Aguanish, Quebec
Aguanish | |
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Coordinates: 50°13′N 62°05′W / 50.217°N 62.083°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | Minganie |
Settled | 1849 |
Constituted | January 1, 1957 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Richard Noël |
• Federal riding | Manicouagan |
• Prov. riding | Duplessis |
Area | |
• Total | 680.61 km2 (262.78 sq mi) |
• Land | 548.40 km2 (211.74 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 245 |
• Density | 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011–2016 | 11.9% |
• Dwellings | 148 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Within the AST legislated time zone boundary but observes EST [4]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Aguanish is a municipality and village in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
In addition to Aguanish itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Michon, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the east along Route 138. Economic activity primarily centers on crab and salmon fishing.[5]
The place is named after the Goynish or Aguanus River, that flows through and drains into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence right at the village. This word of Innu origin came from aguanus, in turn from akwanich, from the roots akwan (shelter) and ich (small). It has undergone many different spellings, including: Goines (17th century); Guanis, Goinis (1744 map by Bellin); Goynish (1776 map by Carver); Agwanus, Aguanus or Agouanus (maps of the 19th century).[1]
History
For a few years in the 1830s, the Hudson's Bay Company operated the Nabisipi trading post at the mouth of the Nabisipi River (just west of the current town site).
The first European inhabitants, fishermen from the Magdalen Islands, settled in the area circa 1849. They were joined in 1875 by people from Kégashka (today Kegaska) and from Nabisipi River. The place was incorporated as a municipality in 1957.[1]
Demographics
Population
2011 | |
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Population | 278 (-8.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 600.61 km2 (231.90 sq mi) |
Population density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
Median age | 49.7 (M: 51.4, F: 48.3) |
Private dwellings | 145 (total) |
Median household income | $.N/A |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Aguanish, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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280
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275 | 5.2% | 98.21% | 5 | n/a% | 1.79% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | |||||
2006
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300
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290 | 13.4% | 96.67% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 3.33% | |||||
2001
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335
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335 | 10.7% | 100.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
1996
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375
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375 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Aguanish (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 98030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "Aguanish, Quebec (Code 2498030) Census Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ National Research Council Canada - Time Zones & Daylight Saving Time Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Aguanish" (in French). GrandQuebec.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census