Launay | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.65°N -110°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | c. 1917 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | May 18, 1921 |
Named For: | Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Claudette Laroche |
Area Total Km2: | 259.22 |
Area Land Km2: | 257.80 |
Population Total: | 211 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.8 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 3.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 99 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Launay is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
The municipality is named after Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay, a military commander and captain of the Guyenne Regiment from the mid-18th century.
Its economy is dependent on agriculture and forestry.
The town's origin began with the construction of the railway station along the National Transcontinental Railway in 1913. In 1916, the geographic township was established, and settlement began the following year. On May 18, 1921, the Township Municipality of Launay was created out of unincorporated territory. Its first school was built in 1922, and its post office opened the following year (which closed in 1956).[2]
In 1947, Launay was connected to the electrical grid, and in 1961, to the telephone system. In 1971, the Canadian National railway company closed Launay Station, which was demolished in 1988. That same year, the municipal sewer network was installed.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Launay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 257.8km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Mother tongue (2021):
Municipal council (as of 2023):[1]
List of former mayors:[3]
Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
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2021 | 17% | 19 | 7% | 8 | 58% | 64 | 5% | 6 | 5% | 5 | ||||||
2019 | 22% | 25 | 16% | 18 | 51% | 59 | 8% | 9 | 3% | 4 | ||||||
2015 | 30% | 28 | 5% | 5 | 18% | 17 | 43% | 40 | 1% | 1 | ||||||
2011 | 2% | 2 | 13% | 14 | 36% | 40 | 50% | 56 | 0% | 0 | ||||||
2008 | 18% | 16 | 19% | 17 | 46% | 41 | 13% | 12 | 4% | 4 | ||||||
2006 | 12% | 13 | 31% | 35 | 52% | 59 | 4% | 4 | 2% | 2 | ||||||
2004 | 24% | 26 | 10% | 11 | 59% | 64 | 4% | 4 | 3% | 3 | ||||||
CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | ||||||||||
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2022 | 51% | 53 | 6 | 6 | 13% | 13 | 25% | 26 | |||||
2018 | 20% | 29 | 14% | 20 | 23% | 34 | 39% | 56 | |||||
2014 | 9% | 12 | 30% | 37 | 13% | 16 | 45% | 55 | |||||
2012 | 16% | 18 | 16% | 18 | 5% | 6 | 61% | 69 | |||||
Federally, Launay is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Launay in the House of Commons of Canada.
Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Launay in the National Assembly of Quebec.