Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

48°28′N 78°08′W / 48.467°N 78.133°W / 48.467; -78.133^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionAbitibi-TémiscamingueRCMAbitibiSettled1912ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1943Government

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• MayorMartin Roch • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue • Prov. ridingAbitibi-OuestArea

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• Total111.69 km² (43.12 sq mi) • Land105.86 km² (40.87 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total770 • Density7.3/km² (19/sq mi) • Pop (2016-21)

4.2% • Dwellings

349Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)Postal code(s)

J0Y 1M0

Area code819Highways

R-109Websitewww.stmathieudharricana.com

Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana had a population of 770 living in 318 of its 349 total private dwellings, a change of 4% from its 2016 population of 739. With a land area of 105.86 km² (40.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (18.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

As of the 2021 census, mother tongues spoken are:^[3]

English as first language: 1.3%
French as first language: 97.4%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 1.3%

Historical census populations – Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	465	—
1956	478	+2.8%
1961	478	+0.0%
1966	441	−7.7%
1971	399	−9.5%
1976	406	+1.8%
1981	549	+35.2%
1986	611	+11.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	655	+7.2%
1996	717	+9.5%
2001	700	−2.4%
2006	716	+2.3%
2011	696	−2.8%
2016	739	+6.2%
2021	770	+4.2%

Population figures based on revised counts.
Source: Statistics Canada

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[2]

Mayor: Martin Roch
Councillors: Miguel Roy, Simon Roy, Éric Arseneault, Lucie Crépeault, Guillaume Bergeron, Sébastien Morand

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 279847". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2023.