Métis-sur-Mer
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Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 587 in the Canada 2016 Census.[3]
Etymology
The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.
History
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From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.
The city has a borough named MacNider, named after MacNider's family. Its territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer (Metis Beach).[4][5]
The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.[6]
On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[7]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 594 living in 310 of its 505 total private dwellings, a change of 3.8% from its 2016 population of 572. With a land area of 48.22 km2 (18.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.9/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
Population
Population trend:[9]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2021 | 594 | ![]() |
2016 | 572 | ![]() |
2011 | 644 | ![]() |
2006 | 604 | N/A |
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 374643". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09048". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Métis-sur-Mer, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code REC01". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 377250". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique". Le Devoir (in French). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
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