| Kipawa | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.7833°N -137°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1870s |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1985 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Norman Young |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 46.84 |
| Area Land Km2: | 35.58 |
| Population Total: | 446 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 12.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 10.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 325 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | No major routes |
Kipawa is a village and municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the Kebaowek Reserve. In addition to the community of Kipawa itself located on the namesake lake, the municipality also includes the community of Tee Lake (originally called Gendreau at the end of the 19th century), and surrounds the Indian Reserve of Kebaowek.
Kipawa is a variant of the Algonquin word Kebaowek which means "closed water", referring to the many closed-off bays and passages of Lake Kipawa. Another theory claims that it means "getting off" or "disembarkation", or the location where one can pick up supplies or trade.[2]
Its main employer is the Commonwealth Plywood Company.
The land including and surrounding Lake Kipawa and Kipawa Village has been inhabited for centuries by the Algonquin people. The first Europeans to come into the Kipawa basin were fur traders and missionaries.
The area was logged in the second half of the 19th century, and the railroad was built in the 1880s, with its stations known as Kipawa Station et Kipawa Junction.
On January 1, 1985, the Municipality of Kipawa was created out of previously unincorporated area.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kipawa had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 35.58km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
Mother tongue (2021):[1]