Petit-Mécatina, Quebec

Petit-Mécatina is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. It was formerly part of the Minganie Regional County Municipality, but transferred to the current MRC in July 2010.^[4]

Petit-Mécatina
Unorganized territory
Location within Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM
Petit-Mécatina Location in Côte-Nord Region of Quebec
Coordinates: 51°30′N 60°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Fed. riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area [2][3]
• Total	39,993.19 km2 (15,441.46 sq mi)
• Land	35,347.19 km2 (13,647.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	N/A
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Highways	No major routes

It is named after the Petit Mécatina River that bisects the territory from north to south and empties in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence just west of Petit Mécatina Island. The 545 kilometres (339 mi) river forms east of Lake Aticonac just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence watersheds, that is also the disputed boundary between Quebec and Labrador. Mécatina comes from the Innu word makatinau and means "large mountain".^[5]

As part of the Labrador boundary dispute, the official borders of Petit-Mécatina as claimed by Quebec include part of the territory of Labrador.

Demographics

The region has been completely uninhabited since at least 1991.^[6]

Population

	2021	2011
Population	0 (+0.0% from 2016)	0 (0.0% from 2006)
Land area	35,347.19 km2 (13,647.63 sq mi)	37,537.71 km2 (14,493.39 sq mi)
Population density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Median age	0 (M: 0, F: 0)	N/A (M: , F: )
Private dwellings	0 (total)	0 (total)
Median household income		$.N/A

Canada census – Petit-Mécatina community profile

References: 2021^[7] 2011^[8] earlier^[9][10]

Historical Census Data - Petit-Mécatina, Quebec

Year Pop. 1996 0 2001 0 2006 0	Year Pop. 2011 0 2016 0 2021 0
Source: Statistics Canada[6]

See also

• List of unorganized territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149751". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 98912". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
3. "Petit-Mécatina, Quebec (Code 2498912) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
4. Audrée Soucy (July 2010), "Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC)" (PDF), Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, Québec: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ISSN 1715-6408, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12, retrieved 2010-09-17
5. "Rivière du Petit Mécatina" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
6. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
8. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
9. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
10. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.