Caplan, Quebec

Caplan
Municipality
Caplan City Hall
Location within Bonaventure RCM.
Caplan Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°06′N 65°41′W / 48.100°N 65.683°W / 48.100; -65.683[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM	Bonaventure
Constituted	January 1, 1875
Government [2]
• Mayor	Lise Castilloux
• Federal riding	Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Prov. riding	Bonaventure
Area [2][3]
• Total	85.10 km2 (32.86 sq mi)
• Land	85.69 km2 (33.09 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,966
• Density	22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.9%
• Dwellings	969
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0C 1H0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-132
Website	www.municipalite caplan.com

Caplan is a municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

There are various explanations as to the origin of the name Caplan, including: a corruption of capelin or Cape Land; from the surname of a certain John Kaplan, an Indian who long camped at this location; or from the Mi'kmaq word gaplanjetig (meaning "capelin").^[1]

The place was incorporated in 1875 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-de-Caplan. In 1964, it changed its status and was renamed to Municipality of Caplan.^[1]