Litchfield, Quebec

Litchfield
Municipality
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Location within Pontiac RCM Location within Pontiac RCM
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	Pontiac
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Colleen Larivière
• Federal riding	Pontiac
• Prov. riding	Pontiac
Area
• Total	213.89 km2 (82.58 sq mi)
• Land	198.57 km2 (76.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	500
• Density	2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	8.9%
• Dwellings	417
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Postal code(s)	J0X 1K0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 148 Route 301
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Litchfield is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the eastern channel of the Ottawa River at Calumet Island.

Its settlements include Vinton (once known as St-Elizabeth-de-Franktown) and Goldwin. Notable lakes include Litchfield, Leslie, and Ours (Bear) Lakes.

History

Litchfield Township (spelled "Licthfield" on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795) was officially created in 1834. It was probably named after Lichfield, an English town in Staffordshire, north of Birmingham. On November 20, 1846, the township was incorporated with Alfred Lancaster as its first mayor. It was abolished the next year and became part of the Ottawa County Municipality. It was reestablished in 1855.

In 1863, the Municipality of Portage-du-Fort Village separated from Litchfield's territory, followed by Bryson in 1873, and by Campbell's Bay in 1904. Because Bryson was located in the narrowest part of the municipality, between L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet and Clarendon, it separated the municipality's territory in two.

In 1964, the Pontiac County Council (now Pontiac MRC) built its headquarters in Litchfield on Quebec Route 148 at the edge of Campbell's Bay.

On November 6, 2004, the Township Municipality of Litchfield changed its status to become the Municipality of Litchfield.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Litchfield, Quebec
Year Pop. ±% 1976 650 —     1981 583 −10.3% 1986 523 −10.3% 1991 493 −5.7% 1996 484 −1.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 509 +5.2% 2006 483 −5.1% 2011 456 −5.6% 2016 459 +0.7% 2021 500 +8.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

Language

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 64.0%
• French as first language: 33.0%
• English and French as first language: 3.0%
• Other languages: 1.0%

Local government

List of former mayors:

• Michael McCrank (2001–2013)
• Colleen Larivière (2013–present)

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See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

External links

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