Tête-à-la-Baleine () is an unconstituted locality within the

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Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent () is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas, both al ...

in the

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region of

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, 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 A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically a trading post allows people from one geogr ...

from the Labrador Company. Initial settlement mostly took place on the nearby islands in the

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, 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 Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders wi ...

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 The Centre de services scolaire du Littoral is a geographically-based school service centre in Quebec, Canada, with offices in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles and Chevery. Situated along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the School Board territory consi ...

operates the Gabriel-Dionne School (Francophone).Schools and centers
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. 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