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La Pêche
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Pêche |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | La Peche QC 1.JPG |
| image_map | La Pêche Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Western Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in western Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Outaouais |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | January 1, 1975 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Guillaume Lamoureux |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Gatineau |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 616.50 |
| area_land_km2 | 577.18 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 8636 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 15 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 9.8% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 4962 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −05:00 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −04:00 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0X 2W0 |
| area_code | 819 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
La Pêche (, ; meaning "Fishing") is a municipality along both sides of the Gatineau River in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, about 30 km north of downtown Gatineau.
Bordering on the north side of the Gatineau Park, La Pêche provides multiple access points to this park.
La Pêche was declared Quebec's first and Canada's second fair trade town on November 9, 2007.
Communities
It includes the following villages and communities:
- Duclos
- East Aldfield
- Edelweiss
- Farrellton
- Lac-des-Loups (Wolf Lake)
- Lascelles, Rupert and Alcove
- Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham
- Saint-François-de-Masham
- Saint-Louis-de-Masham
- Wakefield
History
The geographic townships of Aldfield, Masham, and Wakefield were already plotted on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, all named after places in Yorkshire, England. Around 1825, logging began in the area, while European settlement began around 1847 with the arrival of large number of people of York County in England.
La Pêche was formed in 1975 through the merger of the township municipalities of Wakefield and Aldfield, the village of Wakefield, and the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham. It was named after La Pêche Lake and La Pêche River.
Demographics
|1986 |5394 |1991 |5854 |1996 |6160 |2001 |6453 |2006 |7477 |2011 |7619 |2016 |7863 |2021 |8636
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 36.8%
- French as first language: 58.0%
- English and French as first language: 1.8%
- Other as first language: 2.6%
References
References
- {{SCref. (2016)
- "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- {{mamrot. 82035
- {{toponymie. 72446
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