Saint-Octave-de-Métis
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Octave-de-Métis | |
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Church in Saint-Octave-de-Métis | |
 Location within La Mitis RCM | |
  St-Octave-de-Métis Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.6009025°N 68.0808572°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | April 25, 1908 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maxime Richard-Dubé |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.20 km2 (29.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 75.16 km2 (29.02 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 493 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  3.5% |
| • Dwellings | 221 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-234 |
| Website | municipalites-du-quebec |
History
The first settlers began arriving in this area, called "Métis" around 1840. In 1855, the municipality of Métis was officially founded. In 1859, a sector of Métis split and became the new municipality of Mac Nider. One year later, in 1860, Métis changed its name to Saint-Octave-de-Métis. The municipality lost significative portions of its territory twice before the end of the 19th century. First in 1878 for the creation of Saint-Moïse and again in 1897 for the creation of Petit-Métis. Finally in 1908, Saint-Octave-de-Métis was divided in two distinct municipalities: Saint-Octave-de-Métis and Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud.[1]
This municipality was therefore officially created in 1908 under the name Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud, and was created by the division of Saint-Octave-de-Métis. In 1931, the original municipality of Saint-Octave-de-Métis changed its name to Grand-Métis, therefore, Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud took the current name of Saint-Octave-de-Métis. In 1952, Saint-Octave-de-Métis lost an important portion of its territory for the creation of Les Boules, which has since been merged with Métis-sur-Mer.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Octave-de-Métis had a population of 493 living in 207 of its 221 total private dwellings, a change of −3.5% from its 2016 population of 511. With a land area of 75.16 km2 (29.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km2 (17.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Notable people
- Jules-André Brillant, born 1888, baptized and educated in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, French Canadian entrepreneur
- Hormisdas Langlais, born in 1890, was a Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
- Marguerite Ruest-Pitre, born 1908, Canadian murderer also known as "Madame le Corbeau", the last woman criminal executed in Canada (1953)
- Marie-Thérèse Fortin, born 1959, Canadian actress
- Anaïs Favron, born in 1977, is a radio and TV host, actress, and improviser
