La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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La Haute-Gaspésie (French pronunciation: [la ot gaspezi]) is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
La Haute-Gaspésie | |
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| Coordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Effective | March 18, 1981 |
| County seat | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Sylvain Tanguay |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,189.31 km2 (2,003.60 sq mi) |
| • Land | 5,053.88 km2 (1,951.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 10,950 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016-21) |  3.2% |
| • Dwellings | 6,222 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin Regional County Municipality.[4]
Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – La Haute-Gaspésie community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 10,950 (-3.2% from 2016) | 11,316 (-6.4% from 2011) | 12,088 (-2.0% from 2006) |
| Land area | 5,053.88 km2 (1,951.31 sq mi) | 5,066.06 km2 (1,956.02 sq mi) | 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi) |
| Population density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.4 (M: 56.0, F: 56.4) | 53.8 (M: 53.2, F: 54.2) | 51.0 (M: 50.6, F: 51.4) |
| Private dwellings | 6,222 (total) 5,415 (occupied) | 6,282 (total) | 6,292 (total) |
| Median household income | $52,800 | $45,046 | $38,749 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
11,165 |
11,010 | 7.0% |
98.61% | 45 | 30.8% |
0.40% | 20 |  0% |
0.18% | 90 |  100.0% |
0.81% | |||||
2011 |
11,970 |
11,840 | 1.4% |
98.91% | 65 | 225.0% |
0.54% | 20 | 100.0% |
0.17% | 45 | 65.4% |
0.38% | |||||
2006 |
12,170 |
12,010 | 3.3% |
98.69% | 20 | 60.0% |
0.16% | 10 | 0.0% |
0.08% | 130 | 550.0% |
1.07% | |||||
2001 |
12,495 |
12,415 | 7.9% |
99.36% | 50 | 16.7% |
0.40% | 10 | 77.8% |
0.08% | 20 | 0.0% |
0.16% | |||||
1996 |
13,610 |
13,485 | n/a | 99.08% | 60 | n/a | 0.44% | 45 | n/a | 0.33% | 20 | n/a | 0.15% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Upper Gaspé.
