Métis-sur-Mer

Métis-sur-Mer
City
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
Métis-sur-Mer is located in Eastern Quebec
Métis-sur-Mer
Métis-sur-Mer
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°40′N 68°00′W / 48.67°N 68°W / 48.67; -68[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedJuly 4, 2002
BoroughsMacNider
Government
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 • MayorJean-Pierre Pelletier
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
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 • Total263.70 km2 (101.82 sq mi)
 • Land48.22 km2 (18.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total594
 • Density12.3/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016–2021
Increase 3.8%
 • Dwellings
505
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.ville.metis-sur-mer.qc.ca

Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 594 in the Canada 2021 Census.[3]

The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

History

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Métis-sur-Mer, postcard, c. 1904 – 1910

From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.

The city has a borough named MacNider, named after MacNider's family. Its territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer (Metis Beach).[4][5]

The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.[6]

On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[7]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 594 living in 310 of its 505 total private dwellings, a change of 3.8% from its 2016 population of 572. With a land area of 48.22 km2 (18.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.9/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Population

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Population trend:[9]

Census Population Change (%)
2021 594 Increase 3.8%
2016 572 Decrease 11.1%
2011 644 Increase 6.6%
2006 604 N/A

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 374643". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09048". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Métis-sur-Mer, Ville". 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code REC01". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  5. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 377250". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  6. ^ "À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique". Le Devoir (in French). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Statistics Canada: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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