La Reine is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the La Reine River in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 340 in the Canada 2011 Census.

The place is named after La Reine Regiment (French for "the Queen"), that was founded in 1634 and fought under General Montcalm at the Battle of Carillon and Battle of Quebec.

History

The first pioneers were from Berthier County and arrived in 1913, around the time when the National Transcontinental Railway was completed. The train station was first designed as Okiko, derived from the Algonquin name for the La Reine River Okikadosag Sibi. The following year the Mission of Saint-Philippe-de-La Reine was founded. In 1917, the place was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of La Reine-et-Desmeloizes-Partie-Ouest. In 1922, the village itself separated from the united township and formed the Village Municipality of La Reine.

In 1949, the united township municipality changed its name and status to the Municipality of La Reine. In 1981, this municipality and the village municipality were rejoined.

Demographics

Population

Historical census populations – La Reine, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1931 1,606 —     1941 1,234 −23.2% 1951 1,047 −15.2% 1956 1,177 +12.4% 1961 1,051 −10.7% 1966 919 −12.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1971 806 −12.3% 1976 635 −21.2% 1981 570 −10.2% 1986 520 −8.8% 1991 473 −9.0% 1996 437 −7.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 386 −11.7% 2006 362 −6.2% 2011 340 −6.1% 2016 339 −0.3% 2021 307 −9.4%
Population amounts of 1981 and earlier are total of La Reine SD and La Reine VL. Source: Statistics Canada

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Reine, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		335		335	2.9%	100.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%	Template:Canada census	0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		365		345	6.8%	94.52%		10	n/a%	2.74%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	0.0%	2.74%
2001		380		370	15.9%	97.37%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	2.63%
1996		440		440	n/a	100.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Local government

Municipal council (2024):

• Mayor: Fanny Dupras-Rossier
• Councillors: Réjean Bernard, Chantal Godbout, Jean-François Royer, David Royer, Sophie Bouchard, Réal East

Notable people

Notable people from La Reine include:

• Christine Moore – NDP politician

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec