Lac-Saguay is a

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Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Antoine-Labelle () is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle. Subdivisions There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * ...

in the

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region of

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. Its economy is centred on tourism, outdoor recreation, hunting, and fishing. The municipality is named after the adjacent Lake Saguay, which in turn comes from the

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''sagwa'', meaning "unblock" or "pour". An alternate explanation is that it comes from ''saki'', meaning "river mouth."

History

In 1905, the first settlers arrived when Gouin Road opened that connected Nominingue to Ferme-Neuve via Lac-Saguay. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Boyer-Partie-Ouest was formed out of previously

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, named after Arthur Boyer. That same year, the Parish of Saint-Hugues-du-Lac-Saguay was founded. In 1921, the post office opened under the name Lac-Saguay. On July 1, 1951, Boyer-Partie-Ouest was dissolved and, together with more unorganized territory, reformed into the Township Municipality of Boyer. In 1963, it changed names and status to the Municipality of Saguay, and again in 1985 to the Village Municipality of Lac-Saguay.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Lac-Saguay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 3.8% * French as first language: 94.3% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 1.9%

Government

Lac-Saguay forms part of the federal electoral district of

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and has been represented by

Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (born November 24, 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election. She represents Laurentides—Labelle as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Since 2021 she has served as the ...

of the

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since 2019. Provincially, Lac-Saguay is part of the

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electoral district and is represented by

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since 2018. List of former mayors: * Francine Asselin-Bélisle (...–2021) * Michel Chouinard (2021–present)

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* {{authority control Incorporated places in Laurentides Villages in Quebec

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