Coast-North

Administrative area of the North-East of the Quebec located between the province of Ground-New-and-Labrador and the Saguenay. As for the Gaspésie, its population is especially located on banks of the the St. Lawrence (river and then gulf). The economy of Coast-North is especially based on fishing, the forestry and the mines. It is made up of 5 regional municipalities of county (MRC) and 52 municipalities. Its capital is Seven-Islands.

Gabrielle Roy will write at the time of its passage in Coast-North, in 1941; “Coast-North holds bread, fire, the simple love of life for thousands of men who were not born. This ground does not belong to the cultures of today. It is reserved for the conquerors of the future”,

Demography

Population: 96.861 (2004)
Surface: 236.700 km ²
Density: 0,4 hab. /km ²
Birth rate: 10,8 ‰ (2006)
Death rate: 6,3 ‰ (2006)

Source: Statistical institute of Quebec

Young area, the Northern Coast knew a true demographic explosion between 1951 and 1981 multiplying by 3 its population. This population growth is consecutive with the industrialization of the area based on the exploitation and the first transformation of its natural resources (forest, mines of iron and titanium, hydroelectricity). Two urban and industrial poles monopolize to it quasi totality of the growth of this period: Bay-Comeau and Seven-islands. This explains the great disparity observed in the population growth of the 4 MRC of coast-North. Whereas the MRC of the Seven-Rivers knows an expansion without equal to Quebec between 1951 and 1981, passing from 5.394 H with 47.114 H and that the MRC of Manicouagan sees its population tripling over the period, the MRC of High-Coast-North and Mingagnie-Low-Coast-North see their population growing that very slightly, under the growth rate of Quebec. As from 1981, the economic difficulties of big industry (closing of the mines of Gagnon and Schefferville, in particular) involves an important fall of the population in all the MRC of coast-North, but especially in the MRC of the Seven-Rivers, which loses 9.000 inhabitants in 10 years. After a light rise of population between 1991 and 2001, the downward trend started into 1981 was confirmed with the last census of 2006 which reveals a fall of 1,9% of the population in 5 years.

The economic difficulties of the primary sector and manufacturing let later on foresee population forecast negative with a fall envisaged for the population for 18% between 2001 and 2026, according to the Statistical institute of Quebec.

Regional municipalities of county

Caniapiscau, whose chief town is the town of Fermont.
High-Coast-North, whose chief town is the municipality of Escoumins.
Manicouagan, whose chief town is the town of Bay-Comeau.
Minganie, whose chief town is the municipality of Harbor-Saint-Pierre.
Seven-Rivers, whose chief town is the town of Seven-Islands.

Municipalities except MRC

Municipality of White-Fine sand
Municipality of Good-Hope
Municipality of Coast-North-of-Gulf-of-Saint-Laurent
Municipality of Large-Mécatina
Municipality of Saint-Augustin

Autochtones municipalities except MRC

Indian Reserve of Betsiamites
Indian Reserve of Essipit
reserved Ground naskapi of Kawawachikamach
Indian Reserve of the Roman
Indian Reserve of Maliotenam
Indian Reserve of Matimekosh
Indian Reserve of Mingan
Indian Reserve of Natashquan
Indian Reserve of Uashat

External bonds

regional Gate of Coast-North
Coast-North

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