) | 657 (2.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 121.17 km2 (46.78 sq mi) | 123.57 km2 (47.71 sq mi) | 123.63 km2 (47.73 sq mi) |
| Population density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Median age | 48.4 (M: 50.0, F: 45.2) | 50.9 (M: 51.2, F: 50.2) | 48.3 (M: 48.3, F: 48.2) |
| Private dwellings | 389 (total) 342 (occupied) | 389 (total) | 359 (total) |
| Median household income | $73,500 | $62,464 | $.N/A |
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Mother tongue (2021):[9]
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 98.6%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Government
Municipal council
As of 2023:[2]
- Mayor: Denis Blais
- Councillors: Donald Baril, Marlene Doroftei, Claudette Macameau, Véronique Drouin-Lecompte, Chantal Provencher, Solange Gamache
- General Director: Chantal Poirier
Notable people
- Tim Horton, hockey player and entrepreneur, lived in Duparquet as a child
- Johanne Morasse (born March 12, 1957), a Quebec politician and teacher
- Walter Ostanek, polka musician and "Canada's Polka King"
- Elmer "Moose" Vasko, Chicago Black Hawks player during the 1960s.
