Duhamel-Ouest

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Duhamel-Ouest

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Fort Temiscamingue 1.jpg

| imagesize =

| image_caption = Fort Temiscamingue

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| flag_size = 120x100px

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| shield_size = 100x80px

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| image_map = Duhamel-Ouest Quebec location diagram.png

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Location within Témiscamingue RCM

| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_label =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec

| coordinates = {{coord|47|22|N|79|26|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 = Témiscamingue

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1870s

| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = February 20, 1911

| government_footnotes = {{mamh|{{#property:P3856}}|access-date=2023-12-01}}

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Alain Sarrazin

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Abitibi—Témiscamingue

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Duhamel-Ouest&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052485030 |title=Duhamel-Ouest census profile - 2021 Census data |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=2022-04-14}}

| area_total_km2 = 128.81

| area_land_km2 = 91.49

| area_water_km2 =

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 945

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2= 10.3

| population_blank1_title= Pop (2016–21)

| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 7.6%

| population_blank2_title= Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 470

| population_note =

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = J9V 1A2

| area_code = 819

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|101}} {{jct|state=QC|QC|382}}

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Duhamel-Ouest ({{IPA|fr|dyamɛl wɛst}}) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada.

History

Originally inhabited by Algonquin people, the area began to see Coureurs des bois in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720, Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries.{{cite web |title=Historique |url=https://municipalites-du-quebec.ca/duhamel-ouest/historique.php |website=municipalites-du-quebec.ca |publisher=Municipalité de Duhamel-Ouest |access-date=29 November 2023 |date=2016}}

In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "Ouest" (French for "west") was added to distinguish it from Duhamel in the Outaouais Region.{{toponymie |286579 |text=Lorrainville |access-date=2023-12-04}}

Demographics

{{Canada census

|2021_population=945 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.6 | 2021_land_area=91.49 | 2021_pop_density=10.3

|2021_median_age=49.6 | 2021_median_age_m=50.0 | 2021_median_age_f=48.8

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=470 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=394 | 2021_mean_hh_income=86,000 | 2021_access_date=2023-11-28

|2016_population=878 | 2016_pop_delta=+6.0 | 2016_land_area=91.47 | 2016_pop_density=9.6

|2016_median_age=48.6 | 2016_median_age_m=49.2 | 2016_median_age_f=47.9

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=520 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=372 | 2016_mean_hh_income=75,008 | 2016_access_date=2024-12-20

|2011_population=828 | 2011_pop_delta=-4.8 | 2011_land_area=91.78 | 2011_pop_density=9.0

|2011_median_age=44.9 | 2011_median_age_m=46.2 | 2011_median_age_f=43.6

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=419 |2011_occ_pvt_dwell=338 | 2011_mean_hh_income=71,429 | 2011_access_date=2024-12-20

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{{Historical populations

|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Duhamel-Ouest

|align = none

|cols = 3

|percentages =

|footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.

|source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census

| 1891 |677

| 1901 |241

| 1911 |373

| 1921 |583

| 1931 |642

| 1941 |515

| 1951 |552

| 1956 |567

| 1961 |547

| 1966 |541

| 1971 |475

| 1976 |468

| 1981 |546

| 1986 |592

| 1991 |595

| 1996 |671

| 2001 |766

| 2006 |870

| 2011 |828

| 2016 |878

| 2021 |945

}}

Mother tongue (2021):

English as first language: 1.6%
French as first language: 95.8%
English and French as first language: 1.1%
Other as first language: 2.1%

Local government

List of former mayors:

Alcide Gaudet (...–2005)
Alain Sarrazin (2005–2013, 2023–present){{cite web |last1=Sickini-Joly |first1=Bianca |title=Alain Sarrazin élu maire sans opposition à Duhamel-Ouest |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1973086/politique-municipale-temiscamingue-elections-mairie |website=ici.radio-canada.ca |publisher=Radio-Canada |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=fr |date=20 April 2023}}
Jean-Yves Parent (2013–2017)
Guy Abel (2017–2021)
Jocelyn Cardinal (2021–2023)