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Bouchette 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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Municipality | |
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  Bouchette Location in western Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′N 75°58′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau |
| Constituted | March 22, 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réjean Major |
| • Federal riding | Pontiac |
| • Prov. riding | Gatineau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 143.30 km2 (55.33 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) | J0X 1E0 |
| Area code(s) | 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
The 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
Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2021: 695 (2016 to 2021 population change: -4.9%)
- Population in 2016: 731
- Population in 2011: 786
- Population in 2006: 718
- Population in 2001: 701
- 2001 to 2006 population change: 2.4%
- Population in 1996: 722
- Population in 1991: 688
Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 347
Languages:
- French as first language: 81%
- English as first language: 19%
References
- Reference number 94939 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 83050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
- "Bouchette" (in French). MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- "Bouchette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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