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Kitcisakik
Kitcisakik or Grand-Lac Victoria Indian Settlement is an Indian settlement of the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is geographically located within the territory of La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. Its population was 257 in the 2021 Canadian Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic .... Prior to October 23, 1999, it was known as Grand-Lac-Victoria. On June 21, 2021, it was designated as a historic site by the Government of Quebec. References External links Communauté anicinape de Kitcisakik(Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) Indian settlements in Quebec Communities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Heritage sites in Quebec {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitcisakik Anicinape Community
The Kitcisakik Anicinape Community, which the official name is ''communauté anicinape de Kitcisakik'', is an Indian band of the Algonquin First Nations in Quebec, Canada. The majority of its members lives on the Indian settlement of Kitcisakik, also called Grand-Lac Victoria, located on the shore of the on La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve, where is also located the band council, the ''Conseil des Anicinapek de Kitcisakik''. In 2017 the band had a registered population of 498 members. Demographics The members of the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community are Algonquin people. In March 2017 the band had a total registered population of 498 members, 88 of which lived off reserve. According to Statistics Canada's 2011 Census the median age of the population is 17.5 years old. Geography The Kitcisakik Anicinape Community owns only one Indian reserve : the Indian settlementof Kitcisakik, also called Grand-Lac Victoria before 1999, located on the shore of the on La Vérendrye Wildlife Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abitibi-Est
Abitibi-Est is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district notably includes eastern portions of the city of Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda (; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipalit ... as well as Val-d'Or, Malartic and Senneterre. The riding was created for the 1944 election from a part of Abitibi. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, Abitibi-Est lost the municipality of Barraute and its share of the unorganized territory of Lac-Despinassy to Abitibi-Ouest. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Guy Bourgeois , align="right", 8,476 , align="right", 41.09 , align="righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys. History Originally part of Abitibi RCM, it was created in April 1981 as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The name, adjusted to La Vallée-de-l'Or on October 11, 2003, means "The Valley of Gold" and refers to the area at the sources of the Harricana River where the Abitibi gold rush took place in the 1930s. Subdivisions There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Malartic * Senneterre * Val-d'Or ;Municipalities (2) * Belcourt * Rivière-Héva ;Parishes (1) * Senneterre ;Unorganized Territory (4) * Lac-Granet * Lac-Metei * Matchi-Manitou * Réservoir-Dozois ;Indian Settlement or Reserve (2) * Kitcisakik * Lac-Simon Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 census. The region is divided into five regional county municipalities (French: ''municipalité régionale de comté'', or MRC) and 79 municipalities. Its economy continues to be dominated by resource extraction industries. These include logging and mining all along the rich geologic Cadillac Fault between Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, as well as agriculture. History The Algonquins are indigenous to the region. The first French expeditions were made in 1670 by Radisson as part of the development of the fur trade industry across the Hudson Bay region and through most of the New France colony. Fort Témiscamingue, located on the east banks of Lake Timiskaming and erected by a French merchant on Anishinaabe lands in 1720, was an important cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Settlement
An Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada for census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... purposes. These areas have at least 10 status Indian or non-status Indian people who live more or less permanently in the given area. They are usually located on Crown land owned by the federal or provincial government and have not been set apart for the use and the benefit of an Indian band, as is the case with Indian reserves. See also * Indian Land Claims Settlements * List of Indian settlements in Alberta * List of Indian settlements in Quebec References Census divisions of Canada First Nations in Canada {{FirstNations-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Quebec
Image:Regions administratives du Quebec.png, 350px, The seventeen administrative regions of Quebec. poly 213 415 206 223 305 215 304 232 246 230 255 266 251 283 263 289 280 302 291 307 307 315 308 294 318 301 333 299 429 281 432 292 403 311 388 338 359 344 364 375 323 380 293 367 238 401 213 421 Côte-Nord poly 31 381 40 313 60 294 55 262 57 246 49 241 48 225 100 192 101 146 76 116 96 84 90 54 97 44 91 25 96 11 120 18 146 22 153 18 177 40 177 51 205 54 210 63 206 80 212 105 237 129 256 116 266 92 273 73 281 105 286 134 297 145 295 176 307 215 204 222 205 289 179 314 178 324 163 339 148 344 124 380 127 391 122 393 31 386 Nord-du-Québec poly 72 499 87 499 112 497 136 490 138 492 132 495 114 501 90 506 89 513 72 514 72 502 Laval (Québec), Laval poly 95 518 94 506 111 505 130 497 137 497 139 491 142 492 139 497 137 499 121 502 116 512 114 519 94 521 Montréal (region), Montréal poly 124 509 138 500 143 497 145 489 151 478 156 488 158 489 163 492 160 497 159 500 161 506 159 509 135 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Since the 2025 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Mandy Gull-Masty of the Liberal Party of Canada. The riding of Abitibi was created in 1966 (ahead of the 1968 election), before it was renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in 1998. It was abolished in 2003 (ahead of the 2004 election); most of its territory was incorporated into Nunavik—Eeyou, which was then renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in 2004. Geography Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of: * the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (population 2016: 43,226), including: Lac-Simon Indian Reserve; the Indian Settlement of Grand-Lac Victoria; ;Nord-du-Québec (population 2016: 44,561) * the Territory of Eeyou Istch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Quebec Provincial Electoral Districts
This list encompasses all Quebec provincial electoral districts, which are pivotal in determining the representation within the National Assembly of Quebec, the province's legislative body. Each of the 125 electoral districts, also known as ridings or constituencies, plays a crucial role in Quebec's democratic process, allowing citizens across the province's 17 administrative regions to elect their representatives. These districts are periodically reviewed and potentially redefined to reflect changes in population and ensure equitable representation. List of districts Former districts The following districts were eliminated following the 2012 Quebec general election. * Anjou * Kamouraska-Témiscouata * Matane * Matapédia * Rivière-du-Loup * Charlevoix * Vanier * Drummond * Frontenac * Lotbinière * Montmagny-L'Islet * Nicolet-Yamaska * Mégantic-Compton * Shefford * Marguerite-D'Youville * Prévost See also * Canadian provincial electoral districts Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
