Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

48°36′03″N 68°04′51″W / 48.6009025°N 68.0808572°W / 48.6009025; -68.0808572^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMLa MitisConstitutedApril 25, 1908Government

^[2]

• MayorMylène-Julie Lavoie • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Prov. ridingMatane-MatapédiaArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total75.20 km² (29.03 sq mi) • Land75.16 km² (29.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total493 • Density6.6/km² (17/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

3.5% • Dwellings

221Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0J 3B0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-234Websitemunicipalites-du-quebec.org/st-octave-de-metis/

Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Octave-de-Métis had a population of 493 living in 207 of its 221 total private dwellings, a change of -3.5% from its 2016 population of 511. With a land area of 75.16 km² (29.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km² (17.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Notable people

Jules-André Brillant, born 1888, baptized and educated in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, French Canadian entrepreneur
Hormisdas Langlais, born 1890, Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Marguerite Ruest-Pitre, born 1908, Canadian murderer also known as "Madame le Corbeau", last woman criminal executed in Canada (1953)
Marie-Thérèse Fortin, born 1959, Canadian actress
Anaïs Favron, born 1977, radio and TV host, actress, and improviser

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57331". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09055". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.