Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...
in northeastern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The regional county municipality seat is Fermont
Fermont, Quebec
Fermont is a town in northeastern Quebec, Canada, near the Quebec-Labrador border about from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway...
. It is located in the northwest corner of the Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec...
region of Quebec. It has a land area of 70389.37 square kilometres (27,177.5 sq mi) and a 2006 census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
population of 3,948 inhabitants, two-thirds of whom lived in its largest city of Fermont
Fermont, Quebec
Fermont is a town in northeastern Quebec, Canada, near the Quebec-Labrador border about from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway...
. The census grouped the municipality's territory with neighboring Sept-Rivières
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Sept-Rivières is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.-Geography:Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord...
into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau
Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau
Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau is a census division of Quebec, with geographical code 97. It consists of the regional county municipalities of Sept-Rivières and Caniapiscau....
.
Cities and towns
- FermontFermont, QuebecFermont is a town in northeastern Quebec, Canada, near the Quebec-Labrador border about from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway...
(Pop: 2,633) - ScheffervilleSchefferville, QuebecSchefferville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. Schefferville is in the heart of the Naskapi and Innu territory in northern Quebec, less than 2 km from the border with Labrador on the north shore of Knob Lake. The town has an incorporated area of . It is located within the...
(Pop: 202)
Unorganized territories
- CaniapiscauCaniapiscau, QuebecCaniapiscau is a vast unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.The territory is home to the huge Caniapiscau Reservoir, the largest body of water in Quebec. The reservoir was named after Lake Caniapiscau that was flooded in...
- Lac-JuilletLac-Juillet, QuebecLac-Juillet is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.The eponymous Lake Juillet is located in the eastern part of the territory and was named after Blaise Juillet Avignon, a companion of Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, who...
- Lac-VacherLac-Vacher, QuebecLac-Vacher is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.It is named after Lake Vacher that is within the territory.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 0...
- Rivière-MouchalaganeRivière-Mouchalagane, QuebecRivière-Mouchalagane is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.The ghost town of Gagnon is located in the territory along Quebec Route 389 which also provides access to Fermont and Labrador City.The eponymous Mouchalagane...
Indian reserves
- Lac-JohnLac-John, QuebecLac-John is a First Nations reserve on John Lake in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, about north-east from the centre of Schefferville. Together with the Matimekosh Reserve, it belongs to the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John...
pop: 16 (within its boundaries but administratively not part of the regional county municipality) - MatimekoshMatimekosh, QuebecMatimekosh is a First Nations reserve on Lake Pearce in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Together with the Lac-John Reserve, it belongs to the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John...
pop: 528 (within its boundaries but administratively not part of the regional county municipality)
Naskapi reserve land
- KawawachikamachKawawachikamach, QuebecKawawachikamach is an Naskapi/Iyiyiw First Nations reserve and community at the south end of Lake Matemace , approximately northeast of Schefferville, Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach. The village was built by the Naskapi/Iyiyiw from 1980 to 1983...
pop: 569 (within its boundaries but administratively not part of the regional county municipality)
Adjacent census divisions
- NunavikNunavikNunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...
- Division No. 10, Newfoundland and LabradorDivision No. 10, Newfoundland and LabradorCensus Division No. 10 is composed of the area of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, called Labrador outside of Nunatsiavut. It has a land area of 269,073.3 km² and, as of the 2001 census, has a population of 27,864...
- Sept-RivièresSept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, QuebecSept-Rivières is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.-Geography:Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord...
- ManicouaganManicouagan Regional County Municipality, QuebecManicouagan is a Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River with its seat in Baie-Comeau...
- Le Fjord-du-SaguenayLe Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, QuebecLe Fjord-du-Saguenay is a Regional County Municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada in the region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. The seat is in the City of Saguenay which is actually a separate census division. The RCM is named for the fjord part of the Saguenay River, protruding out of the...
- JamésieJamésie Territory, QuebecJamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality of Quebec. Its geographical code is 991 .Together with the TEs of Kativik and Eeyou Istchee, it forms the administrative region and census division of Nord-du-Québec...