| Caplan | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 48.1°N -106°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bonaventure |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1875 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lise Castilloux |
| Leader Name2: | Bonaventure |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 85.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 85.69 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 1966 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 22.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 969 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0C 1H0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Caplan is a municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
There are various explanations as to the origin of the name Caplan, including: a corruption of capelin or Cape Land; from the surname of a certain John Kaplan, an Indian who long camped at this location; or from the Mi'kmaq word gaplanjetig (meaning "capelin").[3]
The place was incorporated in 1875 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-de-Caplan. In 1964, it changed its status and was renamed to Municipality of Caplan.[3]
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| Census | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 1,880 | 2.8% | 95.7% | 60 | 7.7% | 3.1% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.8% | |||||||
| 1,935 | 1.8% | 95.6% | 65 | 30.0% | 3.2% | 10 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 10 | n/a% | 0.5% | |||||||
| 1,900 | 5.0% | 96.9% | 50 | 25.0% | 2.6% | 10 | n/a% | 0.5% | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0% | |||||||
| 1,810 | 5.7% | 96.5% | 40 | 33.3% | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 25 | n/a% | 1.3% | |||||||
| 1,920 | 5.2% | 98.5% | 30 | 25.0% | 1.5% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||||
| 2,025 | n/a | 97.1% | 40 | n/a | 1.9% | 20 | n/a | 1.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||||
The Eastern Shores School Board serves the municipality.