| Causapscal | |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 48.3667°N -81°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 31, 1997 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Odile Roy |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 161.00 |
| Area Land Km2: | 161.61 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 2147 |
| Population Density Km2: | 13.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1140 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Causapscal is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. It is located at the confluence of the Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers, along Quebec Route 132, approximately halfway between Mont-Joli and Campbellton, New Brunswick. It is served by the Causapscal railway station (the town can be reached by Via Rail on the named train The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax) and the Causapscal Airport.
The city's name is taken from the geographic township of Casupscull (proclaimed in 1864), which in turn is derived from the Mi'kmaq word Goesôpsiag (or Gesapsgel, Gesôpsgigel), meaning "stony bottom", "swift water", or "rocky point", likely referring to the rocky river bed of the Causapscal River.[3]
Development of the place followed the construction of the Intercolonial Railway in the 1860s. In 1870, the Parish of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur was established, and the following year, the post office opened.[3] [4]
In 1897, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal was incorporated, named after the parish and the geographic township. In 1928, the village itself separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Causapscal. In 1957, the parish municipality lost more territory when the Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite was formed. In 1965, Causapscal gained ville (city/town) status.[3] [4]
On December 31, 1997, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal was amalgamated into the City of Causapscal.[3]
Causapscal is located in the Matapédia Valley at the confluence of the Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Causapscal had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 161.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]