Auclair, Quebec

Auclair
Municipality
View of Lake Squatec in Auclair
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Auclair Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47.7333°N 68.65°W / 47.7333; -68.65[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Témiscouata
Constituted	January 1, 1954
Government [2]
• Mayor	Bruno Bonesso
• Federal riding	Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	107.70 km^2 (41.58 sq mi)
• Land	105.78 km^2 (40.84 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	447
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.2%
• Dwellings	264
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1A0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-295
Website	www.municipaliteauclair.ca

Auclair (French pronunciation: [oklɛʁ]) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality. The municipality had a population of 447 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

History

On 28 April 1917, the canton of Auclair was proclaimed.

In 1931, the Saint-Émile mission was founded. Parish registers were opened on 13 January 1932. That same year, the first chapel was built. On 6 June 1941, the parish of Saint-Émile d'Auclair was canonically erected. The first parish priest was Camille Lachance in 1944. In 1954, the municipality of Auclair was officially founded.[4]

In 2014, Auclair is one of the host communities for the Fifth Acadian World Congress.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Auclair had a population of 447 living in 212 of its 264 total private dwellings, a change of -0.2% from its 2016 population of 448. With a land area of 105.78 km^2 (40.84 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.2/km^2 (10.9/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 2537". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 13045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052413045&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Auclair
4. https://dioceserimouski.com/egl/auclair.html
5. https://www.cma2014.com/images/programmation/prog_CMA2014Web.pdf

External links

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