Kipawa is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

and

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in western

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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 ...

. It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the

Kebaowek Kebaowek or Eagle Village First Nation - Kipawa Indian Reserve, is a First Nations reserve in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It is under the governance of the Kebaowek First Nation Kebaowek First Nation is a First Nations in Canada, First Nati ...

Reserve. The land including and surrounding Lake Kipawa and Kipawa Village has been inhabited for centuries. The original inhabitants are the Algonquin people. The first Europeans to come into Kipawa were

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and missionaries. Shortly after, The Hudson Bay Trading Company and various other lumber companies settled there, including Commonwealth Plywood. Kipawa is a variant of the Algonquin word "Kebaowek" which refers to getting off or disembarkation, or the location where one can pick up supplies or trade.

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Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011,

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census * Population in 2021: 446 (2016 to 2021 population change: -10.6%) * Population in 2016: 499 * Population in 2011: 474 * Population in 2006: 565 * Population in 2001: 521 * Population in 1996: 549 * Population in 1991: 507 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 214 (total dwellings: 325) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 42.7% * French as first language: 52.8% * English and French as first language: 3.4% * Other as first language: 1.1%

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Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub

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