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image_captionView of Matagami
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coordinates
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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_name1Quebec
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Nord-du-Québec
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3None
established_title1Constituted
established_date11 April 1963
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameRené Dubé
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Ungava
area_footnotes
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area_land_km275.12
area_urban_km21.73
area_noteThere is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
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population_footnotes
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population_urban1340
population_as_of2021
population_density_km218.7
population_density_urban_km2776.5
population_blank1_titlePop (2016–21)
population_blank13.5%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2736
timezoneEST
utc_offset−05:00
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−04:00
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area_code819
blank_nameHighways
blank_info
website
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Matagami (, ) is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road (French: Route de la Baie James). It is enclaved within the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, but administratively independent of it. The town had a population of 1,526 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

History

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Matagami was founded in 1963 with the development of mining in the area. Previously, it existed only as a very small prospecting camp accessible only by float plane, but after a viable mineral deposit was found in the late 1950s a permanent settlement began to be established. In 1962, the Quebec Toponomy Commission attempted to name the new community Mazenod after Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, but after a public outcry by local residents the community was named after Matagami Lake.

The name Matagami means "the confluence of waters" in the Cree language.

The first church service in Matagami was held on 17 April 1962.

Geography

Matagami lies in a sparsely populated area several parallels north of Montreal and Quebec City. It is located in the geographic centre of Quebec quite far to the west and on similar parallels to Winnipeg and Vancouver further west in Canada – both of which have milder climates to a certain degree. Compared to other continents, Matagami is on the same parallel as the hot Rhine shift around Mannheim in Germany, whose yearly mean temperature is about 11 C-change hotter.

Nearby lakes include Lake Olga.

Climate

In spite of being located below the 50th parallel, Matagami has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). The winter season is long and cold with a January daily mean of -20 C, but summer temperatures during the short season are quite warm for subarctic climates. The cold air is dominant with 224.4 days of the year averaging air frost, while around 133 afternoons each year do not top freezing, and a full 30.5 days of the year should fall to below −30 C. Around three days in summer are warm enough to reach 30 C, indicating a very continental climate.

|location = Matagami (1971–2000 normals; extremes until 2000) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan maximum humidex= 6.1 |Feb maximum humidex= 6.7 |Mar maximum humidex= 15.1 |Apr maximum humidex= 29.0 |May maximum humidex= 35.4 |Jun maximum humidex= 35.8 |Jul maximum humidex= 44.5 |Aug maximum humidex= 41.1 |Sep maximum humidex= 35.9 |Oct maximum humidex= 25.3 |Nov maximum humidex= 19.0 |Dec maximum humidex= 15.7 |year maximum humidex= 44.5 |Jan record high C = 6.1 |Feb record high C = 9.1 |Mar record high C = 15.5 |Apr record high C = 28.7 |May record high C = 32.4 |Jun record high C = 32.8 |Jul record high C = 39.4 |Aug record high C = 36.7 |Sep record high C = 33.2 |Oct record high C = 23.0 |Nov record high C = 17.8 |Dec record high C = 13.5 |year record high C = 39.4 |Jan high C = −13.4 |Feb high C = −10.2 |Mar high C = −3.1 |Apr high C = 5.5 |May high C = 14.7 |Jun high C = 19.7 |Jul high C = 23.1 |Aug high C = 20.8 |Sep high C = 14.0 |Oct high C = 6.8 |Nov high C = −1.2 |Dec high C = −10.4 |year high C = 5.5 |Jan mean C = −20.0 |Feb mean C = −17.3 |Mar mean C = −10.7 |Apr mean C = −1.0 |May mean C = 7.7 |Jun mean C = 12.8 |Jul mean C = 16.1 |Aug mean C = 14.3 |Sep mean C = 8.8 |Oct mean C = 2.5 |Nov mean C = −5.2 |Dec mean C = −16.1 |year mean C = −0.7 |Jan low C = −26.6 |Feb low C = −24.3 |Mar low C = −18.3 |Apr low C = −7.5 |May low C = 0.6 |Jun low C = 5.8 |Jul low C = 9.0 |Aug low C = 7.8 |Sep low C = 3.5 |Oct low C = −1.9 |Nov low C = −9.1 |Dec low C = −21.8 |year low C = −6.9 |Jan record low C = −43.2 |Feb record low C = −43.2 |Mar record low C = −44.1 |Apr record low C = −28.9 |May record low C = −18.3 |Jun record low C = −6.0 |Jul record low C = −0.6 |Aug record low C = −1.7 |Sep record low C = −5.6 |Oct record low C = −15.6 |Nov record low C = −31.3 |Dec record low C = −42 |year record low C = −44.1 |Jan chill = −54.0 |Feb chill = −50.1 |Mar chill = −44.9 |Apr chill = −34.4 |May chill = −21.4 |Jun chill = −10.7 |Jul chill = −0.9 |Aug chill = −3.5 |Sep chill = −9.7 |Oct chill = −16.5 |Nov chill = −37.2 |Dec chill = −52.8 |year chill = −54.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 55.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 34.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 48.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 55.4 |May precipitation mm = 77.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 101.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 109.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 110.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 108.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 86.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 65.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 54.5 |year precipitation mm = 905.5 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm = 0.7 |Feb rain mm = 2.3 |Mar rain mm = 10.5 |Apr rain mm = 24.6 |May rain mm = 68.9 |Jun rain mm = 99.9 |Jul rain mm = 109.3 |Aug rain mm = 110.2 |Sep rain mm = 105.1 |Oct rain mm = 58.9 |Nov rain mm = 24.4 |Dec rain mm = 3.0 |year rain mm = 617.7 |snow colour = green |Jan snow cm = 60.4 |Feb snow cm = 35.6 |Mar snow cm = 40.6 |Apr snow cm = 32.1 |May snow cm = 8.6 |Jun snow cm = 1.2 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0 |Sep snow cm = 3.6 |Oct snow cm = 27.7 |Nov snow cm = 45.9 |Dec snow cm = 58.1 |year snow cm = 313.8 |Jan humidity= 67.1 |Feb humidity= 61.4 |Mar humidity= 55.6 |Apr humidity= 54.7 |May humidity= 50.4 |Jun humidity= 52.6 |Jul humidity= 52.9 |Aug humidity= 56.8 |Sep humidity= 65.0 |Oct humidity= 68.4 |Nov humidity= 75.8 |Dec humidity= 73.1 |year humidity= 61.2 |unit precipitation days= 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 17.6 |Feb precipitation days = 13.5 |Mar precipitation days = 14.6 |Apr precipitation days = 12.1 |May precipitation days = 13.9 |Jun precipitation days = 15.8 |Jul precipitation days = 15.5 |Aug precipitation days = 16.7 |Sep precipitation days = 17.9 |Oct precipitation days = 18.0 |Nov precipitation days = 19.4 |Dec precipitation days = 19.6 |year precipitation days= 194.6 |unit rain days= 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 0.50 |Feb rain days = 0.72 |Mar rain days = 2.8 |Apr rain days = 5.7 |May rain days = 12.1 |Jun rain days = 15.6 |Jul rain days = 15.5 |Aug rain days = 16.7 |Sep rain days = 17.5 |Oct rain days = 11.9 |Nov rain days = 4.8 |Dec rain days = 1.2 |year rain days= 105.0 |unit snow days= 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 17.5 |Feb snow days = 13.1 |Mar snow days = 13.4 |Apr snow days = 8.0 |May snow days = 3.2 |Jun snow days = 0.53 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 1.2 |Oct snow days = 9.1 |Nov snow days = 16.7 |Dec snow days = 19.3 |year snow days= 102.1 |Jan sun = 78.0 |Feb sun = 128.4 |Mar sun = 153.7 |Apr sun = 183.3 |May sun = 234.4 |Jun sun = 239.3 |Jul sun = 249.7 |Aug sun = 203.7 |Sep sun = 125.2 |Oct sun = 93.5 |Nov sun = 46.6 |Dec sun = 66.7 |year sun = 1802.5 |source 1 = Environment Canada (sun 1951–1980){{cite web | url= http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=6053&lang=e&dCode=0&province=QUE&provBut=Search&month1=0&month2=12 | title= Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000 | publisher= Environment Canada | access-date= 10 November 2012 | archive-date= 6 May 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200506060358/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/index_e.html | url-status= dead | publisher = Environment Canada | url = https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QX0sDOThsWjKZGOtRKZQLZQyuiVTwM7/view | title = Canadian Climate Normals 1951–1980 Volume 7: Bright Sunshine | access-date = October 24, 2020}} |date=August 2010

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Matagami had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 75.12 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Population trend:

  • Population in 2021: 1,526 (2016 to 2021 population change: −3.5%)
  • Population in 2016: 1,555
  • Population in 2011: 1,526
  • Population in 2006: 1,555
  • Population in 2001: 1,939
  • Population in 1996: 2,243
  • Population in 1991: 2,467
  • Population in 1986: 2,738
  • Population in 1981: 3,794
  • Population in 1976: 4,043
  • Population in 1971: 2,411
  • Population in 1966: 2,244

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 1.8%
  • French as first language: 94.6%
  • English and French as first language: 0.7%
  • Other as first language: 2.1%

Economy

The two primary employers in the city are Xstrata and Domtar. Domtar has been in Matagami since 1988 when the company bought out Bisson & Bisson.

Xstrata entered Matagami in 2006 when it acquired Falconbridge Ltd. In 2008, Xstrata put Perseverance, a zinc-copper volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit, into production. Perseverance has a mine life of 5.5 years. Since 1957 ten deposits, including the world class Matagami Lake deposit (25.6 million tonnes grading 8.2% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 20.91 g/t Ag, 0.41 g/t Au), have been discovered and mined out for a total of "44.4 million tonnes with a similar average grade."

Further exploration is continuing in the camp through a 50–50 joint venture agreement between Xstrata and Donner Metals. In late 2008, Donner Metals Ltd. announced that Xstrata Zinc Canada was in the process of completing a scoping study at their jointly owned Bracemac-McLeod property. It is the nearest city to the Lac Doré Vanadium Deposit. | date = 2 December 2009 | title = Apella Resources reports on exploration effors at Lac Dore North Vanadium Project | url = http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/10881/apella-resources-reports-on-exploration-efforts-at-lac-dore-north-vanadium-project-10881.html | publisher = Proactive Investors UK | access-date =1 January 2010

The community is also one of the distribution points for goods and services to the James Bay Hydroelectric Project. As well, Matagami has a small tourism industry due to the popularity of fishing and hunting in northern Quebec. Hotel Matagami and motel caribou include full-service bars.

Government

Police and crime

Policing in Matagami is done by the Surete du Quebec.

Media

Matagami is served by a community radio station, CHEF-FM, as well as by a rebroadcaster of Première Chaîne's CHLM-FM.

Notable people

  • Marianne Limpert, won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics, born in Matagami
  • Lorne Stamler, former NHL Hockey Player, graduated from Galinee High School in Matagami, Quebec, in 1969

References

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  5. "Matagami, Québec Temperature Averages". Weatherbase.
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  7. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". [[Statistics Canada]].
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  10. [http://www.xstrata.com/operation/perseverance/ Xstrata Zinc Canada] {{webarchive. link. (27 May 2009)
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