La Reine, Quebec

La Reine (French pronunciation: [la ʁɛn]) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the La Reine River in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 307 in the Canada 2021 Census.

La Reine
Municipality
Motto:  La joie des arrivées et les sanglots des départs
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
La Reine Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1913
Constituted	September 19, 1981
Government [2]
• Mayor	Fanny Dupras-Rossier
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	98.49 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
• Land	97.63 km2 (37.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	307
• Density	3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	9.4%
• Dwellings	164
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2L0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	lareine.ao.ca

The place is named after La Reine Regiment (French for "the Queen"), that was founded in 1634 and fought under General Montcalm at the Battle of Carillon and Battle of Quebec.^[1]

History

La Reine in 1972

The first pioneers were from Berthier County and arrived in 1913, around the time when the National Transcontinental Railway was completed. The train station was first designed as Okiko, derived from the Algonquin name for the La Reine River Okikadosag Sibi. The following year the Mission of Saint-Philippe-de-La Reine was founded. In 1917, the place was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of La Reine-et-Desmeloizes-Partie-Ouest. In 1922, the village itself separated from the united township and formed the Village Municipality of La Reine.^[1]

In 1949, the united township municipality changed its name and status to the Municipality of La Reine. In 1981, this municipality and the village municipality were rejoined.^[1]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – La Reine community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	307 (-9.4% from 2016)	339 (-0.3% from 2011)	340 (-6.1% from 2006)
Land area	97.63 km2 (37.70 sq mi)	97.93 km2 (37.81 sq mi)	97.35 km2 (37.59 sq mi)
Population density	3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)	3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)	3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Median age	48.4 (M: 48.0, F: 50.4)	47.3 (M: 48.2, F: 47.7)	47.3 (M: 46.5, F: 48.5)
Private dwellings	164 (total)  142 (occupied)	171 (total)	163 (total)
Median household income	$69,000	$53,120	$56,654

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6]

Historical census populations – La Reine, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 799 —     1931 948 +18.6% 1941 809 −14.7% 1951 662 −18.2% 1956 646 −2.4% 1961 572 −11.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 482 −15.7% 1971 356 −26.1% 1976 238 −33.1% 1981 237 −0.4% 1986 520 +119.4% 1991 473 −9.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 437 −7.6% 2001 386 −11.7% 2006 362 −6.2% 2011 340 −6.1% 2016 339 −0.3% 2021 307 −9.4%
Source: Statistics Canada[7]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Reine, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		305		290	10.8%	95.1%		0	0.0%	0.0%		5	n/a%	1.6%		5	50.0%	1.6%
2016		340		325	3.0%	95.6%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		10	n/a%	2.9%
2011		335		335	2.9%	100.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%
2006		365		345	6.8%	94.5%		10	n/a%	2.7%		0	0.0%	0.0%		10	0.0%	2.7%
2001		380		370	15.9%	97.4%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		10	n/a%	2.6%
1996		440		440	n/a	100.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%

Government

Municipal council (2024):^[8]

• Mayor: Fanny Dupras-Rossier
• Councillors: Réjean Bernard, Chantal Godbout, Jean-François Royer, David Royer, Sophie Bouchard, Réal East

Notable people

Notable people from La Reine include:

• Christine Moore – NDP politician^[9]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec