Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg

Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg is a parish municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 68.15 km² and had a population of 410 as of the 2021 Canadian census.

Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg
Parish municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°44′N 79°18′W / 48.733°N 79.300°W / 48.733; -79.300^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1919
Constituted	May 10, 1941
Government ^[2]
• Mayor	Rémi Morin
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area ^[2]^[3]
• Total	68.96 km^2 (26.63 sq mi)
• Land	68.15 km^2 (26.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[3]
• Total	410
• Density	6.0/km^2 (16/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	9.9%
• Dwellings	185
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2T0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	ste-helene.ao.ca

The township was incorporated on May 10, 1941.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg had a population of 410 living in 159 of its 185 total private dwellings, a change of 9.9% from its 2016 population of 373. With a land area of 68.15 km² (26.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.0/km² (15.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Historical census populations – Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg

Year Pop. ±% 1941 419 —     1951 560 +33.7% 1956 612 +9.3% 1961 587 −4.1% 1966 562 −4.3% 1971 491 −12.6% 1976 457 −6.9% 1981 454 −0.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 436 −4.0% 1991 398 −8.7% 1996 415 +4.3% 2001 384 −7.5% 2006 375 −2.3% 2011 354 −5.6% 2016 373 +5.4% 2021 410 +9.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 159 (total dwellings: 185)^[3]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.8%
• English and French as first language: 1.2%
• Other as first language: 0%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[4]

• Mayor: Rémi Morin
• Councillors: Florent Bédard, Ghislain Gagné, Monia Cloutier, Claudette Bédard, Raymonde Petitclerc, Yvon Morin

List of former mayors:^[5]

• Béloni Aubin (1941–1943)
• Welly Vachon (1943–1945, 1947–1949)
• Édouard Théberge (1945–1947)
• Napoléon Fournier (1947, 1955–1959)
• Arthur Bédard (1949–1951)
• Joseph Picard (1951–1955)
• Victorin Veillette (1959–1961)
• Conrad Bergeron (1961–1985)
• Jocelyn Breton (1985–1986)
• Robert St-Amour (1986–1987)
• Gérard Audet (1987–1993)
• André Bergeron (1993–1996)
• André Bédard (1996–1997)
• Florent Bédard (1997–2021)
• Rémi Morin (2021–present)

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56211". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
3. "Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
4. "Conseil municipal - Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg". ste-helene.ao.ca. MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
5. "Liste des maires de Sainte-Hélène de Mancebourg - Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg". ste-helene.ao.ca. MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

External links

 

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