Matane

For other uses, see Matane (disambiguation).

Matane
Town
Coat of arms of Matane
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Le succès dans l'effort (Success in effort)
Location within La Matanie RCM
Location within La Matanie RCM
Matane is located in Eastern Quebec
Matane
Matane
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°51′N 67°32′W / 48.850°N 67.533°W / 48.850; -67.533[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Matanie
ConstitutedSeptember 26, 2001
Government
[2]
 • MayorEddy Métivier
 • Federal ridingAvignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total230.44 km2 (88.97 sq mi)
 • Land195.49 km2 (75.48 sq mi)
 • Urban
[4]
10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
 • Metro
[5]
865.87 km2 (334.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total13,987
 • Density71.5/km2 (185/sq mi)
 • Urban
[4]
10,371
 • Urban density1,020.7/km2 (2,644/sq mi)
 • Metro
[5]
18,474
 • Metro density21.3/km2 (55/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Decrease 2.3%
 • Dwellings
7,482
Demonym(s)Matanais, Matanaises
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G4W
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132 R-195
Geographical code24 08053
Websitewww.ville.matane.qc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Matane is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality.

In addition to Matane itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane.

There is a ferry service which crosses the river to Baie-Comeau and Godbout on the north shore as well as a rail ferry service to Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles.[6]

The name Matane was first assigned to the river by Samuel de Champlain as "Mantanne" in 1603. Its meaning is open to different interpretations, with the most common one being that it comes from the Mi'kmaq word mtctan meaning "beaver pond", since the region had an abundant beaver population. It could also be a Maliseet word for "spinal cord", referring to the course of the Matane River; or from the word Mattawa/Matawin, meaning "meeting of the waters". Finally, it could be an abbreviation of the word matandipives, meaning "shipwreck".[1]

  1. ^ a b "Matane (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mamrot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SCref21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Matane (Population centre) census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  5. ^ a b "Matane (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-04.. The census agglomeration consists of Matane, Saint-René-de-Matane, Saint-Ulric, Sainte-Félicité, Saint-Adelme and Saint-Léandre.
  6. ^ "Train ferry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-15.