Waskaganish | |
Native Name: | ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥ Wâskâhîkaniš |
Settlement Type: | Cree village municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 197 |
Coordinates: | 51.2°N -124°W |
Coor Pinpoint: | 70, rue Waskaganish |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Nord-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | None |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | June 28, 1978 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Darlene Cheechoo |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Ungava |
Area Total Km2: | 294.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 277.76 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2006–11) |
Population Blank1: | N/A |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 0 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0M 1R0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Waskaganish (Cree: ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥ/Wâskâhîkaniš, Little House; in French pronounced as /waskaɡaniʃ/) is a Cree village municipality in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.
As with all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec, there is a counterpart Cree reserved land of the same name located nearby: Waskaganish. The village and reserve are home to The Crees of the Waskaganish First Nation.
Despite the title of "village municipality" and the formalities that go along with it (for instance, having a mayor), Statistics Canada lists it (and all other Cree village municipalities in Quebec) as having no resident population or residential infrastructure (dwellings); it is the Cree reserved lands that are listed as having population and residential dwellings in the 2016 census, 2011 census, the 2006 census, and earlier censuses.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Waskaganish had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, no change from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 274.22km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]