Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec

Rivière-aux-Outardes is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up almost 95% of the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality.

Rivière-aux-Outardes
Unorganized territory
René-Levasseur Island within Manicouagan Reservoir
René-Levasseur Island within Manicouagan Reservoir
Rivière-aux-Outardes is located in Côte-Nord region, Quebec
Rivière-aux-Outardes
Rivière-aux-Outardes
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
Coordinates: 50°15′N 69°00′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMManicouagan
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
[2][3]
 • Total37,103.60 km2 (14,325.78 sq mi)
 • Land32,713.75 km2 (12,630.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total92
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 2.1%
 • Dwellings
166
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-389

The eponymous Outardes River is nearly 400 kilometres (250 mi) long, and flows through the territory in a north-south direction before draining into Outardes Bay at Ragueneau. The other major river in the territory is the Manicouagan River that flows parallel and east of the Outardes River. Both these rivers are developed with large-scale hydroelectric installations, part of the Manic-Outardes Project.

The Manicouagan Reservoir, a circular lake that covers the Manicouagan impact structure, is almost entirely located within the territory.

Quebec Route 389, running for a large part between the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers, provides access to the territory and the hydroelectric installations along these rivers. It is an isolated highway with few roadside services that are great distances apart.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2021: 92 (2016 to 2021 population change: -2.1%)
  • Population in 2016: 94
  • Population in 2011: 86
  • Population in 2006: 134
  • Population in 2001: 48
  • Population in 1996: 59
  • Population in 1991: 32

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 56 (total dwellings: 166)

The Daniel-Johnson Dam impounds the Manicouagan Reservoir and fuels two power stations with a total capacity of almost 2600 MW.

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 149764 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Rivière-aux-Outardes". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  3. "Rivière-aux-Outardes census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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