Les Hauteurs

Les Hauteurs (French pronunciation: [le otœʁ]) is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.

Les Hauteurs
Municipality
View of the village of Les Hauteurs
Location within La Mitis RCM
Les Hauteurs Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°23′N 68°07′W[1][3]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Mitis
Constituted	November 7, 1918
Government [4]
• Mayor	Gitane Michaud
• Federal riding	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [4][5]
• Total	104.40 km2 (40.31 sq mi)
• Land	102.92 km2 (39.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	485
• Density	4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	3.8%
• Dwellings	263
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0K 1C0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-298
Website	municipalite. leshauteurs.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Les Hauteurs had a population of 485 living in 217 of its 263 total private dwellings, a change of -3.8% from its 2016 population of 504. With a land area of 102.92 km² (39.74 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.7/km² (12.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

	2021	2016	2011
Population	485 (-3.8% from 2016)	504 (-3.8% from 2011)	524 (-9.0% from 2006)
Land area	102.92 km2 (39.74 sq mi)	103.04 km2 (39.78 sq mi)	102.28 km2 (39.49 sq mi)
Population density	4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Median age	45.6 (M: 48.4, F: 43.2)	44.9 (M: 47.5, F: 42.0)	44.9 (M: 47.5, F: 41.5)
Private dwellings	263 (total)  217 (occupied)	263 (total)	249 (total)
Median household income	$49,600	$40,064	$34,705

Canada census – Les Hauteurs community profile

References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec