Mont-Valin, Quebec

Mont-Valin
Mont-Valin
Unorganized territory
	Mont-Valin Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
	Coordinates: 48°37′N 70°48′W / 48.617°N 70.800°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM	Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Constituted	February 18, 2002
Government
• Federal riding	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
• Prov. riding	Dubuc
Area
• Total	38,032.30 km2 (14,684.35 sq mi)
• Land	35,080.51 km2 (13,544.66 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	5
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2006–11)	66.7%
• Dwellings	4
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

Mont-Valin is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec. It makes up over 87% of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and is the largest subdivision of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. The territory, named after Mount Valin, had a population of 5 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and covered a land area of 35,080.51 km².

The territory has one settlement: the hamlet of Chutes-des-Passes, located 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Chicoutimi (49°50′23″N 71°09′55″W / 49.83972°N 71.16528°W / 49.83972; -71.16528). It was founded in 1941, when Alcan built a dam on the Peribonka River. When operation of the dam was automated in 1974, the community was almost entirely abandoned.^[4]

Demographics

Population trend:^[5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3 (total dwellings: 4)

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149749". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mont-Valin
^ ^a ^b "Mont-Valin census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
^ "Chute-des-Passes (hameau)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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