Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality

Caniapiscau
Regional county municipality
Location of Caniapiscau
Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W / 52.783°N 67.083°W / 52.783; -67.083[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCôte-Nord
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatFermont
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectMartin St-Laurent
Area
[3][4]
 • Total
80,398.08 km2 (31,041.87 sq mi)
 • Land64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi)
 Total area excludes reserves
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
3,838
 • Density0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 1.1%
 • Dwellings
2,263
 Includes reserves
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.caniapiscau.net

Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Fermont.

The census groups Caniapiscau RCM with neighbouring Sept-Rivières into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the 2021 Canadian census, the combined population was 38,240.[5] The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 3838,[4] about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference mamrot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference caveat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference sc2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau, Census division, Census division (CDR) Quebec. 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2024.