Amos, Quebec
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Amos
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|settlement_type = Town
|image_skyline = Amos QC skyline.JPG
|image_caption = Skyline of Amos and the Harricana River
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|image_seal = Logo amos.png
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|image_shield = Blason ville ca Amos (Québec).svg
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| image_map = Amos Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Abitibi RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec
|coordinates = {{coord|48|34|N|78|07|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Quebec
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Abitibi-Témiscamingue
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = Abitibi
|subdivision_type4 =
|subdivision_name4 =
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1910
|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 1, 2025
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|government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.quebec.ca/gouvernement/portrait-quebec/repertoire-municipalites?field=municipalite&municipalite=88057 |title=Amos |work=Répertoire des municipalités |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |language=fr |access-date=2025-01-09}}[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1387 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: ABITIBI--TÉMISCAMINGUE (Quebec)]
|government_type =
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Sébastien D'Astous
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Abitibi—Témiscamingue
|leader_title2 = Prov. riding
|leader_name2 = Abitibi-Ouest
|leader_title3 =
|leader_name3 =
|total_type = Total
|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census Amos, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DF%C3%A9lix%2Dde%2DDalquier&DGUIDlist=2021A00052488055,2021A00052488060&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=January 1, 2025 }}
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 551.21
|area_land_km2 = 542.19
|area_water_km2 =
|area_water_percent =
|area_urban_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Amos&DGUIDlist=2021A00052488055,2021S05100015,2021S0504481&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=01 |title=Amos (Population centre) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2016 Census data |date=29 March 2023 |access-date=2023-04-06}}
|area_urban_km2 = 8.43
|area_metro_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Amos&DGUIDlist=2021A00052488055,2021S05100015,2021S0504481&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |title=Amos (Census agglomeration) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2021 Census data
|date=29 March 2023 |access-date=2023-04-06}} The census agglomeration consists of Amos, Berry, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville, Trécesson and Pikogan.
|area_metro_km2 = 2298.16
|elevation_m = 310.00
|population_total = 13701
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 25.3
|population_urban = 9281
|population_density_urban_km2 = 1101.2
|population_metro = 18873
|population_density_metro_km2 = 8.2
|population_blank1_title= Pop (2016-21)
|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.5%
|population_blank2_title= Dwellings
|population_blank2 = 6465
|population_note =
|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −4
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|area_code = 819
|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info ={{jct|state=QC|QC|109}} {{jct|state=QC|QC|111}} {{jct|state=QC|QC|395}}
|website = {{Official URL|www.ville.amos.qc.ca}}
|footnotes =
|population_demonym = Amossois, Amossoise
}}
Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The smaller communities of Lac-Gauvin and Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier are also within the municipal boundaries of Amos.
History
Rupert's Land, in which Abitibi was located, was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company and was bought by Canada in 1869. Abitibi itself was then annexed to the province in Quebec on June 13, 1898, by an act of the federal Parliament.
Amos was the starting point for the colonization of the region of Abitibi that began in 1910. The municipality was established in 1914 while the city itself was chartered in 1925. The name of the city came from the maiden name of the wife of Sir Lomer Gouin, then premier of Quebec.
A related municipality was created in 1917 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie ouest des cantons unis de Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the western part of the united townships of Figuery and Dalquier) which changed its name to Amos-Ouest in 1949. In 1974 the municipality fused with the city of Amos proper. Another related municipality was created in 1918 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie est des cantons Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the eastern part of the united townships of Figuery and Dalquier), which also changed its name later 1950 to Amos-Est. The municipality was finally integrated into the city of Amos itself in 1987. In 2025, The municipality of Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier was annexed into Amos.https://rimq.qc.ca/article/municipal/categorie/politique/105/1117844/la-ville-d-amos-et-la-municipalite-de-saint-felix-de-dalquier-formeront-la-nouvelle-ville-d-amos-des-le-1er-janvier-2025.html
Geography
=Climate=
Amos has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), just above a subarctic climate (Dfc), with warm summers, frigid winters and heavy precipitation for most of the year.
{{Weather box|width = auto
|location = Amos
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|Jan record high C = 8.3
|Feb record high C = 11.0
|Mar record high C = 21.7
|Apr record high C = 29.0
|May record high C = 32.2
|Jun record high C = 37.2
|Jul record high C = 37.2
|Aug record high C = 35.6
|Sep record high C = 32.8
|Oct record high C = 26.7
|Nov record high C = 20.0
|Dec record high C = 14.5
|year record high C = 37.2
|Jan high C = −11.7
|Feb high C = -9.0
|Mar high C = -2.2
|Apr high C = 6.4
|May high C = 15.6
|Jun high C = 21.0
|Jul high C = 23.1
|Aug high C = 21.3
|Sep high C = 15.4
|Oct high C = 8.0
|Nov high C = -0.6
|Dec high C = -8.5
|year high C = 6.6
|Jan mean C= −17.3
|Feb mean C= −15.2
|Mar mean C= -8.2
|Apr mean C= 0.9
|May mean C= 9.3
|Jun mean C= 14.7
|Jul mean C= 17.2
|Aug mean C= 15.6
|Sep mean C= 10.5
|Oct mean C= 4.1
|Nov mean C= -4.0
|Dec mean C= -13.2
|year mean C= 1.2
|Jan low C = −22.8
|Feb low C = −21.3
|Mar low C = −14.1
|Apr low C = -4.6
|May low C = 3.0
|Jun low C = 8.3
|Jul low C = 11.2
|Aug low C = 9.9
|Sep low C = 5.5
|Oct low C = 0.2
|Nov low C = -7.4
|Dec low C = −18.0
|year low C = -4.2
|Jan record low C = −48.9
|Feb record low C = −52.8
|Mar record low C = −42.2
|Apr record low C = −29.4
|May record low C = −16.7
|Jun record low C = -5.6
|Jul record low C = -3.9
|Aug record low C = -1.7
|Sep record low C = −7.2
|Oct record low C = −14.4
|Nov record low C = −33.3
|Dec record low C = −47.8
|year record low C = −52.8
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 55.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 35.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 52.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 62.6
|May precipitation mm = 79.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 96.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 112.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 99.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 110.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 84.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 71.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 57.9
|year precipitation mm = 918.4
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm = 4.8
|Feb rain mm = 2.2
|Mar rain mm = 14.3
|Apr rain mm = 39.9
|May rain mm = 77.7
|Jun rain mm = 96.9
|Jul rain mm = 112.8
|Aug rain mm = 99.8
|Sep rain mm = 110.2
|Oct rain mm = 75.3
|Nov rain mm = 29.6
|Dec rain mm = 7.3
|year rain mm = 670.7
|Jan snow cm = 50.6
|Feb snow cm = 33.0
|Mar snow cm = 38.2
|Apr snow cm = 22.8
|May snow cm = 1.3
|Jun snow cm = 0.1
|Jul snow cm = 0
|Aug snow cm = 0
|Sep snow cm = 0.4
|Oct snow cm = 9.1
|Nov snow cm = 41.8
|Dec snow cm = 51.0
|year snow cm = 248.4
|unit precipitation days= 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 11.6
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.4
|Apr precipitation days = 10.2
|May precipitation days = 12.2
|Jun precipitation days = 14.1
|Jul precipitation days = 14.9
|Aug precipitation days = 14.0
|Sep precipitation days = 16.7
|Oct precipitation days = 15.3
|Nov precipitation days = 13.3
|Dec precipitation days = 12.5
|year precipitation days= 152.3
|unit rain days= 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 0.82
|Feb rain days = 0.75
|Mar rain days = 3.2
|Apr rain days = 6.9
|May rain days = 12.0
|Jun rain days = 14.1
|Jul rain days = 14.9
|Aug rain days = 14.0
|Sep rain days = 16.6
|Oct rain days = 13.9
|Nov rain days = 5.3
|Dec rain days = 1.4
|year rain days= 103.7
|unit snow days= 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 11.0
|Feb snow days = 7.8
|Mar snow days = 6.9
|Apr snow days = 4.2
|May snow days = 0.45
|Jun snow days = 0.03
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0.14
|Oct snow days = 2.6
|Nov snow days = 9.4
|Dec snow days = 11.5
|year snow days= 54.0
|Jan sun = 81.3
|Feb sun = 121.4
|Mar sun = 152.1
|Apr sun = 173.3
|May sun = 212.8
|Jun sun = 235.3
|Jul sun = 249.4
|Aug sun = 215.6
|Sep sun = 131.5
|Oct sun = 83.7
|Nov sun = 52.9
|Dec sun = 59.8
|year sun = 1769.0
|source 1 = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada, [https://archive.today/20121216030851/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=6019&lang=e&dCode=1&province=QUE&provBut=Search&month1=0&month2=12 Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000]. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
|date=March 2012
}}
Demographics
{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Amos, Quebec
|type = Canada
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|1921|1488
|1931|2153
|1941|2862
|1951|4265
|1956|5145
|1961|6080
|1966|6838
|1971|6984
|1976|9213
|1981|9421
|1986|9261
|1991|13783
|1996|13632
|2001|13044
|2006|12584
|2011|12671
|2016|12823
|2021|12675
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Amos had a population of {{val|12675|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|5760|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|6051|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:12675-12823}}|12823|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|12823|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|429.04|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|12675|429.04|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 97.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.5%
- Other as first language: 1.2%
Economy
Its main resources are spring water, gold, and wood products, including paper.
In 2012, Quebec Lithium Corp. re-opened Canada's first lithium mine, which had operated as an underground mine from 1955–65. They are planning to carve an open pit mine over pegmatite dikes. (The pegmatite is about 1% lithium carbonate.) The mine is about {{convert|60|km|mi}} north of Val-d'Or, {{convert|38|km|mi}} southeast of Amos, and {{convert|15|km|mi}} km west of Barraute. It is in the northeast corner of La Corne Township. Access to the mine is via paved road from Val d'Or.{{cite web
|url = http://www.canadalithium.com/s/QuebecLithium.asp
|access-date = 2013-03-07
|title = Quebec Lithium
|publisher = Canada Lithium Corp.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130310044550/http://www.canadalithium.com/s/QuebecLithium.asp
|archive-date = 2013-03-10
|url-status = dead
}}
Government
File:Ulrick Chérubin-09-08-2014-4.JPG during an event associated with Amos's centennial celebration.]]
The current mayor of the city is Sébastien D'Astous, who took office on February 20, 2015, after winning a by-election[http://www.lechoabitibien.ca/2015/02/15/dastous-gagne-le-coeur-des-amossois "D'Astous gagne le cœur des Amossois"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216085351/http://www.lechoabitibien.ca/2015/02/15/dastous-gagne-le-coeur-des-amossois |date=2015-02-16 }}. L'Écho Abitibien, February 15, 2015. following the death in office of former Mayor Ulrick Chérubin in September 2014. In the by-election D'Astous, formerly a city councillor, defeated Donald Blanchet, who had served as interim mayor between Chérubin's death and the by-election.
In the National Assembly of Quebec, Amos is within the electoral district of Abitibi-Ouest, represented by Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Suzanne Blais. In the House of Commons of Canada, the city is in the Abitibi—Témiscamingue district, represented by Bloc Québécois MP Sébastien Lemire.
Amos is the seat of the judicial district of Abitibi.[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM Territorial Division Act]. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
=Mayors=
{{Div col}}
- Hector Authier, 1914-1918
- David Gourd, 1918-1921"David Gourd, M.P., Long Leader in Amos and Abitibi District". Val-d'Or Star, July 8, 1949.
- Joseph Grenier, 1921-1923
- J.O. Germain, 1923-1928
- T.A. Lalonde, 1928-1929
- J.É. Montambault, 1929-1931
- Julien Beaudry, 1931-1934
- G.A. Brunet, 1934-1939
- Fridolin Simard, 1939-1943
- G.A. Brunet, 1943-1947
- Fridolin Simard, 1947-1957
- G.A. Brunet, 1957-1965
- Gérard Magny, 1965-1971
- Jean-Hugues Boutin, 1971-1974
- Laurier St-Laurent, 1974-1982
- Marcel Lesyk, 1982-1987
- Jean-Paul Veilleux, 1987-1990
- André Brunet, 1990-1998
- Murielle Angers-Turpin, 1998-2002
- Ulrick Chérubin, 2002-2014{{cite news|title=Le maire d'Amos, Ulrick Chérubin, est mort|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/abitibi/2014/09/25/003-ulrick-cherubin-mort-maire-amos-malaise.shtml|access-date=25 September 2014|publisher=Radio-Canada|date=25 September 2014}}
- Donald Blanchet, 2014-2015
- Sébastien D'Astous, 2015–present
{{Div col end}}
Infrastructure
Passenger trains no longer serve Amos, but the town once had a Canadian National Railway station.{{Cite web|title=Station C.N.R. Amos, Abitibi. Gare du chemin de fer. {{!}} Landmarks, Railway station, Quebec|url=https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/365002744780731258/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Pinterest|language=en}}
Amos is served by Quebec highways 109, 111 and 395 and Amos/Magny Airport.
Media
{{Main|Media in Abitibi-Témiscamingue}}
Notable people
- Fany Britt, playwriter
- Maxime Brinck-Croteau, olympian
- Karol-Ann Canuel, cyclist
- Ulrick Chérubin, first black mayor of the Province of Québec
- Roy Dupuis, actor
- Keven Lacombe, cyclist
- Guillaume Lefebvre, hockey player
- Marc Lemay, politician and lawyer
- Martin Lemay, politician
- Pierrick Naud, cyclist
- Marc Ouellet, cardinal
- Mathieu Roy, hockey player
- Nicolas Roy, hockey player
- Samian, rapper and actor
References
External links
{{Commons category|Amos, Quebec}}
- {{Official website|https://amos.quebec/}}
- [http://www.ville.amos.qc.ca Ville d'Amos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220013334/http://www.ville.amos.qc.ca/ |date=2010-02-20 }}
- {{Cite web|title=Station C.N.R. Amos, Abitibi. Gare du chemin de fer. {{!}} Landmarks, Railway station, Quebec|url=https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/365002744780731258/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Pinterest|language=en}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Amos
{{Nobold|(completely surrounds Pikogan)}}
| North = Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
| Northeast =
| East = La Morandière-Rochebaucourt
| Southeast = Landrienne
| South = Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery
| Southwest = Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville
| West = Trécesson
| Northwest = Berry
}}
{{Abitibi RCM|state=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}