Matawinie Regional County Municipality

Matawinie (French pronunciation: [matawini]) is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500.^[3]

Matawinie
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°16′N 73°47′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Rawdon
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Gaétan Morin
Area [2][3]
• Total	10,430.00 km2 (4,027.05 sq mi)
• Land	9,423.15 km2 (3,638.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	55,500
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10%
• Dwellings	37,357
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.matawinie.org

Subdivisions

There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Municipalities (14) Chertsey Entrelacs Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci Rawdon Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Sainte-Béatrix Saint-Côme Saint-Donat Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie Saint-Félix-de-Valois Saint-Jean-de-Matha Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare Saint-Michel-des-Saints Saint-Zénon

Parishes (1) Saint-Damien

Unorganized Territory (12) Baie-Atibenne Baie-de-la-Bouteille Baie-Obaoca Lac-Cabasta Lac-des-Dix-Milles Lac-Devenyns Lac-du-Taureau Lac-Legendre Lac-Matawin Lac-Minaki Lac-Santé Saint-Guillaume-Nord

First Nations reserve (1) (not associated with RCM) Manawan

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Matawinie community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	55,500 (+10.0% from 2016)	50,235 (+1.9% from 2011)	49,516 (-0.4% from 2006)
Land area	9,423.15 km2 (3,638.30 sq mi)	9,528.19 km2 (3,678.85 sq mi)	9,527.58 km2 (3,678.62 sq mi)
Population density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)	5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 54.4, F: 54.4)	52.6 (M: 52.5, F: 52.8)	49.4 (M: 49.3, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	37,357 (total)  26,510 (occupied)	35,858 (total)	34,229 (total)
Median household income	$62,000	$32,697	$43,708

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

Historical Census Data - Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 36,095 —     1996 41,322 +14.5% 1996A 41,314 −0.0% 2001 43,177 +4.5% 2001A 43,093 −0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 49,717 +15.4% 2011 49,516 −0.4% 2016 50,435 +1.9% 2021 55,500 +10.0%
[7][3]

Language

French and Atikamekw are the main languages.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		55,065		49,620	10.7%	90.1%		1,825	1.6%	3.3%		605	61.3%	1.1%		2,845	1.6%	5.2%
2016		49,955		44,835	1.9%	89.8%		1,855	6.1%	4.0%		375	19.0%	0.6%		2,890	4.1%	5.8%
2011		49,055		43,990	1.1%	89.7%		1,975	24.2%	4.0%		315	23.5%	0.6%		2,775	4.8%	5.7%
2006		49,250		44,490	16.3%	90.3%		1,590	11.7%	3.2%		255	5.6%	0.5%		2,915	28.7%	5.9%
2001		42,605		38,270	4.9%	89.8%		1,800	11.1%	4.2%		270	6.9%	0.6%		2,265	19.2%	5.3%
1996		40,710		36,495	n/a	89.7%		2,025	n/a	5.0%		290	n/a	0.7%		1,900	n/a	4.7%

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 R-125 R-131

Secondary Highways R-329 R-335 R-337 R-341 R-347 R-348

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec