| Amos | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 48.5667°N -85°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Abitibi |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1910 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 17, 1987 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sébastien D'Astous |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 437.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 429.04 |
| Area Urban Footnotes: | [4] |
| Area Urban Km2: | 8.43 |
| Area Metro Footnotes: | [5] |
| Area Metro Km2: | 2298.16 |
| Elevation M: | 310.00 |
| Population Total: | 12675 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 29.5 |
| Population Urban: | 9281 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | 1101.2 |
| Population Metro: | 18873 |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | 8.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 1.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 6051 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J9T |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The smaller communities of Lac-Gauvin and Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier are also within the municipal boundaries of Amos.
Rupert's Land, in which Abitibi was located, was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company and was bought by Canada in 1869. Abitibi itself was then annexed to the province in Quebec on June 13, 1898, by an act of the federal Parliament.
Amos was the starting point for the colonization of the region of Abitibi that began in 1910. The municipality was established in 1914 while the city itself was chartered in 1925. The name of the city came from the maiden name of the wife of Sir Lomer Gouin, then premier of Quebec.
A related municipality was created in 1917 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie ouest des cantons unis de Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the western part of the united townships of Figuery and Dalquier) which changed its name to Amos-Ouest in 1949. In 1974 the municipality fused with the city of Amos proper. Another related municipality was created in 1918 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie est des cantons Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the eastern part of the united townships of Figuery and Dalquier), which also changed its name later 1950 to Amos-Est. The municipality was finally integrated into the city of Amos itself in 1987.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Amos had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 429.04km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Amos has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), just above a subarctic climate (Dfc), with warm summers, frigid winters and heavy precipitation for most of the year.
Its main resources are spring water, gold, and wood products, including paper.
In 2012, Quebec Lithium Corp. re-opened Canada's first lithium mine, which had operated as an underground mine from 1955 - 65. They are planning to carve an open pit mine over pegmatite dikes. (The pegmatite is about 1% lithium carbonate.) The mine is about 60km (40miles) north of Val-d'Or, 38km (24miles) southeast of Amos, and 15km (09miles) km west of Barraute. It is in the northeast corner of La Corne Township. Access to the mine is via paved road from Val d'Or.[7]
The current mayor of the city is Sébastien D'Astous, who took office on February 20, 2015, after winning a by-election[8] following the death in office of former Mayor Ulrick Chérubin in September 2014. In the by-election D'Astous, formerly a city councillor, defeated Donald Blanchet, who had served as interim mayor between Chérubin's death and the by-election.
In the National Assembly of Quebec, Amos is within the electoral district of Abitibi-Ouest, represented by Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Suzanne Blais. In the House of Commons of Canada, the city is in the Abitibi—Témiscamingue district, represented by Bloc Québécois MP Sébastien Lemire.
Amos is the seat of the judicial district of Abitibi.[9]
List of former mayors:[10]
Passenger trains no longer serve Amos, but the town once had a Canadian National Railway station.[13] Amos is served by Quebec highways 109, 111 and 395 and Amos/Magny Airport.
See main article: Media in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.