| Alleyn-et-Cawood | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.9167°N -86°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1877 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Carl Mayer |
| Area Total Km2: | 326.05 |
| Area Land Km2: | 308.91 |
| Population Total: | 229 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 33.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 303 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Alleyn-et-Cawood is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its main population centre is Danford Lake, located along Route 301.
Elected in 2013, the mayor of the municipality is Carl Mayer.
Highest point in the municipality is Mont O'Brien with an altitude of about 180m (590feet).
The municipality is named after the 2 geographic townships that it covers. The Township of Cawood was established in 1861, and named after Cawood in England (first used on a map by Gale and Duberger in 1795 and misspelled as Cadwood for a while). The Township of Alleyn, established in 1864, was named in honour of Charles Joseph Alleyn, a lawyer and politician of Quebec.
The United Township Municipality of Cawood-et-Alleyn was formed in 1876 when it split off from the United Township Municipality of Thorne-Cawood-et-Alleyn (which became the Municipality of Thorne). In 2004, the united township municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood became the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood.[1]
In 1855, the area's first settler was Patrick Danford, after whom the lake and community are named. He was followed by loggers and other settlers, notably William Heeney and his family in 1861. His descendants contributed much to the growth and development of the community. In 1868, the post office opened in Danford Lake, and in 1902, its first general store.[2]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Alleyn-et-Cawood, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 70 | 16.7% | 30.4% | 145 | 31.8% | 63.0% | 5 | n/a% | 2.2% | 5 | n/a% | 2.2% | ||||||||
| 60 | 20.0% | 34.3% | 110 | 4.3% | 62.9% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 50 | 23.1% | 29.4% | 115 | 37.8% | 67.6% | 5 | n/a% | 2.9% | 5 | n/a% | 2.9% | ||||||||
| 65 | 550.0% | 26.0% | 185 | 94.7% | 74.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 10 | 50.0% | 5.6% | 95 | 34.5% | 52.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75 | n/a% | 41.7% | ||||||||
| 20 | n/a | 12.1% | 145 | n/a | 87.9% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | ||||||||
Local businesses include:
Alleyn-et-Cawood forms part of the federal electoral district of Pontiac and has been represented by Sophie Chatel of the Liberal Party since 2021. Provincially, Alleyn-et-Cawood is part of the Pontiac electoral district and is represented by André Fortin of the Quebec Liberal Party since 2014.
| Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24% | 35 | 53% | 79 | 6% | 10 | 13% | 19 | 3% | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | 32% | 43 | 48% | 63 | 8% | 10 | 4% | 6 | 7% | 9 | ||||||
| CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12% | 11 | 50% | 46 | 4% | 4 | 8% | 8 | |||||
| 2014 | 4% | 7 | 92% | 161 | 2% | 3 | 2% | 4 | |||||
List of former mayors: