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Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec

Coordinates: 50°15′N 69°00′W / 50.25°N 69°W / 50.25; -69
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Rivière-aux-Outardes
Unorganized territory
René-Levasseur Island within Manicouagan Reservoir
René-Levasseur Island within Manicouagan Reservoir
Rivière-aux-Outardes is located in Côte-Nord region, Quebec
Rivière-aux-Outardes
Rivière-aux-Outardes
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
Coordinates: 50°15′N 69°00′W / 50.25°N 69°W / 50.25; -69[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMManicouagan
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
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 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
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 • Total
37,576.14 km2 (14,508.23 sq mi)
 • Land32,713.75 km2 (12,630.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
92
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 2.1%
 • Dwellings
166
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-389

Rivière-aux-Outardes is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up almost 95% of the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality.

The eponymous Outardes River is nearly 400 kilometres (250 mi) long, and flows through the territory in a north–south direction before draining into Outardes Bay at Ragueneau. The other major river in the territory is the Manicouagan River that flows parallel and east of the Outardes River. Both these rivers are developed with large-scale hydroelectric installations, part of the Manic-Outardes Project.

The Manicouagan Reservoir, a circular lake that covers the Manicouagan impact structure, is almost entirely located within the territory.

Quebec Route 389, running for a large part between the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers, provides access to the territory and the hydroelectric installations along these rivers. It is an isolated highway with few roadside services that are great distances apart.

Demographics

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Historical census populations – Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1986 20—    
1991 32+60.0%
1996 59+84.4%
2001 48−18.6%
YearPop.±%
2006 134+179.2%
2011 86−35.8%
2016 94+9.3%
2021 92−2.1%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
Source: Statistics Canada[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 56 (total dwellings: 166)

The Daniel-Johnson Dam impounds the Manicouagan Reservoir and fuels two power stations with a total capacity of almost 2600 MW.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149764". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 96902". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  3. ^ a b "Rivière-aux-Outardes census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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