Macamic, Quebec

Macamic is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 202.34 km² and had a population of 2,734 in the Canada 2011 Census.

Macamic
City
Motto(s): 
Vois juste, probité engendre honneur ("Do right, integrity begets honour")
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.

Macamic
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°00′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi-Ouest
Settled1913
ConstitutedMarch 6, 2002
Government
 • MayorThéodore Roy
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
 • Total238.40 km2 (92.05 sq mi)
 • Land202.34 km2 (78.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,734
 • Density13.5/km2 (35/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.3%
 • Dwellings
1,148
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Z 2S0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 101
Route 111
Route 393
Websitewww.villemacamic.qc.ca
Rue Principale

In addition to Macamic itself, the town's territory also includes the community of Colombourg.

History

Colonization began at the time when the National Transcontinental Railway running through the Abitibi region was completed. The first pioneers, arriving circa 1913, were originally from Saint-Ignace-du-Lac, Pierreville, Stanfold, Nicolet, and Shawinigan. They settled south of Lake Macamic and the new settlement took the lake's name, often written also as Makamik. In the Algonquin language, the name Makamik means "limping beaver", from makis (crippled or disabled) and amik (beaver).[1]

In 1914, Makamik had 100 residents. In 1915, the year the post office opened, it had grown to 300, and the following year, when the Parish of Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste-de-Macamic was formed, there were 500 persons. By 1918, the population had jumped to 1750 and the area was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Royal-Roussillon-et-Poularies, named after the Royal-Roussillon Regiment of Montcalm's army and after lieutenant-colonel François-Médard de Poularies, commander of this regiment.[1][4]

In 1919, the village itself separated from the united township and was incorporated as Village Municipality of Macamic, having a population of 2300 persons by 1920. In 1924, Poularies Township also separated from Royal-Roussillon-et-Poularies, which became the Parish Municipality of Royal-Roussillon-de-Macamic in 1952, and officially shortened to just Macamic in 1961.[1]

In 1955, the Village Municipality of Macamic changed its status to town (ville), and was regrouped with the Parish Municipality of Macamic on June 13, 2001, to form the new Town of Macamic. On March 2, 2002, the Municipality of Colombourg (incorporated in 1926) was merged into Macamic.[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 2734 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 2726
  • Population total in 2001: 2838
    • Town of Macamic: 1519
    • Parish Municipality of Macamic: 570
    • Municipality of Colombourg: 749
  • Population in 1996:
    • Town of Macamic: 1711
    • Parish Municipality of Macamic: 549
    • Municipality of Colombourg: 780
  • Population in 1991:
    • Town of Macamic: 1833
    • Parish Municipality of Macamic: 584
    • Municipality of Colombourg: 799

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1097 (total dwellings: 1148)

Mother tongue:[6]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 99.6%
  • English and French as first language: 0.4%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council
  • Mayor: Daniel Rancourt
  • Councillors: Denise Dubois, Dianne Duchesne, Marc Frappier, Rock Morin, Éric Poiré, Yvan Verville

References
  1. "Macamic (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  2. "Macamic". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  3. "Macamic census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  4. "Les carillons" (in French). Ville de Macamic. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. "Macamic community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-05.



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