Grand-Métis | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | La Mitis |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | September 13, 1855 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Richard Fournier |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Matane-Matapédia |
Area Total Km2: | 25.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 25.12 |
Population Total: | 218 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 8.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 2.3% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 206 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0J 1Z0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Grand-Métis is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River, and was developed from 1818 by the pioneering John MacNider.
The names "Métis" and "Mitis" are said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place" or another referring to willow or poplar trees.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grand-Métis had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 25.12km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
See main article: Jardins de Métis. The historic Reford Gardens (Jardins de Métis) are located nearby. These gardens, now maintained by Les Amis des Jardins de Métis, are the result of Elsie Reford's extraordinary passion for horticulture. An International Garden Festival is held here each summer. The garden's symbol, the Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), can be found growing there in summer. The gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995.