Guérin
Township municipality
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
[2]
 • MayorRoger Bouthillette
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
[2][3]
 • Total206.70 km2 (79.81 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)
J0Z 2E0
Area code819

Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It was named for James John Edmund Guerin.[4]

Demographics

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.[5]

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2021: 333 (2011 to 2016 population change: 4.1%)
  • Population in 2016: 320
  • Population in 2011: 305
  • Population in 2006: 295
  • Population in 2001: 300
  • Population in 1996: 297
  • Population in 1991: 274
  • Population in 1986: 283
  • Population in 1981: 268
  • Population in 1976: 372
  • Population in 1971: 425
  • Population in 1966: 581
  • Population in 1961: 596
  • Population in 1956: 621
  • Population in 1951: 618
  • Population in 1941: 685
  • Population in 1931: 771
  • Population in 1921: 506

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 134 (total dwellings: 210)

Mother tongue:[7]

  • 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

References

  1. 1 2 "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Guérin". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. 1 2 "Guérin census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  7. ↑ "Guérin community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-25.


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