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Grand-Métis
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Grand-Métis |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Grand-Metis_rte-132_08-2009.jpg |
| image_map | Grand-Métis Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within La Mitis RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| pushpin_label | Grand-Métis |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in eastern Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | La Mitis |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | September 13, 1855 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Marc-André Larrivée |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Matane-Matapédia |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 25.30 |
| area_land_km2 | 25.12 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 218 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 8.7 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 2.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 206 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | G0J 1Z0 |
| area_codes | 418 and 581 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
Grand-Métis () is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River, and was developed from 1818 by the pioneering John MacNider.
The names "Métis" and "Mitis" are said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place" or another referring to willow or poplar trees.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grand-Métis had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 25.12 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population
| 1911 |2645 | 1921 |1903 | 1931 |289 | 1941 |577 | 1951 |383 | 1956 |439 | 1961 |414 | 1966 |387 | 1971 |356 | 1976 |339 | 1981 |342 | 1986 |327 | 1991 |287 | 1996 |276 | 2001 |281 | 2006 |268 | 2011 |237 | 2016 |213 | 2021 |218
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grand-Métis, Quebec | Census | Total | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 29.0% | 90.9% | 10 | 100.0% | 4.5% | 5 | n/a% | 2.3% | 0 | |||||||
| 155 | 20.5% | 91.2% | 5 | 50.0% | 2.9% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | |||||||
| 195 | 22.0% | 88.6% | 10 | n/a% | 4.5% | 5 | n/a% | 2.3% | 0 | |||||||
| 250 | 6.4% | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | |||||||
| 235 | 4.1% | 90.4% | 20 | n/a% | 7.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | |||||||
| 245 | n/a | 94.2% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 10 |
Attractions
Main article: Jardins de Métis
The historic Reford Gardens (Jardins de Métis) are located nearby. These gardens, now maintained by Les Amis des Jardins de Métis, are the result of Elsie Reford's extraordinary passion for horticulture. An International Garden Festival is held here each summer. The garden's symbol, the Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), can be found growing there in summer. The gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995.
References
References
- Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
- {{CRHP. 1283. Jardins de Métis. 1 April 2012
- {{mamrot. 09060
- {{toponymie. 79838
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