Latulipe-et-Gaboury
United township municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Latulipe-et-Gaboury (French pronunciation: [latylip e ɡabuʁi]) is a united township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. The only other remaining united township municipality in Quebec is Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury.
Latulipe-et-Gaboury | |
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Latulipe | |
 Location within Témiscamingue RCM | |
  Latulipe-et-Gaboury Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°25′38″N 79°01′56″W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Témiscamingue |
| Settled | 1909 |
| Constituted | November 18, 1924 |
| Named for | Élie-Anicet Latulipe, Tancrède-Charles Gaboury[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vincent Gingras |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
| Area | |
• Total | 300.00 km2 (115.83 sq mi) |
| • Land | 270.11 km2 (104.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 320 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 225 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-382 |
| Website | www |
The only population centre in the united township is the village of Latulipe.[5]
History
In 1909, the geographic township of Latulipe was proclaimed, named after Élie-Anicet Latulipe (1859-1922), first bishop of Haileybury. That same year, the first settlers arrived. And in 1919, the geographic township of Gaboury was proclaimed, named after Tancrède-Charles Gaboury (1851-1937). In November 1924, the United Township Municipality of Latulipe-et-Gaboury was established.[1]
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Latulipe-et-Gaboury | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.9 (102.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30 (86) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15 (5) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
6 (43) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10 (50) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−2 (28) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43 (−45) |
−43 (−45) |
−37.8 (−36.0) |
−24 (−11) |
−10 (14) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2 (36) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−42.8 (−45.0) |
−43 (−45) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) |
45.7 (1.80) |
57.1 (2.25) |
74.6 (2.94) |
89.4 (3.52) |
88.6 (3.49) |
94.9 (3.74) |
106.6 (4.20) |
93.6 (3.69) |
99.9 (3.93) |
83.5 (3.29) |
72 (2.8) |
966.9 (38.07) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Latulipe-et-Gaboury had a population of 320 living in 159 of its 225 total private dwellings, a change of 8.5% from its 2016 population of 295. With a land area of 270.11 km2 (104.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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Mother tongue (2021):[4]
- English as first language: 1.6%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Sister cities
- Brocas les Forges (France)[8]
