Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
| Métis-sur-Mer | |
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| City | |
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 Location within La Mitis RCM |
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 Métis-sur-Mer
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| Coordinates: 48°40′N 68°00′W / 48.67°N 68°WCoordinates: 48°40′N 68°00′W / 48.67°N 68°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | July 4, 2002 |
| Boroughs | MacNider |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Pierre Pelletier |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 263.70 km2 (101.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 607 |
| • Density | 12.4/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 0.5% |
| • Dwellings | 417 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0J 1S0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 132
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| Website | www |
Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 607 in the Canada 2011 Census.
The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.
From 1818, John MacNider, the British Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.
The city has a borough named MacNider, named for John MacNiders family, whose territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer.
On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.
In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 644 living in 298 of its 427 total dwellings, a 6.6% change from its 2006 population of 604. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 607 living in 288 of its 417 total dwellings, a 0.5% change from 2006. With a land area of 48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.482/km2 (32.328/sq mi) in 2011.
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