Eastmain () is a
Cree village municipality in the territory of
Eeyou Istchee in northern
Quebec
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; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Cree village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.
As with all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec, there is a counterpart
Cree reserved land
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of the same name located nearby:
Eastmain
Eastmain (; ) is a Cree community located on the east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River, Quebec, Canada. It is a small coastal Cree village with a population of 924 people in the 2021 Canadian Census up from 866 people at ...
.
Despite the title of "village municipality" and the formalities that go along with it (for instance, having a mayor), Statistics Canada lists it (and all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec) as having no resident population or residential infrastructure (dwellings); it is the Cree reserved lands that are listed as having population and residential dwellings in the
2011 census, the
2006 census, and earlier censuses.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Eastmain had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, no change from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of anglophone communities in Quebec
This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed.
The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ...
References
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Cree village municipalities in Quebec
Populated places established in 1978
1978 establishments in Quebec