La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality

La Côte-de-Gaspé (French pronunciation: [la kot də ɡaspe] ^ⓘ) is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.

La Côte-de-Gaspé
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Gaspé
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	François Roussy
Area [2][3]
• Total	4,347.89 km2 (1,678.73 sq mi)
• Land	4,088.39 km2 (1,578.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	17,547
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Change (2016-21)	2.5%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.cotedegaspe.ca

The regional county has a land area of 4,098.80 square kilometres (1,582.56 sq mi) and its population was 17,547 inhabitants as of the 2021 Census.^[3] Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Gaspé Murdochville

Municipalities (2) Grande-Vallée Petite-Vallée

Townships (1) Cloridorme

Unorganized Territory (2) Collines-du-Basque Rivière-Saint-Jean

Demographics

Gaspé

Population

	2021	2016	2011
Population	17,547 (+2.5% from 2016)	17,117 (-4.8% from 2011)	17,985 (+0.5% from 2006)
Land area	4,088.39 km2 (1,578.54 sq mi)	4,098.80 km2 (1,582.56 sq mi)	4,097.66 km2 (1,582.12 sq mi)
Population density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Median age	52.0 (M: 51.2, F: 52.4)	51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6)	48.4 (M: 47.9, F: 48.9)
Private dwellings	8,906 (total)  8,034 (occupied)	8,648 (total)	8,486 (total)
Median household income	$69,500	$57,676	$50,936

Canada census – La Côte-de-Gaspé community profile

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6]

Historical Census Data - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 20,903 —     1996 20,851 −0.2% 2001 18,545 −11.1% 2006 17,888 −3.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 17,985 +0.5% 2016 17,117 −4.8% 2021 17,547 +2.5%
[7][8][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][8][9]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		16,855		14,965	5.6%	88.8%		1,600	7.8%	9.5%		185	5.7%	1.1%		105	75.0%	0.6%
2011		17,830		15,860	3.0%	88.95%		1,735	9.6%	9.73%		175	59.1%	0.98%		60	71.4%	0.34%
2006		17,635		15,395	5.2%	87.30%		1,920	4.1%	10.89%		110	18.5%	0.62%		210	281.8%	1.19%
2001		18,275		16,240	9.6%	88.86%		1,845	22.0%	10.10%		135	37.2%	0.74%		55	10.0%	0.30%
1996		20,585		17,955	n/a	87.22%		2,365	n/a	11.49%		215	n/a	1.04%		50	n/a	0.24%

Transportation

Access Routes

Quebec Route 132 in Forillon National Park

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[10]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-132 R-197 R-198

Secondary Highways None

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec