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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Guérin
| name = Guérin
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| image_map = Guérin Quebec location diagram.png
| image_map = Guérin Quebec location diagram.png
| mapsize =
| mapsize =
| map_caption = Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
| map_caption = Location within Témiscamingue RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec
| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec
| pushpin_label_position =
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| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec.
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|47|39|32|N|79|19|05|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| latd = 47.6588
| longd = -79.3180
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| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_region = CA-QC
| coordinates_display = inline,title
| coordinates_footnotes= <ref name="toponymie"/>
| coordinates_footnotes= <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Quebec]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
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| established_date1 = November 8, 1911
| established_date1 = November 8, 1911
| named_for = [[James John Edmund Guérin]]<ref name="toponymie"/>
| named_for = [[James John Edmund Guérin]]<ref name="toponymie"/>
| government_footnotes = <ref name=mamh>{{mamh |{{#property:P3856}}|access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref>
| government_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot>{{cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/85095/ |title=Guérin |work=Répertoire des municipalités |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire |language=French |accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref>
| government_type =
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Maurice Laverdière
| leader_name = Roger Bouthillette
| leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1 = [[Abitibi—Témiscamingue]]
| leader_name1 = [[Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)|Abitibi—Témiscamingue]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2 = [[Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district)|Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue]]
| leader_name2 = [[Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="cp2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2485095&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Guerin&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=Guérin census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census data]] |accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref>
| area_footnotes = <ref name=mamh/><ref name="sc2021">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052485095&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Gu%E9rin |title=Guérin census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census data]] |accessdate=2023-07-25}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 206.70
| area_total_km2 = 208.39
| area_land_km2 = 190.59
| area_land_km2 = 188.52
| area_water_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011"/>
| population_footnotes = <ref name="sc2021"/>
| population_total = 305
| population_total = 333
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 1.6
| population_density_km2= 1.8
| population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>(2006–11)</small>
| population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>(2016–21)</small>
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 3.4%
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 4.1%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 193
| population_blank2 = 210
| population_note =
| population_note =
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| utc_offset = −05:00
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| utc_offset_DST = −04:00
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0Z 2E0]]
| postal_code = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0Z 2E0]]
| area_code = [[Area code 819|819]]
| area_code = [[Area code 819|819]]
| website =
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
}}
}}


'''Guérin''' is a [[township municipality (Quebec)|township municipality]] in northwestern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], in the [[Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality]].
'''Guérin''' is a [[township municipality (Quebec)|township municipality]] in northwestern [[Quebec]], Canada, in the [[Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality]].


The township lies within the [[Ottawa River]] basin, having an elevation of {{Convert|210|m}} near the Quinze rapids to {{Convert|336|m}} in its north-eastern part.<ref>{{toponymie |27374 |text=Guérin (canton) |access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref> In addition to the main namesake village, the township also includes the hamlet of Paquin (<small>{{Coord|47|37|59|N|79|18|51|W|display=inline|region:CA-QC}}</small>).<ref>{{toponymie |46860 |text=Paquin (hameau) |access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref>
==Demographics==
Population trend:<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] census, and [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Amend.cfm Population and dwelling count amendments]</ref>
* Population in 2006: 295 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.7 %)
* Population in 2001: 300
* Population in 1996: 297
* Population in 1991: 274


==History==
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 118 (total dwellings: 193)
Around 1872, the area began to be cleared for logging and agriculture. In 1904, the geographic township of Guérin was proclaimed, named after [[James John Edmund Guerin]], while the settlement was called Lalemant, in honour of [[Gabriel Lalemant]]. The Lalement Post Office opened in 1908, and that same year, the parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Guérin was founded. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Guérin was formed from previously unincorporated territory. In 1921, the settlement and post office were renamed to Guérin.<ref name="toponymie"/>


== Demographics ==
Mother tongue:<ref name=SC06>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2485095&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Guerin&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=Guérin community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2006 Census|2006 Census data]] |accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref>
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Guérin had a population of {{val|333|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|134|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|210|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:333-320}}|320|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|320|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|188.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|333|188.52|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="sc2021"/>
* English as first language: 0%

* French as first language: 95.4%
{{Historical populations
* English and French as first language: 4.6%
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Guérin, Quebec
* Other as first language: 0%
|align = none
|cols = 3
|percentages =
|footnote =
|source = Statistics Canada<ref name="sc2021"/><ref>[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]] census</ref>
| 1921 |506
| 1931 |771
| 1941 |685
| 1951 |618
| 1956 |621
| 1961 |596
| 1966 |581
| 1971 |425
| 1976 |372
| 1981 |268
| 1986 |283
| 1991 |274
| 1996 |297
| 2001 |300
| 2006 |295
| 2011 |305
| 2016 |320
| 2021 |333
}}

Mother tongue (2021):<ref name="sc2021"/>
* English as first language: 1.5%
* French as first language: 97%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 1.5%


==See also==
==See also==
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<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |27380}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |27380}}</ref>
}}
}}

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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
{{Geographic location
| title = '''Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions'''
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Guérin
| Centre = Guérin
| North =
| North =
| Northeast = [[Rémigny, Quebec|Rémigny]]
| Northeast = [[Rémigny, Quebec|Rémigny]]
| East =
| East =
| Southeast = [[Angliers, Quebec|Angliers]]
| Southeast = [[Laverlochère-Angliers]]
| South = [[Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues, Quebec|Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues]]
| South = [[Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues]]
| Southwest = [[Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec|Notre-Dame-du-Nord]]
| Southwest = [[Notre-Dame-du-Nord]]
| West =
| West =
| Northwest = [[Nédélec, Quebec|Nédélec]]
| Northwest = [[Nédélec]]
| image =
}}
}}
<br>
{{Témiscamingue RCM|state=expanded}}
{{Témiscamingue RCM|state=expanded}}
{{authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin}}
[[Category:Township municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Township municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
[[Category:Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality]]





Latest revision as of 17:41, 10 May 2024

Guérin
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Guérin is located in Western Quebec
Guérin
Guérin
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.65889°N 79.31806°W / 47.65889; -79.31806[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
ConstitutedNovember 8, 1911
Named forJames John Edmund Guérin[1]
Government
 • MayorRoger Bouthillette
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
 • Total208.39 km2 (80.46 sq mi)
 • Land188.52 km2 (72.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total333
 • Density1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 4.1%
 • Dwellings
210
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Websitemunicipalites-du-quebec.ca/guerin/ Edit this at Wikidata

Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

The township lies within the Ottawa River basin, having an elevation of 210 metres (690 ft) near the Quinze rapids to 336 metres (1,102 ft) in its north-eastern part.[4] In addition to the main namesake village, the township also includes the hamlet of Paquin (47°37′59″N 79°18′51″W / 47.63306°N 79.31417°W / 47.63306; -79.31417).[5]

History

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Around 1872, the area began to be cleared for logging and agriculture. In 1904, the geographic township of Guérin was proclaimed, named after James John Edmund Guerin, while the settlement was called Lalemant, in honour of Gabriel Lalemant. The Lalement Post Office opened in 1908, and that same year, the parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Guérin was founded. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Guérin was formed from previously unincorporated territory. In 1921, the settlement and post office were renamed to Guérin.[1]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Guérin had a population of 333 living in 134 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 320. With a land area of 188.52 km2 (72.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Historical census populations – Guérin, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1921 506—    
1931 771+52.4%
1941 685−11.2%
1951 618−9.8%
1956 621+0.5%
1961 596−4.0%
YearPop.±%
1966 581−2.5%
1971 425−26.9%
1976 372−12.5%
1981 268−28.0%
1986 283+5.6%
1991 274−3.2%
YearPop.±%
1996 297+8.4%
2001 300+1.0%
2006 295−1.7%
2011 305+3.4%
2016 320+4.9%
2021 333+4.1%
Source: Statistics Canada[3][6]

Mother tongue (2021):[3]

  • English as first language: 1.5%
  • French as first language: 97%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.5%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 85095". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Guérin census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  4. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Guérin (canton)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Paquin (hameau)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
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