Labrecque () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Quebec
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, Canada.
History
The first settlers to Labrecque arrived in 1917. In 1920, the Labrecque Township was proclaimed, and in 1925 the municipality was incorporated, both named after
Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1849-1932), who was the third bishop of Chicoutimi from 1892 to 1928. The first mayor was Jean-Batiste Maltais. The first industry, a
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...
, came into operation in 1921, and the post office opened in 1923.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
, 2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, 2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
census
* Population in 2021: 1,328 (2016 to 2021 population change: 0.5%)
* Population in 2016: 1,321
* Population in 2011: 1,215
* Population in 2006: 1,295
* Population in 2001: 1,288
* Population in 1996: 1,224
* Population in 1991: 1,179
* Population in 1986: 1,219
* Population in 1981: 1,152
* Population in 1976: 1,050
* Population in 1971: 1,014
* Population in 1966: 1,184
* Population in 1961: 1,320
* Population in 1956: 1,319
* Population in 1951: 1,297
* Population in 1941: 1,218
* Population in 1931: 700
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 575 (total dwellings: 766)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 100%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.4%
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean