Métis-sur-Mer

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|subdivision_name2 = Bas-Saint-Laurent

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|subdivision_name3 = La Mitis

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|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = July 4, 2002

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|p1 = MacNider

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Jean-Pierre Pelletier

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Rimouski—La Matapédia

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|leader_name2 = Matane-Matapédia

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|area_total_km2 = 263.70

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|population_total = 594

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Métis-sur-Mer ({{IPA|fr|metis syʁ mɛʁ}}, {{lit|Métis on Sea}}) is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 594 in the Canada 2021 Census.

The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

History

File:Petit Métis, Co. Rimouski, P.Q. (BAnQ 2634207).jpg

From 1818, John MacNider, the Scottish Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.

The city has a borough named MacNider, named after MacNider's family. Its territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer (Metis Beach).{{mamrot|type=arrondissement|REC01}}{{toponymie|377250}}

The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers. At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera. At the beginning of the 20th century, they did so again to escape outbreaks of the Spanish flu.{{Cite web|title=À bras ouverts dans la distanciation physique|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/579873/a-bras-ouverts-dans-la-distanciation-physique|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Le Devoir|date=30 May 2020 |language=fr}}

On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.{{cite web|url=http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modjuillet02.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=stat.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230022827/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modjuillet02.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2006 |url-status=dead}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Métis-sur-Mer had a population of {{val|594|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|310|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|505|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:594-572}}|572|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|572|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|48.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|594|48.22|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}}

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Population trend:Statistics Canada: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

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Census ! Population ! Change (%)
2021 \| 594 \| {{increase}} 3.8%
2016 \| 572 \| {{decrease}} 11.1%
2011 \| 644 \| {{increase}} 6.6%
2006 \| 604 \| N/A

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Census

! Population

! Change (%)

2021

| 594

| {{increase}} 3.8%

2016

| 572

| {{decrease}} 11.1%

2011

| 644

| {{increase}} 6.6%

2006

| 604

| N/A

References

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{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=M%C3%A9tis%2Dsur%2DMer&DGUIDlist=2021A00052409048&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 | title=Census Profile, 2021 Census - Métis-sur-Mer, Ville | date=15 November 2023 }}

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