Duhamel, Quebec
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Duhamel |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Duhamel QC 1.jpg |
| flag_size | 100x67px |
| shield_size | 100x80px |
| image_map | Duhamel Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within Papineau RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Western Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in western Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Outaouais |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Papineau |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | August 15, 1936 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | David Pharand |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Papineau |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 481.90 |
| area_land_km2 | 427.32 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 487 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 1.1 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop (2016-21) |
| population_blank1 | 13.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 972 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0V 1G0 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| area_code | 819 |
| website | |
| :: |
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Duhamel () is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is the largest municipality in surface area in the Papineau Regional County Municipality.
Its western portion consists mostly of undeveloped Laurentian Hills, part of the Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve. The town itself is located along the Petite-Nation River between Lake Simon and Lake Gagnon.
History
In the mid 19th century, the area's forests were being exploited. Duhamel, which used to be called Preston, formed shortly after when its first settlers were assigned land, while logging continued to be the dominant factor for its colonization. By 1880, a post office existed bearing the name Duhamel, named in honour of Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1841–1909), second bishop of Ottawa from 1874 to 1909. In 1888, the Mission of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel opened. In 1892, the Township of Preston was formed (named after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Baron of Preston, and governor general of Canada from 1888 to 1893).
Starting in 1925, the Singer Company, best known for its sewing machines, built a railway through Duhamel linking Thurso to Lake Montjoie (in Lac-Ernest unorganized territory). The railroad was used until 1980 when it was dismantled and converted to a tourism corridor.
On August 15, 1936, the Municipality of Duhamel was formed when it separated from the United Township Municipality of Hartwell-et-Preston.
On December 21, 1985, Duhamel annexed a portion of the unorganized territories of Lac-du-Sourd and Lac-des-Écorces, and again on October 10, 1998, it annexed the northern portion of Lac-des-Écorces.
Demographics
|location = Duhamel |2021_population=487 | 2021_pop_delta=+13.3 | 2021_land_area=427.32 | 2021_pop_density=1.1 |2021_median_age=63.6 | 2021_median_age_m=64.5 | 2021_median_age_f=62.0 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=972 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=282 |2021_mean_hh_income=63,200 |2021_geocode=2021A00052480135 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=430 | 2016_pop_delta=4.4 | 2016_land_area=434.57 | 2016_pop_density=1.0 |2016_median_age=59.0 | 2016_median_age_m=59.7 | 2016_median_age_f=58.4 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,001 | 2016_mean_hh_income=49,451 | 2016_access_date=2020-01-22 |2011_population=412 | 2011_pop_delta=-14.7 | 2011_land_area=434.19 | 2011_pop_density=0.9 |2011_median_age=58.1 | 2011_median_age_m=58.0 | 2011_median_age_f=58.1 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=884 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2020-01-22 |notes= 2021 Population and dwelling figures based on revised count.
|title = Historical census populations – Duhamel, Quebec |align = none |cols = 3 |footnote = 2021 Population figure based on revised count. Population amounts are not adjusted for boundary changes. |source = Statistics Canada | 1941 |315 | 1951 |424 | 1956 |420 | 1961 |382 | 1966 |344 | 1971 |325 | 1976 |286 | 1981 |309 |1986 |337 |1991 |394 |1996 |321 |2001 |361 |2006 |483 |2011 |412 |2016 |430 |2021 |487
Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 7.0%
- French as first language: 91.2%
- English and French as first language: 0.9%
- Other as first language: 0.9%
Local government
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Duhamel forms part of the federal electoral district of Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and has been represented by Stéphane Lauzon of the Liberal Party since 2015. Provincially, Duhamel is part of the Papineau electoral district and is represented by Mathieu Lacombe of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
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| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | 2021 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | BQ}} | 36% | 105 | 11% | |||
| 35% | 86 | 15% | 36 | 46% | |||
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::data[format=table title="'''Duhamel provincial election results'''{{cite web |url=https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/results-and-statistics/general-election-results/2018-10-01/ |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 1630)|publisher=Elections Québec |access-date=March 4, 2023}}"]
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | 2018 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QC | CAQ}} | 47% | 126 | |||
| QC | Liberal}} | 24% | 63 | |||
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List of former mayors:
- Télesphore Tremblay, 1936 – 1941
- Lionel Ethier, 1941 – 1949
- René Pilon, 1949 – 1950
- Fréréole Filion, 1950 – 1951
- Arthur Lamontagne, 1951 – 1954
- Lionel Éthier, 1954 – 1955
- Camille Poliquin, 1955 – 1976
- Jean Turcot, 1976 – 1979
- Martial Brière, 1979 – 1981
- Yvon Jérôme, 1981 – 1985
- Phil Patry, 1985 – 1997
- Yvon Charlebois, 1997 – 2005
- Richard Chartrand, 2005 – 2009
- David Pharand, 2009 -
References
References
- "Découvrir Duhamel – Histoire". Municipalité de Duhamel.
- "Duhamel (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Preston (Canton)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
- "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 1630)". Elections Canada.
- "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 1630)". Elections Québec.
- (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Duhamel, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec".
- {{mamrot. 80135
- {{toponymie. 19631
- "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2021 Census". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
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