Wemindji (Cree village municipality)

Wemindji is a Cree village municipality in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.

Wemindji
Cree village municipality
Wemindji
Coordinates (16, rue Beaver[1]): 52°55′N 78°47′W[2]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
RCMNone
ConstitutedJune 28, 1978
Government
 • MayorRodney Mark
 • Prov. ridingUngava
Area
 • Total184.90 km2 (71.39 sq mi)
 • Land171.06 km2 (66.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Change (2006–11)
N/A
 • Dwellings
0
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1L0
Area code(s)819
Websitewww.wemindji-nation.qc.ca

As with all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec, there is a counterpart Cree reserved land of the same name located nearby: Wemindji.

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.

References
  1. Geographic code 99050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  2. Reference number 178490 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  3. "(Code 2499050) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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