Trécesson is a
township municipality in the
Canadian province of
Quebec, located in the
Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
The municipality is part of the census agglomeration of Amos. It includes the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trécesson had a population of 1,232 living in 519 of its 584 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,223. With a land area of 196.89 km (76.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.
Historical census populations – Trécesson| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1921 | 451 | — |
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| 1931 | 797 | +76.7% |
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| 1941 | 1,336 | +67.6% |
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| 1951 | 1,200 | −10.2% |
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| 1956 | 1,143 | −4.7% |
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| 1961 | 1,131 | −1.0% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1966 | 935 | −17.3% |
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| 1971 | 847 | −9.4% |
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| 1976 | 809 | −4.5% |
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| 1981 | 1,059 | +30.9% |
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| 1986 | 983 | −7.2% |
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| 1991 | 1,061 | +7.9% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1996 | 1,145 | +7.9% |
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| 2001 | 1,177 | +2.8% |
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| 2006 | 1,195 | +1.5% |
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| 2011 | 1,138 | −4.8% |
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| 2016 | 1,223 | +7.5% |
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| 2021 | 1,232 | +0.7% |
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| Source: Statistics Canada |
Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 0.4%
Government
Municipal council (as of 2023):
- Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
- Councillors: André Masson, Nadia Caron, Nathalie Dion, Martin Veilleux, Rémi Roy, Stephan Roy
List of former mayors:
- Anita Bédard-Larochelle (...–2005, 2013–2017)
- Jacques Trudel (2005–2009)
- Ghislain Nadeau (2009–2013, 2021–present)
- Chantal Poliquin (2017–2018)
- Jacques Grenier (2019–2021)
