Bouchette (French pronunciation: [buʃɛt]) is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of Gatineau. Its territory is along the shores of Gatineau River and western Thirty-One Mile Lake.
Bouchette | |
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  Bouchette Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′N 75°58′W / 46.217°N 75.967°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau |
| Constituted | March 22, 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steve Lefebvre |
| • Federal riding | Pontiac |
| • Prov. riding | Gatineau |
| Area | |
• Total | 143.21 km2 (55.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 695 |
| • Density | 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  4.9% |
| • Dwellings | 629 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
Agriculture is an important economic activity, along with outdoor tourism. It has less than 700 residents but approximately 1075 cottage owners.[4]
There is a variety of services in Bouchette: school, post office, municipal services, grocery and hardware stores, restaurants, accommodation, construction contractors, camping.[4]
History
editThe Bouchette Township was proclaimed in 1858 and the Township Municipality was formed in 1872. It was named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841).[5]
The township of Cameron between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake was proclaimed in 1854 and named in honour of Canadian businessman and politician Malcolm Cameron.[5]
In 1980, the townships of Bouchette and Cameron merged, forming the new Municipality of Bouchette.
Demographics
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 347 (out of 629 total)[3]
Languages:
- French as first language: 81%
- English as first language: 19%
Local government
editList of former mayors:
- Réjean Carle (...–2009)
- Réjean Major (2009–2017)
- Gilles Bastien (2017–2021)
- Steve Lefebvre (2021–present)
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 94939". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 83050". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Bouchette, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Bouchette" (in French). MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ a b "Bouchette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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