Ragueneau is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, on Outardes Bay on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

Ragueneau
Parish municipality
Ragueneau Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°04′N 68°32′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Manicouagan
Settled	1920
Constituted	March 7, 1951
Named for	Paul Ragueneau[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Lavoie
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area [2][3]
• Total	213.20 km2 (82.32 sq mi)
• Land	185.56 km2 (71.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,405
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.6%
• Dwellings	661
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0H 1S0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138
Website	www.municipalite. ragueneau.qc.ca

History

The first settlers arrived in 1920, mostly from Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Les Escoumins, and Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf. That same year, Ragueneau Township was proclaimed and named after Jesuit Paul Ragueneau (1608-1680). In 1926, its post office opened.[1]

Three communities developed concurrently along the shores of the Saint Lawrence: Rivière-à-la-Truite in the north-east, Ruisseau-Vert in the centre, and Ragueneau in the south-west. The main administrative, commercial, cultural, and religious activities concentrated in Ruisseau-Vert, so that over time this community became known as Ragueneau itself. In 1951, the Parish Municipality of Ragueneau was incorporated.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ragueneau had a population of 1,314 living in 613 of its 713 total private dwellings, a change of -2.2% from its 2016 population of 1,343. With a land area of 179.83 km² (69.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (18.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2011: 1405 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.6%)
• Population in 2006: 1520
• Population in 2001: 1584
• Population in 1996: 1684
• Population in 1991: 1722

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 97.7%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 2.3%

References