Duhamel-Ouest is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in northwestern
Quebec
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,
Canada
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in the
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Témiscamingue is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie.
Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not poss ...
.
Located at a
narrows
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of
Lake Timiskaming
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, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the
Fort Témiscamingue, a
National Historic Site of Canada
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.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, ]2016
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, 2021
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census
* Population in 2021: 945 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.6%)
* Population in 2016: 878
* Population in 2011: 828
* Population in 2006: 870
* Population in 2001: 766
* Population in 1996: 671
* Population in 1991: 595
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 394 (total dwellings: 470)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 2.9%
* French as first language: 97.1%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
References
Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
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