Guérin, Quebec

Guérin
Township municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Guérin Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Témiscamingue
Constituted	November 8, 1911
Named for	James John Edmund Guérin
Government
• Mayor	Roger Bouthillette
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
• Total	208.39 km2 (80.46 sq mi)
• Land	188.52 km2 (72.79 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	333
• Density	1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)	4.1%
• Dwellings	210
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2E0
Area code	819
Website	municipalites-du-quebec.ca/guerin/

Guérin (French pronunciation: [ɡeʁɛ̃]) is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

The township lies within the Ottawa River basin, having an elevation of 210 metres (690 ft) near the Quinze rapids to 336 metres (1,102 ft) in its north-eastern part. In addition to the main namesake village, the township also includes the hamlet of Paquin (47°37′59″N 79°18′51″W).

History

Around 1872, the area began to be cleared for logging and agriculture. In 1904, the geographic township of Guérin was proclaimed, named after James John Edmund Guerin, while the settlement was called Lalemant, in honour of Gabriel Lalemant. The Lalement Post Office opened in 1908, and that same year, the parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Guérin was founded. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Guérin was formed from previously unincorporated territory. In 1921, the settlement and post office were renamed to Guérin.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Guérin had a population of 333 living in 134 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 320. With a land area of 188.52 km² (72.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km² (4.6/sq mi) in 2021.

Historical census populations – Guérin, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 506 —     1931 771 +52.4% 1941 685 −11.2% 1951 618 −9.8% 1956 621 +0.5% 1961 596 −4.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 581 −2.5% 1971 425 −26.9% 1976 372 −12.5% 1981 268 −28.0% 1986 283 +5.6% 1991 274 −3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 297 +8.4% 2001 300 +1.0% 2006 295 −1.7% 2011 305 +3.4% 2016 320 +4.9% 2021 333 +4.1%
Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 1.5%
• French as first language: 97%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.5%

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

External links

• Official website