Métis-sur-Mer

Métis-sur-Mer
City
Location within La Mitis RCM
Métis-sur-Mer Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.67°N 68°W / 48.67; -68[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Mitis
Constituted	July 4, 2002
Boroughs	MacNider
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-Pierre Pelletier
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [2][3]
• Total	263.70 km^2 (101.82 sq mi)
• Land	48.22 km^2 (18.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	594
• Density	12.3/km^2 (32/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	3.8%
• Dwellings	505
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 1S0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-132
Website	www.ville.metis-sur-mer.qc.ca

Métis-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [metis syʁ mɛʁ], lit. 'Métis on Sea') is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 594 in the Canada 2021 Census.[3]

The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

History

Métis-sur-Mer, postcard, c. 1904 – 1910

From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.

The city has a borough named MacNider, named after MacNider's family. Its territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer (Metis Beach).[4][5]

The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.[6]

On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 594 living in 310 of its 505 total private dwellings, a change of 3.8% from its 2016 population of 572. With a land area of 48.22 km^2 (18.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km^2 (31.9/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Population

Population trend:[9]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	594	3.8%
2016	572	11.1%
2011	644	6.6%
2006	604	N/A

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of cities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 374643". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09048". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Métis-sur-Mer, Ville". 15 November 2023.
4. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code REC01". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
5. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 377250". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
6. "À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique". Le Devoir (in French). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
8. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
9. Statistics Canada: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

External links

• Media related to Métis-sur-Mer at Wikimedia Commons