Saint-Michel-du-Squatec

Saint-Michel-du-Squatec (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl dy skwatɛk]) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Population is 1,076 as of 2021. The patronage of Saint Michel is said to owe something to one of the pioneers so named. As for the word Squatec, some sources suggest that it is a modification of the form esqoateg, of Mi'kmaq or Wolastoqiyik origin, meaning the source of a river.^[1]

Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
Municipality
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Saint-Michel-du-Squatec Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47.88°N 68.72°W / 47.88; -68.72[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Témiscouata
Constituted	April 16, 1928
Government [2]
• Mayor	Bruno Malenfant
• Federal riding	Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	385.40 km2 (148.80 sq mi)
• Land	361.23 km2 (139.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,076
• Density	3/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	3.3%
• Dwellings	576
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 4H0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-232 R-295 R-296
Website	www.squatec.qc.ca

The first settlers arrived in the area before 1893. The municipality was created in 1928. On November 1, 2014, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.^[4]