Pointe-Lebel is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.

Pointe-Lebel
Village municipality
Pointe-Lebel Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°10′N 68°12′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Manicouagan
Constituted	January 1, 1964
Government [2]
• Mayor	Mr. Rene Labrosse
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area [2][3]
• Total	121.30 km2 (46.83 sq mi)
• Land	84.79 km2 (32.74 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,973
• Density	23.3/km2 (60/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.8%
• Dwellings	928
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0H 1N0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138
Website	www.pointe-lebel.com

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Lebel had a population of 1,817 living in 857 of its 935 total private dwellings, a change of -5.3% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 85.54 km² (33.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 21.2/km² (55.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2011: 1973 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.8%)
• Population in 2006: 1958
• Population in 2001: 1931
• Population in 1996: 2011
• Population in 1991: 1818

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.5%
• French as first language: 98.0%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.5%

References