Chisasibi | |
Native Name: | ᒋᓵᓰᐲ chisaasiipii |
Settlement Type: | Cree village municipality (VC) |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 197 |
Coordinates: | 53.6667°N -98°W |
Coor Pinpoint: | 1, rue Riverside |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Nord-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type3: | TE |
Subdivision Name3: | Eeyou Istchee |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | 18 August 1980 |
Leader Title: | Chief |
Leader Name: | Daisy House |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Ungava |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Total Km2: | 4 |
Area Land Km2: | 480.29 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–2021) |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0M 1E0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Chisasibi (Cree: ᒋᓵᓰᐲ/Cisâsîpî) is a Cree village municipality (VC) in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in Nord-du-Québec; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.
As with all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec, there is a counterpart Cree reserved land of the same name located nearby: Chisasibi.
Despite the title of "village municipality" and the formalities that go along with it (for instance, having a mayor), Statistics Canada lists it (and all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec) as having no resident population or residential infrastructure (dwellings); it is the Cree reserved lands that are listed as having population and residential dwellings in the Canadian censuses.
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Chisasibi had a population of 0, unchanged from its 2016 population and a land area of .[1]