Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue

This article is about the unorganized territory. For the lake, see Lake Timiskaming.

Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue (French pronunciation: [le lak dy temiskamɛ̃ɡ], lit. 'The Lakes of Temiscaming') is a large unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. With a total area of 12,224.27 square kilometres (4,719.82 sq mi), it takes up over 60% of the eastern portion of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.^[2]

Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue
Unorganized territory
Lacs-du-Témiscamingue as seen across the Ottawa River near Mattawa
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°04′N 78°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Témiscamingue
Constituted	October 31, 2005
Government [2]
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area [2][3]
• Total	12,224.27 km2 (4,719.82 sq mi)
• Land	10,366.89 km2 (4,002.68 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	10
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)	33.3%
• Dwellings	15
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)

The only community in the territory is the hamlet of Lac-Caugnawana (46°32′06″N 78°18′23″W).^[4]

Until October 31, 2005, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue and Laniel unorganized territories were part of the Rivière-Kipawa unorganized territory.^[5]

Demographics

Canada census – Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue community profile

	2021	2016
Population	10 (-33.3% from 2016)	15 (--% from 2011)
Land area	10,366.89 km2 (4,002.68 sq mi)	10,418.36 km2 (4,022.55 sq mi)
Population density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Median age
Private dwellings	15 (total)  6 (occupied)	20 (total)  5 (occupied)
Median household income

Notes: Median ages and incomes suppressed.
References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7]

Historical census populations – Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	0	—
2006	5	—
2011	0	−100.0%
2016	15	—
2021	10	−33.3%
2001 population figure adjusted due to boundary change. Source: Statistics Canada

See also

• List of unorganized territories in Quebec