Lac-Matapédia
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lac-Matapédia
| settlement_type = Unorganized territory
| image_skyline = Lac Matapédia - Rive nord2.JPG
| imagesize =
| image_caption = North shore of Lake Matapedia
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| image_map = Lac-Matapédia Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within La Matapédia RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Eastern Quebec
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| pushpin_label = {{nowrap|Lac-Matapédia}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in eastern Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|48|33|N|67|34|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Bas-Saint-Laurent
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = La Matapédia
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| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = unspecified
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| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Matane-Matapédia
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00052407914&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=E&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Lac-Matap%EF%BF%BDdia |title=Lac-Matapédia census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2021 Census data |accessdate=2022-03-19}}
| area_total_km2 = 83.00
| area_land_km2 = 71.01
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| population_total = 10
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 0.1
| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 100%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 18
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
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| utc_offset_DST = −4
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Lac-Matapédia ({{IPA|fr|lak matapedja}}) is an unorganized territory in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is named after and located on the northern shores of Lake Matapedia in the Matapédia Valley.
The territory is home to a small protected area, Lac-Matapédia Forest Refuge ({{convert|304|ha}}) that was established in 2008 to protect three populations of the calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa), a plant designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.{{cite web|title=Forêt refuge du Lac-Matapédia|url=http://www.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/publications/forets/connaissances/ecosystemes-matapedia.pdf|work=Écosystèmes forestiers exceptionnels|publisher=Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Quebec|accessdate=27 January 2012}} A part of the remainder of the territory is being considered for the creation of a new provincial park.
Demographics
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- Population in 2021: 10 (2016 to 2021 population change: 100%)
- Population in 2016: 5
- Population in 2011: 5
- Population in 2006: 10
- Population in 2001: 0
- Population in 1996: 4
- Population in 1991: 0
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 8 (total dwellings: 18)
Gallery
File:Lac Matapédia - Grande Île.JPG|View of the territory from across Lake Matapedia
File:Seigneurie du lac Matapédia - chemin.JPG|Main road of the territory
See also
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{{Geographic location|width=auto
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Lac-Matapédia
| North = Sainte-Paule
| Northeast = Saint-Vianney
| East =
| Southeast = Amqui
| South =
| Southwest = Val-Brillant
| West = Sayabec
| Northwest =
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{{La Matapédia RCM|state=expanded}}
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