Matchi-Manitou

Matchi-Manitou is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.

Matchi-Manitou
Unorganized territory
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Matchi-Manitou Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°01′N 77°03′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Constituted	January 1, 1986
Government [2]
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [3][2]
• Total	163.50 km^2 (63.13 sq mi)
• Land	164.62 km^2 (63.56 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.0%
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Highways	No major routes

Until July 6, 1996, Matchi-Manitou was a vast unorganized territory encompassing 16,760 km² (6,470 sq mi). On that day, most of it was added to the City of Senneterre and a smaller portion to the City of Val-d'Or. It retained only two small non-contiguous areas, of which its eastern part is a section of land straddling both banks of the Chochocouane River and mostly part of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.

It is named after Matchi-Manitou Lake (48°01′N 77°03′W), which used to be within its limits, but since 1996 is part of Senneterre and Val-d'Or.

Demographics

Population:[4]

• Population in 2011: 0
• Population in 2006: 0
• Population in 2001: 0
• Population in 1996: 241 (prior to reorganization)
• Population in 1991: 240

References

1. Reference number 149855 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Total area: Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
   Land area: Statistics Canada
3. "(Code 2489902) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census