Country Canada RCM None Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 115.1 km² Area code 819 | Region Nord-du-Québec Constituted June 28, 1978 Postal code(s) J0M 1G0 Province Québec Mayor Losty Mamianskum | |
Whapmagoostui is a Cree village municipality in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.
Map of Whapmagoostui, QC, Canada
As with all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec, there is a counterpart Cree reserved land of the same name located nearby: Whapmagoostui.
Despite the title of "village municipality" and the formalities that go along with it (for instance, having a mayor), Statistics Canada lists it (and all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec) as having no resident population or residential infrastructure (dwellings); it is the Cree reserved lands that are listed as having population and residential dwellings in the 2011 census, the 2006 census, and earlier censuses.