Lac-des-Plages
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lac-des-Plages
| official_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Lac-des-Plages QC 2.JPG
| image_caption = Church of Lac-des-Plages
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 100x67px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x80px
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map = Lac-des-Plages Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Papineau RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|46|00|N|74|54|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Outaouais
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = Papineau
| established_title = Settled
| established_date =
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 1, 1950
| established_title2 =
| established_date2 =
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Josée Simon
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Papineau
| area_total_km2 = 168.20
| area_land_km2 = 150.95
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 548
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 3.6
| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 27.1%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 696
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = J0T 1K0
| area_code = 819
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|323}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes =
}}
Lac-des-Plages ({{IPA|fr|lak de plaʒ}}) is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lac des Plages (French for "Lake of Beaches") which attracts many vacationers with the beauty of its beaches.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=33055&Latitude=46&Longitude=-74,9&Zoom=1700 |title=Lac-des-Plages (Municipalité) |accessdate=2009-01-19 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French}}
History
The community and post office have been identified under several other names, following the name changes of the adjacent lake. It was first known as Lac Rond (Round Lake), Lac Desormeaux (in honour of pioneer Norbert Desormeaux who arrived in the territory in 1890), as well as Lac des Sables (Sand Lake).
In 1950, the Municipality of Lac-des-Plages was formed when its territory detached from the United Township Municipality of Suffolk-et-Addington.
Demographics
{{Canada census
|location = Lac-des-Plages
|2021_population=548 | 2021_pop_delta=+27.1 | 2021_land_area=150.95 | 2021_pop_density=3.6
|2021_median_age=60.8 | 2021_median_age_m=60.8 | 2021_median_age_f=60.4
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=696 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=317 |2021_mean_hh_income=52,800
|2021_geocode=2021A00052480130 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=431 | 2016_pop_delta=-17.4 | 2016_land_area=152.94 | 2016_pop_density=2.8
|2016_median_age=58.4 | 2016_median_age_m=58.4 | 2016_median_age_f=58.5
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=704 | 2016_mean_hh_income=47,829 | 2016_access_date=2020-01-22
|2011_population=522 | 2011_pop_delta=29.5 | 2011_land_area=152.96 | 2011_pop_density=3.4
|2011_median_age=54.5 | 2011_median_age_m=54.1 | 2011_median_age_f=55.0
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=673 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2020-01-22
}}
{{Historical populations
|title = Historical census populations – Lac-des-Plages, Quebec
|align = none
|footnote =
|source = Statistics Canada
|1986 |355
|1991 |374
|1996 |380
|2001 |362
|2006 |403
|2011 |522
|2016 |431
|2021 |548
}}
- English as first language: 3.6%
- French as first language: 90.9%
- English and French as first language: 3.6%
- Other as first language: 1.8%
References
External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Lac-des-Plages
| North = La Minerve
| East = Amherst
| Southeast = Boileau
| South = Chénéville, St-Émile-de-Suffolk
| Southwest = Lac-Simon
| West = Duhamel
}}
{{Papineau RCM|state=expanded}}
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