| Saint-Octave-de-Métis | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish 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: | April 25, 1908 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Maxime Richard-Dubé |
| Leader Title1: | |
| Leader Name1: | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area Total Km2: | 75.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 75.16 |
| Population Total: | 493 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 221 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0J 3B0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
The first settlers began arriving in this area, called "Métis" around 1840. In 1855, the municipality of Métis was officially founded. In 1859, a sector of Métis splitted and became the new municipality of Mac Nider. One year later, in 1960, Métis changed is name to Saint-Octave the Métis. The municipality lost signification portions of its territory twice before the end of the 18 century. First in 1878 for the creation of Saint-Moïse and again in 1897 for the creation of Petit-Métis. Finally in 1908, Saint-Octave-de-Métis was divied in two distinct municipalities: Saint-Octave-de-Métis and Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud.
This municipality was therefore officially created in 1908 under the name Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud. and was created by the division of Saint-Octave-de-Métis. In 1931, the original municipality of Saint-Octave-de-Métis changed its name to Grand-Métis, therefore, Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud took the current name of Saint-Ocatve-de-Métis. In 1952, Saint-Octave-de-Métis lost an important portion of its territory for the creation of Les Boules, which as since been merged with Métis-sur-Mer.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Octave-de-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 75.16km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]