Belcourt is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.

Belcourt
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Belcourt Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°24′N 77°21′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled	1915
Constituted	October 24, 1918
Government [2]
• Mayor	Carol Nolet
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [2][3]
• Total	420.60 km2 (162.39 sq mi)
• Land	411.18 km2 (158.76 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	239
• Density	0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.6%
• Dwellings	123
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2M0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 386

History

Following the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, the area opened up for colonization. The new settlement was originally called Café or Coffee but renamed to Goulet, after the first permanent settler who arrived in 1915. In 1918, it was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Carpentier-et-Courville. Since there already was a Goulet Post Office in Bellechasse County, the place was officially renamed to Belcourt in 1958, in honour of Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt (1860-1932).[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 239 (2006 to 2011 population change: -6.6%)
• Population in 2006: 256
• Population in 2001: 272
• Population in 1996: 285
• Population in 1991: 292

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 112 (total dwellings: 123)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

References