Taschereau, Quebec

Taschereau
Municipality
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Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM. Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Taschereau Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1911
Constituted	December 27, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Lucien Côté
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area
• Total	270.40 km2 (104.40 sq mi)
• Land	250.61 km2 (96.76 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	981
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.5%
• Dwellings	420
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 3N0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 101 Route 111 Route 390
Website	www.taschereau.ao.ca

Taschereau is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 265.62 km² and had a population of 981 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2011: 981 (2006 to 2011 population change: -1.5 %)
• Population in 2006: 996
• Population total in 2001: 1048
  • Taschereau (village): 534
  • Taschereau (municipality): 514
• Population in 1996:
  • Taschereau (village): 641
  • Taschereau (municipality): 460 (or 534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991:
  • Taschereau (village): 684
  • Taschereau (municipality): 476

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 396 (total dwellings: 420)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Jean-Marie Poulin
• Councillors: Jocelyne Deschênes, Tony Gauthier, Céline Lambert, Gratien Landry, Patrick Landry, Normand Plante