Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Explained

Antoine-Labelle
Settlement Type:	Regional county municipality
Coordinates:	46.8833°N -95°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Laurentides
Established Title:	Effective
Established Date:	January 1, 1983
Seat Type:	County seat
Seat:	Mont-Laurier
Government Type:	Prefecture
Leader Title:	Prefect
Leader Name:	Roger Lapointe
Area Total Km2:	16229.50
Area Land Km2:	14976.99
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	35,243
Population As Of:	2016
Population Density Km2:	2.4
Population Blank1 Title:	Change 2011-2016
Population Blank1:	0.2%
Population Blank2 Title:	Dwellings
Population Blank2:	23,399
Timezone:	EST
Utc Offset:	−5
Timezone Dst:	EDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−4
Postal Code Type:	Postal code(s)
Area Code:	819

Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle.

Subdivisions

There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)

Municipalities (14)

Villages (1)

Lac-Saguay

Unorganized Territory (11)

Demographics

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census	Total
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
		33,630	0.1%	97.3%	485	2.0%	1.4%	140	17.6%	0.4%	320	16.4%	0.9%
		33,590	0.4%	97.28%	495	8.8%	1.43%	170	47.8%	0.49%	275	47.1%	0.80%
		33,445	5.8%	96.84%	455	12.3%	1.32%	115	21.1%	0.33%	520	108.0%	1.51%
		31,605	1.6%	97.68%	405	2.4%	1.25%	95	17.4%	0.29%	250	28.2%	0.77%
		32,105	n/a	97.79%	415	n/a	1.26%	115	n/a	0.35%	195	n/a	0.59%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[2]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal Highways

Secondary Highways

External Routes
- None

Airports

Rivière-Rouge/Mont-Tremblant International Airport (La Macaza)
Aéroport de Mont-Laurier (Mont-Laurier)
Hydrobase Ste-Véronique (Rivière-Rouge, secteur Sainte-Véronique)

Protected Areas

Mont-Tremblant National Park
Information Centers/ Camp Areas:

Lac Cache
Post d'accueil de la Cache

Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve
Information Centers/ Camp Areas:

Accueil Pie IX
Benjamin
Camp de gardien
Camp du gardien (on Lac Joinville)
Camp du gardien (on Lac Ernest)
Caragana
Corbeau
De l'Averse
De l'Hote
Desaulniers
Du Sourd
Entree Benjamin
Entree Corbeau
Entree Du Sourd
Entree Louvigny
Fascinant
Flood
Heron
Lac-du-Sourd
Lac-Ernest
Lac-Joinville
Lagace
Leclerc
Le Mesange/Vieux Foyer
Letourneau
Quatre-Temps
Sept Freres
Tarte
Travers
Wisik/Calliergon/Trille

Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve
Information Centers/ Camp Areas:

Entree de La Macaza
Poste d'accueil de La Macaza
Poste d'accueil de l'Ascension

Zones d'exploitation contrôlée

ZEC Le Sueur
ZEC Mitchinamecus
ZEC Normandie
ZEC Petawaga

Attractions

Armand-Lachaine Covered Bridge [1906] (Chute-Saint-Philippe)
Exposition de Mont-Laurier Centre (Mont-Laurier)
Ferme-Rouge Covered Bridge [1903] (Kiamika/Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles)
La Gare Centre of Exposition [1903] (L'Annonciation)
Macaza Covered Bridge [1904] (La Macaza)
Mont-Laurier Airport (Des Ruisseaux)
P'tit-train du Nord trail

External links

MRC d'Antoine-Labelle

Notes and References

Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Antoine-Labelle, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec ]. 8 February 2017 . Statistics Canada . November 27, 2019.
http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map