Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality

Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Fermont.

Caniapiscau
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Fermont
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Martin St-Laurent
Area [3][4]
• Total	80,398.08 km2 (31,041.87 sq mi)
• Land	64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi)
	Total area excludes reserves
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	3,838
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	1.1%
• Dwellings	2,263
	Includes reserves
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.caniapiscau.net

The census groups Caniapiscau RCM with neighbouring Sept-Rivières into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the 2021 Canadian census, the combined population was 38,240.^[5] The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 3838,^[4] about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions and 3 native reserves within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Fermont Schefferville

Unorganized territories (4) Caniapiscau Lac-Juillet Lac-Vacher Rivière-Mouchalagane

Native Reserves (2) (not associated with RCM) Lac-John Matimekosh

Naskapi Reserve (1) (not associated with RCM) Kawawachikamach

Demographics

	2021
Population	3,838 (-1.1% from 2016)
Land area	64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi)
Population density	0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Median age
Private dwellings	2,263 (total)  1,547 (occupied)
Median household income

Canada census – Caniapiscau RCM community profile

Notes: 2021 Population figure based on amended count. Data includes the reserves.
References: 2021^[6] earlier^[7][8]

Historical census populations – Caniapiscau RCM

Year	Pop.	±%
2011	4,260	—
2016	3,881	−8.9%
2021	3,838	−1.1%
Population figures based on revised counts. Data includes the reserves. Source: Statistics Canada

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[9]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways None

Secondary Highways R-389

External Routes Route 500

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141113". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 972". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. Derived indirectly from Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) website, by summing up data for Caniapiscau (40577.46 km2), Fermont (503.06 km2), Lac-Juillet (3595.81 km2), Lac-Vacher (550.51 km2), Rivière-Mouchalagane (35161.71 km2), and Schefferville (39.53 km2) total areas (total area given at website is 542.59 km² which is an obvious error or typo).
4. "Table 98-10-0018-01 Population and dwelling counts: Regional county municipalities (RCM), Quebec". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 April 2024. (population amount adjusted by Population and dwelling count amendments: Lac-Vacher had 0 population instead of 44).
5. "Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau, Census division, Census division (CDR) Quebec. 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
6. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Official site