Taschereau, Quebec

Taschereau
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Taschereau is located in Western Quebec
Taschereau
Taschereau
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°40′N 78°41′W / 48.667°N 78.683°W / 48.667; -78.683[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi-Ouest
Settled1911
ConstitutedDecember 27, 2001
Government
 • MayorMichael Otis
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
 • Total272.50 km2 (105.21 sq mi)
 • Land246.96 km2 (95.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total898
 • Density3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 6.7%
 • Dwellings
460
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Highways R-101 R-111
R-390
Websitetaschereau.ao.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Taschereau is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 246.97 km2 and had a population of 898 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001, when the Village Municipality of Taschereau and the Municipality of Taschereau were amalgamated. It is named after Louis-Alexandre Taschereau.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Taschereau". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  3. ^ a b "Taschereau census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-19.

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