Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Abitibi Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos.
Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Abitibi community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 24,764 (+0.5% from 2016) | 24,639 (+1.2% from 2011) | 24,354 (+0.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 7,627.63 km (2,945.04 sq mi) | 7,679.36 km (2,965.02 sq mi) | 7,677.01 km (2,964.11 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.2/km (8.3/sq mi) | 3.2/km (8.3/sq mi) | 3.2/km (8.3/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44 (M: 43.2, F: 44.4) | 43.0 (M: 42.4, F: 43.7) | 42.2 (M: 41.7, F: 42.7) |
| Private dwellings | 11,784 (total) 10,941 (occupied) | 11,374 (total) | 11,109 (total) |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $64,064 | $54,465 |
References: 2021 2016 2011 earlier
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Language
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English
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French & English
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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24,400
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23,690 |  1.4%
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97.09% | 235 | 9.3%
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0.96% | 70 |  0%
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0.29% | 405 | 8.0%
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1.66% | |||||
2011
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24,020
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23,360 | 0.8%
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97.25% | 215 |  37.7%
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0.90% | 70 | 366.7%
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0.29% | 375 | 2.6%
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1.56% | |||||
2006
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23,915
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23,170 | 1.9%
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96.88% | 345 | 53.3%
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1.44% | 15 | 75.0%
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0.07% | 385 | 4.1%
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1.61% | |||||
2001
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24,275
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23,620 | 3.3%
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97.30% | 225 | 8.2%
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0.93% | 60 | 20.0%
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0.25% | 370 | 15.6%
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1.52% | |||||
1996
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25,050
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24,435 | n/a | 97.54% | 245 | n/a | 0.98% | 50 | n/a | 0.20% | 320 | n/a | 1.28% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
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Protected areas
Attractions and other areas
- Alphonse-Normadin Covered Bridge [1950] (Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire)
- Amos Airport (Trecesson)
- Exposition de la Maison de la culture Centre (Amos)
- Garde Dispensary (La Corne)
- Grazie Gadens (La Motte)
- l'Arche-de-Noe Covered Bridge [1937] (La Morandière-Rochebaucourt)
- l'Harricana Ferme d'autruches Slope (Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana)
- l'Original Covered Bridge [1942] (La Morandière-Rochebaucourt)
- Mont-Video (Barraute)
- Pageau Refuge (Amos)
- Poste Museum (Saint-Marc-de-Figuery)