Tête-à-la-Baleine is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Tête-à-la-Baleine, occasionally known as Whale Head in English, was settled in the 19th century after Michael Kenty bought the local trading post from the Labrador Company. Initial settlement mostly took place on the nearby islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, although eventually most residents moved to the community's current site on the mainland in order to be closer to sources of wood and food in the winter. However, some residents still move back and forth, residing on the islands in summer and in the mainland community in winter.Tourism Lower North Shore: Tête-à-la-Baleine
/ref> The community is named after a nearby island in the Gros Mécatina Archipelago that resembles a whale head. There is a section of Quebec Highway 138 connecting through the community between the

Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport is located southwest of Tête-à-la-Baleine, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward ...

and ferry terminal.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Tête-à-la-Baleine had a population of 119 living in 59 of its 79 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 145. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral operates the Gabriel-Dionne School (Francophone).Schools and centers
" Commission scolaire du Littoral. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tete-A-La-Baleine, Quebec Communities in Côte-Nord Designated places in Quebec Unconstituted localities in Quebec Road-inaccessible communities of Quebec