Métis-sur-Mer

Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 607 in the Canada 2011 Census.[4]

Métis-sur-Mer
City
Location within La Mitis RCM
Métis-sur-Mer
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.67°N 68°W / 48.67; -68[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedJuly 4, 2002
BoroughsMacNider
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean-Pierre Pelletier
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total263.70 km2 (101.82 sq mi)
 • Land48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total607
 • Density12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.5%
 • Dwellings
417
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Websitewww.ville.metis-sur-mer.qc.ca

Etymology

The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

History
Métis-sur-Mer, postcard, c. 1904-1910

From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.

The city has a borough named MacNider, named after John MacNider family, whose territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer.(Metis Beach)[5][6]

The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.[7]


On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[8]

Demographics

In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 644 living in 298 of its 427 total dwellings, a 6.6% change from its 2006 population of 604.[9] Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 607 living in 288 of its 417 total dwellings, a 0.5% change from 2006.[4] With a land area of 48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.482/km2 (32.328/sq mi) in 2011.[4][9]

See also

References
  1. Reference number 374643 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 09048 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2409048) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. "Corrections and updates". Statistics Canada. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  5. Geographic code REC01 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  6. Reference number 377250 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  7. "À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  8. http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modjuillet02.pdf%5B%5D
  9. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
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