Pontiac (Quebec)
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Coordinates(602, route 301, Campbell's Bay): 45°43′41″N 76°35′43″W / 45.72806, -76.59528
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
Incorporated	January 1, 1983
Area
- Land	12,984.49 km² (5,013.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	14,586
- Density	1.1/km² (2.8/sq mi)
- Change ~2001	+0.1%
- Dwellings	8,993
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
Website: www.mrcpontiac.qc.ca

Location of Pontiac in Outaouais Region

Pontiac is a county regional municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located inside the county regional municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.

Demographics

Population: 14,586 in 2006, up 0.1 % from 2001.

Language: The Pontiac MRC is primarily but not overwhelmingly anglophone; in the Canada 2006 Census, 56.7 % identified English as their first language, 41.1 % said it was French, 0.8 % listed both, and 1.4 % listed other.

Communities

The Pontiac MRC is comprised of 18 communities; Campbell's Bay is the county seat.

• Municipalities
  • Alleyn-et-Cawood (Danford Lake)
  • Bristol
  • Bryson
  • Campbell's Bay
  • Clarendon
  • L'Isle-aux-Allumettes (Allumette Island)
  • L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island)
  • Litchfield
  • Mansfield-et-Pontefract
  • Otter Lake (formerly Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield)
  • Rapides-des-Joachims
  • Shawville
  • Sheenboro (formerly Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff)
  • Thorne
  • Waltham

• Village municipalities
  • Fort-Coulonge
  • Portage-du-Fort
• Township municipalities
  • Chichester

The Pontiac MRC also includes Lac-Nilgaut, a large unorganized territory to the north of the 18 municipalities.

See also

• Esprit Lodge
• Cycloparc PPJ

References

• Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec

External links

• Pontiac MRC Gateway (English-language version)

v • d • e  Administrative divisions of Outaouais  (Region 07) Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census). Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Papineau · Gatineau · Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais · La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau · Pontiac Major1 municipalities Thurso · Gatineau · Val-des-Monts · Cantley · Chelsea · Pontiac · La Pêche · Gracefield · Maniwaki Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 45°31′35″N, 76°7′23.8″W

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