Chazel is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Chazel, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1941 538 —     1951 574 +6.7% 1956 593 +3.3% 1961 571 −3.7% 1966 531 −7.0% 1971 487 −8.3% 1976 374 −23.2% 1981 371 −0.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 407 +9.7% 1991 373 −8.4% 1996 388 +4.0% 2001 330 −14.9% 2006 321 −2.7% 2011 289 −10.0% 2016 289 +0.0% 2021 254 −12.1%
Source: Statistics Canada

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Chazel, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		250		240	15.8%	96.0%		5	0.0%	2.0%		5	n/a%	2.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2016		290		285	1.7%	98.3%		5	n/a%	1.7%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2011		290		290	9.4%	100.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2006		320		320	0.0%	100.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2001		330		320	17.9%	97.0%		10	n/a%	3.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
1996		390		390	n/a	100.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2024):

• Mayor: Daniel Favreau
• Councillors: Charles Fortin, Serge Morin, Audrey Veillette, Armande Bouchard, Réjean Veillette, Yves Frappier

List of former mayors:

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• Émilien Savard (...–2005)
• Denis Hince (2005–2009)
• Daniel Favreau (2009–present)

Political representation

Chazel federal election results

Year		Liberal		Conservative		Bloc Québécois		New Democratic		Green
	2021	12%	7	16%	10	57%	37	3%	2	5%	3
	2019	7%	6	36%	29	54%	44	0%	0	3%	2

Chazel provincial election results

Year		CAQ		Liberal		QC solidaire		Parti Québécois
	2022	45%	57	4%	5	10%	13	17%	22
	2018	47%	34	0%	0	10%	7	40%	29
	2014	13%	11	12%	10	8%	6	67%	54

Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Chazel in the National Assembly of Quebec.

Federally, Chazel is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Chazel in the House of Commons of Canada.

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec