Taschereau, Quebec

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Taschereau
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Taschereau
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°40′N 78°41′W / 48.667°N 78.683°W / 48.667; -78.683Coordinates: 48°40′N 78°41′W / 48.667°N 78.683°W / 48.667; -78.683[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1911
Constituted December 27, 2001
Government[2]
  Mayor Lucien Côté
  Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
  Total 270.40 km2 (104.40 sq mi)
  Land 250.61 km2 (96.76 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 981
  Density 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 1.5%
  Dwellings 420
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Z 3N0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 101
Route 111
Route 390
Website www.taschereau.ao.ca

Taschereau is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 265.62 km² and had a population of 981 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 981 (2006 to 2011 population change: -1.5 %)
  • Population in 2006: 996
  • Population total in 2001: 1048
    • Taschereau (village): 534
    • Taschereau (municipality): 514
  • Population in 1996:
    • Taschereau (village): 641
    • Taschereau (municipality): 460 (or 534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
  • Population in 1991:
    • Taschereau (village): 684
    • Taschereau (municipality): 476

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 396 (total dwellings: 420)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 100%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Jean-Marie Poulin
  • Councillors: Jocelyne Deschênes, Tony Gauthier, Céline Lambert, Gratien Landry, Patrick Landry, Normand Plante

References

  1. Reference number 61771 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Taschereau". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Taschereau census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. "Taschereau community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 



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