Petit-Mécatina, Quebec

Petit-Mécatina
Unorganized territory

Location within Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM.
Petit-Mécatina

Location in Côte-Nord Region of Quebec.

Coordinates: 51°30′N 60°00′W / 51.500°N 60.000°W / 51.500; -60.000Coordinates: 51°30′N 60°00′W / 51.500°N 60.000°W / 51.500; -60.000[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2]
 • Fed. riding Manicouagan
 • Prov. riding Duplessis
Area[2][3]
 • Total 57,056.10 km2 (22,029.48 sq mi)
 • Land 37,537.71 km2 (14,493.39 sq mi)
  Total area includes
disputed land within Labrador
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Steady N/A
 • Dwellings 0
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
Highways No major routes

Petit-Mécatina is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. It was formerly part of the Minganie Regional County Municipality, but transferred to the current MRC in July 2010.[4]

It is named after the Petit (French for "Little) Mécatina River that bisects the territory from north to south and empties in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence just west of Petit Mécatina Island. The 545 kilometres (339 mi) river forms east of Lake Aticonac just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence watersheds, that is also the disputed boundary between Quebec and Labrador. Mécatina comes from the Innu word makatinau and means "large mountain".[5]

As part of the Labrador boundary dispute, the official borders of Petit-Mécatina as claimed by Quebec include part of the territory of Labrador.

Demographics

The region has been completely uninhabited since at least 1991.[6]

Population

Canada census – Petit-Mécatina, Quebec community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 0 (0.0% from 2006) 0 (0.0% from 2001) 0 (0.0% from 1996)
Land area: 37,537.71 km2 (14,493.39 sq mi) 37,537.73 km2 (14,493.40 sq mi) 37,538.22 km2 (14,493.59 sq mi)
Population density: 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Median age: N/A (M: , F: ) N/A (M: , F: ) N/A (M: , F: )
Total private dwellings: 0 0 0
Median household income: $.N/A $.N/A $.N/A
References: 2011[3] 2006[7] 2001[8]
Historical Census Data - Petit-Mécatina, Quebec[9]
YearPop.
1996 0
YearPop.
2001 0
YearPop.
2006 0
YearPop.
2011 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 149751 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Petit-Mécatina
  3. 1 2 3 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Petit-Mécatina census profile
  4. ↑ Audrée Soucy (July 2010), "Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC)" (PDF), Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, Québec: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ISSN 1715-6408, retrieved 2010-09-17
  5. ↑ "Rivière du Petit Mécatina" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  7. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  8. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  9. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Division No. 10 Subd. C (NL)
Lac-Jérôme Div. No. 10 Subd. A (NL)
   Petit-Mécatina  
Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-St-Laurent, Gros-Mécatina, Saint-Augustin, Bonne-Espérance Blanc-Sablon


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