Taschereau is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 246.97 km² and had a population of 898 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Taschereau
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Taschereau Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°40′N 78°41′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1911
Constituted	December 27, 2001
Government [2]
• Mayor	Lucien Côté
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	270.40 km2 (104.40 sq mi)
• Land	246.96 km2 (95.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	898
• Density	3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	6.7%
• Dwellings	460
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 3N0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 101 Route 111 Route 390
Website	www.taschereau.ao.ca

The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2021: 898 (2016 to 2021 population change: -6.7%)
• Population in 2016: 963
• Population in 2011: 981
• Population in 2006: 996
• Population total in 2001: 1048
  • Taschereau (village): 534
  • Taschereau (municipality): 514
• Population in 1996:
  • Taschereau (village): 641
  • Taschereau (municipality): 460 (or 534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991:
  • Taschereau (village): 684
  • Taschereau (municipality): 476

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 425 (total dwellings: 460)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Manon Luneau
• Councillors: Julien Chalifoux, Jocelyne Deschênes, Pascal Houle, Henri Lampron, Louis-Georges Lemire, Louise Paquin,

References