Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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| Pontiac (Quebec) |
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| — Regional County Municipality — | |
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| Coordinates (602, route 301, Campbell's Bay): | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1983 |
| Area | |
| - Land | 12,984.49 km² (5,013.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 14,586 |
| - Density | 1.1/km² (2.8/sq mi) |
| - Change ~2001 | +0.1% |
| - Dwellings | 8,993 |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| Website: www.mrcpontiac.qc.ca | |
Pontiac is a county regional municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located inside the county regional municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
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[edit] Demographics
Population: 14,586 in 2006, up 0.1 % from 2001.
Language: The Pontiac MRC is primarily but not overwhelmingly anglophone; in the Canada 2006 Census, 56.7 % identified English as their first language, 41.1 % said it was French, 0.8 % listed both, and 1.4 % listed other.
[edit] Communities
The Pontiac MRC is comprised of 18 communities; Campbell's Bay is the county seat.
- Municipalities
- Alleyn-et-Cawood (Danford Lake)
- Bristol
- Bryson
- Campbell's Bay
- Clarendon
- L'Isle-aux-Allumettes (Allumette Island)
- L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island)
- Litchfield
- Mansfield-et-Pontefract
- Otter Lake (formerly Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield)
- Rapides-des-Joachims
- Shawville
- Sheenboro (formerly Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff)
- Thorne
- Waltham
- Village municipalities
- Township municipalities
The Pontiac MRC also includes Lac-Nilgault, a large unorganized territory to the north of the 18 municipalities.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Pontiac MRC Gateway (English-language version)
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