Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
| Pointe-Lebel |
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| Village municipality |
 Pointe-LebelLocation in Côte-Nord region of Quebec |
| Coordinates: 49°10′N 68°12′W / 49.167°N 68.200°W / 49.167; -68.200[1] |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Quebec |
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| Region | Côte-Nord |
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| RCM | Manicouagan |
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| Constituted | January 1, 1964 |
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| Government[2] |
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| • Mayor | Michelle Martin |
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| • Federal riding | Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan |
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| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
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| Area[2][3] |
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| • Total | 122.24 km2 (47.20 sq mi) |
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| • Land | 85.54 km2 (33.03 sq mi) |
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| Population (2021)[3] |
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| • Total | 1,817 |
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| • Density | 21.2/km2 (55/sq mi) |
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| • Pop (2016-21) | 5.3% |
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| • Dwellings | 935 |
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| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
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| Postal code(s) | G0H 1N0 |
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| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
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| Highways | R-138 |
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| Website | www.pointe-lebel.com  |
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Pointe-Lebel (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃tləbɛl]) 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
[edit] 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.[3]
Population trend:
| Historical census populations – Pointe-Lebel |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1966 | 695 | — |
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| 1971 | 756 | +8.8% |
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| 1976 | 1,302 | +72.2% |
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| 1981 | 1,573 | +20.8% |
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| 1986 | 1,709 | +8.6% |
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| 1991 | 1,818 | +6.4% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1996 | 2,011 | +10.6% |
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| 2001 | 1,931 | −4.0% |
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| 2006 | 1,958 | +1.4% |
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| 2011 | 1,973 | +0.8% |
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| 2016 | 1,918 | −2.8% |
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| 2021 | 1,817 | −5.3% |
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| Source: Statistics Canada[3][4] |
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- 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%
References
[edit] - ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50165". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 96025". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Pointe-Lebel (Code 2496025) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
[edit] 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Pointe-Lebel.
- Official website

| Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions |
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| Baie-Comeau |  | | Pointe-aux-Outardes | Pointe-Lebel | St. Lawrence River |  | | St. Lawrence River |
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Subdivisions of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality |
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| Cities & towns | |
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| Municipalities | |
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| Parishes | |
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| Villages | - Baie-Trinité
- Chute-aux-Outardes
- Godbout
- Pointe-aux-Outardes
- Pointe-Lebel
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| Unorganized territories | |
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| Native reserves (unassociated with RCM) | |
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- Regional county municipalities in Côte-Nord: Caniapiscau
- La Haute-Côte-Nord
- Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
- Manicouagan
- Minganie
- Sept-Rivières
- Native reserves: Essipit
- La Romaine
- Lac-John
- Maliotenam (part of Uashat-Maliotenam)
- Matimekosh
- Mingan
- Nutashkuan
- Pessamit
- Uashat (part of Uashat-Maliotenam)
- Naskapi reserved territory: Kawawachikamach
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