La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality

La Vallée-de-l'Or
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	April 8, 1981
County seat	Val-d'Or
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Martin Ferron
Area [2][3]
• Total	27,349.47 km^2 (10,559.69 sq mi)
• Land	24,094.84 km^2 (9,303.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	43,347
• Density	1.8/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Change (2016-21)	0.3%
• Dwellings	20,944
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	mrcvo.qc.ca

La Vallée-de-l'Or is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys.

History

Originally part of Abitibi RCM, it was created in April 1981 as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The name, adjusted to La Vallée-de-l'Or on October 11, 2003, means "The Valley of Gold" and refers to the area at the sources of the Harricana River where the Abitibi gold rush took place in the 1930s.^[1][4]

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Malartic Senneterre Val-d'Or

Municipalities (2) Belcourt Rivière-Héva

Parishes (1) Senneterre

Unorganized Territory (4) Lac-Granet Lac-Metei Matchi-Manitou Réservoir-Dozois

Indian Settlement or Reserve (2) (not associated with RCM) Kitcisakik Lac-Simon

Demographics

Population

Canada census – La Vallée-de-l'Or community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	43,347 (+0.3% from 2016)	43,226 (+0.8% from 2011)	42,896 (+2.4% from 2006)
Land area	24,094.84 km^2 (9,303.07 sq mi)	24,292.04 km^2 (9,379.21 sq mi)	24,294.28 km^2 (9,380.07 sq mi)
Population density	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)
Median age	42.8 (M: 42.4, F: 43.6)	42.2 (M: 41.4, F: 43.2)	41.3 (M: 40.3, F: 42.3)
Private dwellings	20,944 (total)  19,648 (occupied)	20,224 (total)  19,040 (occupied)	19,532 (total)
Median household income	$73,500	$62,540	$53,665

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7] earlier^[8][9]

Historical Census Data - La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1986 40,344 —     1991 43,121 +6.9% 1996 44,389 +2.9% 2001 42,375 −4.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 41,896 −1.1% 2011 42,896 +2.4% 2016 43,226 +0.8% 2021 43,347 +0.3%
Source: Statistics Canada[10][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Quebec[10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		42,780		39,735	1.0%	92.88%		1,105	8.3%	2.58%		250	13.8%	0.58%		1,690	13.8%	3.95%
2011		42,340		39,360	3.6%	92.96%		1,205	25.5%	2.85%		290	1.8%	0.68%		1,485	27.7%	3.51%
2006		41,275		37,975	2.1%	92.00%		960	5.4%	2.33%		285	5.0%	0.69%		2,055	18.4%	4.98%
2001		41,845		38,795	4.4%	92.71%		1,015	19.8%	2.43%		300	15.5%	0.72%		1,735	8.1%	4.15%
1996		43,780		40,565	n/a	92.66%		1,265	n/a	2.89%		355	n/a	0.81%		1,595	n/a	3.64%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[11]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-109 R-111 R-113 R-117 (TCH)

Secondary Highways R-386 R-397

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 376772". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 890". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "La Vallée-de-l'Or, Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) Quebec, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. "Regroupements de municipalités réalisés entre le 1^er janvier 2001 et le 31 décembre 2011" (PDF) (in French). Government of Quebec. February 2012. p. 21. Retrieved March 29, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
10. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
11. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Official website