Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality

Caniapiscau (French pronunciation: [kanjapisko]) 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 codes	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

Canada census – Caniapiscau RCM community profile

	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

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

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:^[7]

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