Nédélec

For people named Nédélec, see Nédélec (name).

Nédélec (French pronunciation: [nedelɛk]) is a township municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Nédélec
Township municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Nédélec Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°41′N 79°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Témiscamingue
Settled	1895
Constituted	February 1, 1909
Named after	Jean-Marie Nédélec[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Lyne Ash
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area [2][3]
• Total	375.14 km2 (144.84 sq mi)
• Land	371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	340
• Density	0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	4.5%
• Dwellings	168
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2Z0
Area code	819
Highways	R-101
Website	municipalite.nedelec.qc.ca

The name of the municipality recalls the name of Jean-Marie Nédélec who was an oblate and a missionary with the Algonquins in the region. His last name is from the Breton word Nedeleg which means Christmas.

History

By 1895, a general store was supplying the many logging camps of the area. The first permanent settlers arrived in 1909, the same year the township and township municipality were formed. They were both named after Jean-Marie Nédélec (1834-1896) who was a missionary among the Algonquin First Nations of Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi from 1867 to 1869 and from 1892 to 1896.^[1]

On October 7, 1995, the unorganized territory of Roulier, named after Ulric Roulier who was priest at Nédélec in the mid-1930s, was added to the municipality.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Nédélec had a population of 340 living in 152 of its 168 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 371.49 km² (143.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Canada census – Nédélec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	340 (-4.5% from 2016)	356 (-11.7% from 2011)	403 (-3.1% from 2006)
Land area	371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi)	374.10 km2 (144.44 sq mi)	374.06 km2 (144.43 sq mi)
Population density	0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)	1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)	1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
Median age	50.0 (M: 53.2, F: 47.2)	48.9 (M: 51.1, F: 45.2)	43.5 (M: 45.0, F: 40.9)
Private dwellings	168 (total)  152 (occupied)	181 (total)  159 (occupied)	175 (total)  165 (occupied)
Median household income	$63,200	$50,240	$35,890

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

Historical census populations – Nédélec

Year Pop. ±% 1911 727 —     1921 1,002 +37.8% 1931 654 −34.7% 1941 639 −2.3% 1951 990 +54.9% 1956 1,075 +8.6% 1961 1,019 −5.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 957 −6.1% 1971 719 −24.9% 1976 619 −13.9% 1981 553 −10.7% 1986 490 −11.4% 1991 457 −6.7% 1996 474 +3.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 429 −9.5% 2006 416 −3.0% 2011 403 −3.1% 2016 356 −11.7% 2021 340 −4.5%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[3][7]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 10.3%
• French as first language: 88.2%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.5%

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of township municipalities in Quebec