Papineau Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Papineau (French pronunciation: [papino]) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Papineauville.
Papineau | |
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| Coordinates: 45°53′N 75°03′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | Papineauville |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Paul-André David |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,205.90 km2 (1,237.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,016.78 km2 (1,164.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 25,149 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  6.5% |
| • Dwellings | 16,537 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
Subdivisions
There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
| Name | Type | Population (2016) |
Area (km2) |
Density (inhab./km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boileau | Municipality | 335 | 136.33 | 2.5 |
| Bowman | Municipality | 658 | 129.30 | 5.1 |
| Chénéville | Municipality | 764 | 66.76 | 11.4 |
| Duhamel | Municipality | 430 | 434.57 | 1.0 |
| Fassett | Municipality | 431 | 12.49 | 34.5 |
| Lac-des-Plages | Municipality | 431 | 152.94 | 2.8 |
| Lac-Simon | Municipality | 944 | 97.48 | 9.7 |
| Lochaber | Township | 415 | 60.70 | 6.8 |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | Township | 856 | 57.45 | 14.9 |
| Mayo | Municipality | 601 | 73.25 | 8.2 |
| Montebello | Municipality | 983 | 8.62 | 114.0 |
| Montpellier | Municipality | 985 | 249.14 | 4.0 |
| Mulgrave-et-Derry | Municipality | 369 | 293.75 | 1.3 |
| Namur | Municipality | 572 | 56.76 | 10.1 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours | Municipality | 301 | 264.97 | 1.1 |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix | Municipality | 648 | 106.62 | 6.1 |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette | Municipality | 727 | 117.10 | 6.3 |
| Papineauville | Municipality | 2,101 | 61.33 | 34.3 |
| Plaisance | Municipality | 1,088 | 36.15 | 30.1 |
| Ripon | Municipality | 1,542 | 131.47 | 11.7 |
| Saint-André-Avellin | Municipality | 3,749 | 137.99 | 27.2 |
| Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk | Municipality | 477 | 56.68 | 8.4 |
| Saint-Sixte | Municipality | 469 | 85.33 | 5.5 |
| Thurso | City | 2,818 | 6.28 | 449.0 |
| Val-des-Bois | Municipality | 865 | 225.42 | 3.8 |
| Total | 22,832 | 2,941.79 | 7.8 | |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RCM of Papineau had a population of 24,308 living in 11,504 of its 16,059 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 22,832. With a land area of 2,903.45 km2 (1,121.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
In 2021, the median age was 54.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. French was the mother tongue of 91.2% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues are English at 5.5% total, followed by Spanish and German at 0.2% each and by Portuguese at 0.1%. 1.9% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.1% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue and another 0.1% who reported both French, English and a non-official language as their mother tongue.
As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 4.4% of the population, and visible minorities contributed 1.1%. The largest visible minority groups in the RCM of Papineau are Black (0.4%), Chinese (0.1%), and Arab (0.1%).
In 2021, 65.2% of the population identified as Catholic, while 26.1% said they had no religious affiliation. Baptists were the largest religious minority, making up 0.6% of the population. Buddhists were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up just over 0.1% of the population.
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 24,308 (+6.5% from 2016) | 22,832 (1.3% from 2011) | 22,541 (3.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 2,903.45 km2 (1,121.03 sq mi) | 2,941.79 km2 (1,135.83 sq mi) | 2,941.82 km2 (1,135.84 sq mi) |
| Population density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54 (M: 54.4, F: 53.6) | 52.1 (M: 52.2, F: 52.0) | 49.9 (M: 49.8, F: 50.1) |
| Private dwellings | 11,505 (total) | 15,893 (total) | 14,569 (total) |
| Median household income | $51,196 | $44,308 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 18,790 | — |
| 1991 | 19,526 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 20,308 | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 20,367 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 21,863 | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 22,541 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 22,832 | +1.3% |
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 21,015 | 92.6% |
| English only | 1,150 | 5.1% |
| Both English and French | 250 | 1.1% |
| Other languages | 270 | 1.19% |
