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Normétal is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 778 in the 2021 Canadian census.

Normétal
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Normétal Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 49°00′N 79°22′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1925
Constituted	January 1, 1945
Government [2]
• Mayor	Roger Lévesque
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	54.90 km2 (21.20 sq mi)
• Land	55.25 km2 (21.33 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	778
• Density	14.1/km2 (37/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	3.7%
• Dwellings	378
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 3A0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 111
Website	normetal.ao.ca

History

In 1923, zinc and copper was discovered near the Calamité River and two years later, the Abana Mine Company obtained the mining rights. The new settlement, formed by families from Saint-Eustache, Portneuf, Bellechasse and the Mauricie, was therefore first called Abana. In 1931, the Normetal Mining Corporation acquired the mine and brought it to full operation six years later. In 1939, the railway and road to Dupuy was completed. In 1945, the place was incorporated, taking the name of the mining corporation whose name in turn is a portmanteau for "northern" and "metal".[1][4]

In 1949, street lighting was installed in Normétal. In 1950, the mining corporation came under control of Noranda (which became Falconbridge Ltd. and bought by Xstrata in 2006). In 1956, the mine had a peak production of 900 tons of ore per day and employed over 600 persons. In 1961, the town reached a population of 2519, its largest number of residents. But in 1975, after reaching a depth of 8,000 feet (2,400 m), the copper mine closed, resulting in a large exodus of people from the community with many going to the mines of Matagami and Joutel that had just opened. By the following year, the population had dropped to 1455.[1][4][5]

The Normetmar Mine closed in 1990. In 2005, work began on rehabilitation of the mine site by removing the tailings and planting vegetation.[4][5]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Normétal, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1986 1,231 —     1991 1,193 −3.1% 1996 1,129 −5.4% 2001 1,019 −9.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 886 −13.1% 2011 856 −3.4% 2016 808 −5.6% 2021 778 −3.7%
Source: Statistics Canada[11]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Normétal, Quebec[11]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		855		850	1.2%	99.42%		5	50.0%	0.58%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		885		860	13.1%	97.18%		10	n/a%	1.13%		0	0.0%	0.00%		15	40.0%	1.69%
2001		1,015		990	12.4%	97.54%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		25	n/a%	2.46%
1996		1,140		1,130	n/a	99.12%		10	n/a	0.88%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Roger Lévesque
• Councillors: Reynald Béland, Léo Gaudreault, Ghislain Desbiens, Monique Bouchard, Karine Naud, Lise Bégin

List of mayors

The former mayors of Normétal were:[12]

Culture

The town of Normétal is the setting of an award-winning movie, The Legacy from filmmaker Bernard Émond (2009), in which a family medicine physician from Montreal takes over the practice of an aging physician in need of respite.[13]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Normétal official website

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