Pointe-Lebel

Pointe-Lebel
Village municipality
Pointe-Lebel Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
Coordinates: 49°10′N 68°12′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Manicouagan
Constituted	January 1, 1964
Government
• Mayor	Michelle Martin
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area
• Total	122.24 km2 (47.20 sq mi)
• Land	85.54 km2 (33.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,817
• Density	21.2/km2 (55/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	5.3%
• Dwellings	935
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0H 1N0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-138
Website	www.pointe-lebel.com

Pointe-Lebel (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t ləbɛl]) is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Lebel had a population of 1,817 living in 857 of its 935 total private dwellings, a change of -5.3% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 85.54 km² (33.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 21.2/km² (55.0/sq mi) in 2021.

Population trend:

Historical census populations – Pointe-Lebel

Year Pop. ±% 1966 695 —     1971 756 +8.8% 1976 1,302 +72.2% 1981 1,573 +20.8% 1986 1,709 +8.6% 1991 1,818 +6.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 2,011 +10.6% 2001 1,931 −4.0% 2006 1,958 +1.4% 2011 1,973 +0.8% 2016 1,918 −2.8% 2021 1,817 −5.3%
Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 0.6%
• French as first language: 98.6%
• English and French as first language: 0.6%
• Other as first language: 0.3%

External links

• Official website