La Mitis Regional County Municipality

La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.

La Mitis
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 68°06′S 48°30′E / 68.1°S 48.5°E / -68.1; 48.5
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Mont-Joli
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Michel Côté
Area
• Total	2,538.80 km^2 (980.24 sq mi)
• Land	2,281.25 km^2 (880.80 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	18,210
• Density	8/km^2 (21/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	3.9%
• Dwellings	9,692
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	418 and 581
Website	www.lamitis.ca

The county seat is in Mont-Joli.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2) Métis-sur-Mer Mont-Joli

Municipalities (7) Grand-Métis Les Hauteurs Padoue Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-la-Mitis Sainte-Luce Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski

Parishes (6) La Rédemption Saint-Charles-Garnier Saint-Donat Sainte-Flavie Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage Saint-Octave-de-Métis

Villages (1) Price

Unorganized Territory (2) Lac-à-la-Croix Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes

Demographics

Population

Canada census – La Mitis community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	18,363 (+0.8% from 2016)	18,210 (-3.9% from 2011)	18,942 (-2.2% from 2006)
Land area	2,275.56 km^2 (878.60 sq mi)	2,281.25 km^2 (880.80 sq mi)	2,279.22 km^2 (880.01 sq mi)
Population density	8.1/km^2 (21/sq mi)	8.0/km^2 (21/sq mi)	8.3/km^2 (21/sq mi)
Median age	50.8 (M: 50.0, F: 51.2)	49.5 (M: 49.0, F: 50.1)	48.0 (M: 47.3, F: 48.6)
Private dwellings	9,842 (total)  8,492 (occupied)	9,692 (total)	9,471 (total)
Median household income	$57,600	$48,996	$42,351

References: 2021 2016 2011

Historical Census Data – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Year Pop. ±% 1991 20,157 —     1996 20,160 +0.0% 2001 19,326 −4.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 19,365 +0.2% 2011 18,942 −2.2% 2016 18,210 −3.9%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		17,920		17,665	2.9%	98.58%		140	7.7%	0.78%		65	0.0%	0.36%		50	0.0%	0.28%
2011		18,430		18,185	1.6%	98.67%		130	25.7%	0.71%		65	44.4%	0.35%		50	58.3%	0.27%
2006		18,815		18,475	0.05%	98.19%		175	25.0%	0.93%		45	18.2%	0.24%		120	480.0%	0.64%
2001		18,705		18,485	4.4%	98.82%		140	3.7%	0.75%		55	15.4%	0.29%		25	44.4%	0.13%
1996		19,580		19,335	n/a	98.75%		135	n/a	0.69%		65	n/a	0.33%		45	n/a	0.23%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

• Autoroutes
  • A-20
• Principal Highways
  • R-132
• Secondary Highways
  • R-234
  • R-298
• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Seignory of Lac-Mitis
• Mitis Seignory