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Kipawa, Quebec

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Country
  
Canada

RCM
  
Témiscamingue

Constituted
  
January 1, 1985

Area
  
47 km²

Area code
  
819

Region
  
Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Settled
  
1870s

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Province
  
Québec

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Kipawa is a village and municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the Kebaowek Reserve. The land including and surrounding Lake Kipawa and Kipawa Village has been inhabited for centuries. The original inhabitants were the Algonquin people. The first Europeans to come into Kipawa were fur traders and missionaries. Shortly after, The Hudson Bay Trading Company and various other lumber companies settled there too.

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Map of Kipawa, QC, Canada

Demographics

Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 474 (2006 to 2011 population change: -16.1 %)
  • Population in 2006: 565
  • Population in 2001: 521
  • Population in 1996: 549
  • Population in 1991: 507

    • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 208 (total dwellings: 276)

    Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 46.0%
  • French as first language: 52.2%
  • English and French as first language: 1.8%
  • Other as first language: 0%

    • References

    Kipawa, Quebec Wikipedia
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