Chazel is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian Census.
Chazel | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Chazel Location in western Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°03′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
Settled | 1917 |
Constituted | February 19, 1938 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Favreau |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area | |
• Total | 138.90 km2 (53.63 sq mi) |
• Land | 133.55 km2 (51.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 254 |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 131 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0Z 1N0 |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | www |
The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.[1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 254 (-12.1% from 2016) | 289 (-0.0% from 2011) | 289 (-10.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 133.55 km2 (51.56 sq mi) | 133.96 km2 (51.72 sq mi) | 134.30 km2 (51.85 sq mi) |
Population density | 1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi) | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
Median age | 45.6 (M: 49.6, F: 43.6) | 45.3 (M: 45.2, F: 45.5) | 44.4 (M: 45.0, F: 44.2) |
Total private dwellings | 131 | 132 | 125 |
Median household income | $73,500 | $65,280 | $56,800 |
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Chazel, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
250 |
240 | ![]() |
96.0% | 5 | ![]() |
2.0% | 5 | ![]() |
2.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | |||||
2016 |
290 |
285 | ![]() |
98.3% | 5 | ![]() |
1.7% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | |||||
2011 |
290 |
290 | ![]() |
100.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | |||||
2006 |
320 |
320 | ![]() |
100.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | |||||
2001 |
330 |
320 | ![]() |
97.0% | 10 | ![]() |
3.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | |||||
1996 |
390 |
390 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |
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