Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Pontiac is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located outside this county regional municipality.
[edit] Demographics
Population: 14,565 in 2001, down 6.5 % from 1996.
Language: The Pontiac MRC is primarily but not overwhelmingly anglophone; in the 2001 census, 57.2 % identified English as their first language, 38.3 % said it was French, 2.4 % listed both, and 2.1 % listed other.
(Source: Canada 2001 Census.)
[edit] Municipalities
The Pontiac MRC is comprised of 18 municipalities; Campbell's Bay is the county seat.
- Alleyn-et-Cawood (Danford Lake)
- Bristol
- Bryson
- Campbell's Bay
- Chapeau
- Chichester
- Clarendon
- Fort-Coulonge
- L'Isle-aux-Allumettes (Allumette Island)
- Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island)
- Litchfield
- Mansfield-et-Pontefract
- Otter Lake (formerly Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield)
- Portage-du-Fort
- Rapides-des-Joachims
- Shawville
- Sheenboro (formerly Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff)
- Thorne
- Waltham
The Pontiac MRC also includes Lac-Nilgault, a large unorganized territory to the north of the 19 municipalities.
[edit] External links
- Pontiac MRC Gateway (English-language version)
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