La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality

La Côte-de-Gaspé is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.

La Côte-de-Gaspé
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Gaspé
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	François Roussy
Area [2][3]
• Total	4,306.50 km^2 (1,662.75 sq mi)
• Land	4,098.80 km^2 (1,582.56 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	17,117
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.8%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.cotedegaspe.ca

The regional county has a land area of 4,098.80 square kilometres (1,582.56 sq mi) and its population was 17,117 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census.[3] Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Gaspé Murdochville

Municipalities (2) Grande-Vallée Petite-Vallée

Townships (1) Cloridorme

Unorganized Territory (2) Collines-du-Basque Rivière-Saint-Jean

Demographics

Gaspé

Population

Canada census – La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	17,117 (-4.8% from 2011)	17,985 (+0.5% from 2006)	17,888 (-3.5% from 2001)
Land area:	4,098.80 km^2 (1,582.56 sq mi)	4,097.66 km^2 (1,582.12 sq mi)	4,097.13 km^2 (1,581.91 sq mi)
Population density:	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Median age:	51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6)	48.4 (M: 47.9, F: 48.9)	45.7 (M: 45.3, F: 46.1)
Total private dwellings:	8,648	8,486	8,026
Median household income:	$57,676	$50,936	$43,255
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7]

Historical Census Data - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 20,903 —     1996 20,851 −0.2% 2001 18,545 −11.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 17,888 −3.5% 2011 17,985 +0.5% 2016 17,117 −4.8%
[8][9][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][9][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		16,855		14,965	5.6%	88.8%		1,600	7.8%	9.5%		185	5.7%	1.1%		105	75.0%	0.6%
2011		17,830		15,860	3.0%	88.95%		1,735	9.6%	9.73%		175	59.1%	0.98%		60	71.4%	0.34%
2006		17,635		15,395	5.2%	87.30%		1,920	4.1%	10.89%		110	18.5%	0.62%		210	281.8%	1.19%
2001		18,275		16,240	9.6%	88.86%		1,845	22.0%	10.10%		135	37.2%	0.74%		55	10.0%	0.30%
1996		20,585		17,955	n/a	87.22%		2,365	n/a	11.49%		215	n/a	1.04%		50	n/a	0.24%

Transportation

Access Routes

Quebec Route 132 in Forillon National Park

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 132 Route 197 Route 198

Secondary Highways None

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141099 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Côte-de-Gaspé, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
4. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
5. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
6. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
7. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. "(Code 2403) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
10. Official Transport Quebec Road Map