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Duparquet (French pronunciation: ​[dypaʁkɛ]) is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 157.4 km² (60.8 sq mi) and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Duparquet
City
Town Hall of Duparquet
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Duparquet Location in western Quebec. Show map of Western Quebec Duparquet Duparquet (Canada) Show map of Canada
Coordinates: 48°30′N 79°14′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Constituted	April 13, 1933
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gilbert Rivard
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	154.90 km2 (59.81 sq mi)
• Land	121.17 km2 (46.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2][3]
• Total	716
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	7.5%
• Dwellings	389
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)/	J0Z 1W0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 388 Route 393
Website	duparquet.ao.ca

History

In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector named Beattie. He set up the Beattie Gold Mine company that began operation in 1933. That same year, the new community forming at the mine was incorporated as Ville de Duparquet, named after the geographic township in which it is located. The township was named in 1916 in honour of Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of General Montcalm's army.[1]

After producing 1 million ounces of gold and killing at least 27 miners, including 4 in a landslide on 9 July 1946, the mine closed in 1956. But the owners of the mining rights are currently considering reopening it as an open-pit mine.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Duparquet had a population of 716 living in 342 of its 389 total private dwellings, a change of 7.5% from its 2016 population of 666. With a land area of 121.17 km² (46.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.9/km² (15.3/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Mother tongue:[12]

• English as first language: 1.49%
• French as first language: 97.76%
• English and French as first language: 0.75%
• Other as first language: 0%

Notable people

• Birthplace of Chicago Black Hawks player Elmer "Moose" Vasko of the 1960s.
• Johanne Morasse (born March 12, 1957), a Quebec politician and teacher
• Tim Horton, hockey player and entrepreneur, lived in Duparquet as a child

Municipal council

• Mayor: Gilbert Rivard
• Councillors: Denis Blais, Sylvain Audet, Claudette Macameau, Marlène Doroftei, Jacques Ricard, Solange Gamache
• General Director: Chantal Poirier

References

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