Côte-Nord
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Côte-Nord (French pronunciation:
While most of the region is in the same time zone as the rest of Quebec, the far eastern portion east of the 63rd meridian, excluding the Minganie Regional County Municipality, is officially in the Atlantic Time Zone and does not observe daylight saving time.[3]
Population
At the
Geography and economy
Côte-Nord was created as an administrative region in 1966. Important landmarks of Côte-Nord include Anticosti Island, the Mingan Archipelago, and the Manicouagan Reservoir.
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The region's economy is based on
with over 10,500 megawatts of power.Administrative divisions
Regional county municipalities
- Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality
- La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality
- Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
- Manicouagan Regional County Municipality
- Minganie Regional County Municipality
- Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
Indian reserves
- Essipit
- La Romaine
- Lac-John
- Uashat-Maliotenam)
- Matimekosh
- Mingan
- Nutashkuan
- Pessamit
- Uashat-Maliotenam)
Naskapi reserved territory
- Kawawachikamach
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Côte-Nord region had a population of 88,525 living in 39,798 of its 45,263 total private dwellings, a change of -4.3% from its 2016 population of 92,518, making it the fastest-decreasing region of Québec. With a land area of 234,442.27 km2 (90,518.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
The median age is 46.4, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada.
Speakers of Cree-Innu languages mostly live in
As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 16.2% of the population and visible minorities contributed 1.5%. The largest visible minority groups in Côte-Nord are Black (0.7%), Arab (0.2%), and Latin American (0.2%). The region is home to 280 recent immigrants (i.e. those arriving between 2016 and 2021). 130 of them come from various African countries.
In 2021, 71.3% of the population identified as Catholic, while 19.6% said they had no religious affiliation. Anglicans were the largest religious minority, at 1.9% of the population, while Muslims were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up 0.4% of the population.
Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
Ethnic origin | 2021 |
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Canadian | 35.0% |
French | 17.0% |
Québécois | 14.7% |
Innu | 9.3% |
French Canadian | 7.8% |
First Nations | 6.3% |
Irish | 3.5% |
Acadian | 2.8% |
Métis | 2.3% |
English | 1.8% |
(Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses).
Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2021 Census)[6] | |||
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Population group | Population | % of total population | |
White
|
71,080 | 82.3% | |
Visible minority group | South Asian | 40 | 0% |
Chinese
|
100 | 0.1% | |
Black | 590 | 0.7% | |
Filipino
|
120 | 0.1% | |
Arab | 130 | 0.2% | |
Latin American
|
160 | 0.2% | |
Southeast Asian | 45 | 0.1% | |
West Asian
|
0 | 0% | |
Korean
|
30 | 0% | |
Japanese | 15 | 0% | |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 25 | 0% | |
Multiple visible minority
|
55 | 0.1% | |
Total visible minority population | 1,310 | 1.5% | |
Aboriginal group
|
First Nations | 9,520 | 11.0% |
Métis | 2,660 | 3.1% | |
Inuit | 425 | 0.5% | |
Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 1,185 | 1.4% | |
Multiple Aboriginal identity | 215 | 0.2% | |
Total Aboriginal population | 14,005 | 16.2% | |
Total population | 86,395 | 100% |
Major communities
- Baie-Comeau
- Fermont
- Forestville
- Havre-Saint-Pierre
- Pessamit
- Port-Cartier
- Sept-Îles
Exploration
The Côte-Nord region was gradually explored by French colonists during the centuries with the help of natives. However it is worth noting the contribution of Henry de Puyjalon (1841-1905), a pioneer in ecology who devoted his life to the exploration of this region.
See also
References
- ^ "Côte-Nord". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Côte-Nord [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ "Legal Time Act, CQLR c T-5.1". CanLII. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Henri Dorion debunks the Ten Great Myths about the Labrador boundary". Quebec National Assembly, First Session, 34th Legislature. October 17, 1991. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. October 25, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Côte-Nord [Economic region], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-13.