Bouchette

Bouchette is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of Gatineau. Its territory is along both shores of the Gatineau River and the western shores of Thirty-One Mile Lake.

Bouchette
Municipality
Bouchette
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°13′N 75°58′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionOutaouais
RCMLa Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
ConstitutedMarch 22, 1980
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéjean Major
 • Federal ridingPontiac
 • Prov. ridingGatineau
Area
[2][3]
 • Total143.30 km2 (55.33 sq mi)
 • Land122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total695
 • Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
 −4.9%
 • Dwellings
629
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0X 1E0
Area code(s)819
Websitewww.bouchette.ca

Agriculture is an important economic activity, along with outdoor tourism. It has less than 700 residents but approximately 1075 cottage owners.[4]

There is a variety of services in Bouchette: school, post office, municipal services, grocery and hardware stores, restaurants, accommodation, construction contractors, camping.[4]

History

The Bouchette Township was proclaimed in 1858 and the Township Municipality was formed in 1872. It was named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette (1774-1841).[5]

The township of Cameron between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake was proclaimed in 1854 and named in honour of Canadian businessman and politician Malcolm Cameron.[5]

In 1980, the townships of Bouchette and Cameron merged, forming the new Municipality of Bouchette.

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2021: 695 (2016 to 2021 population change: -4.9%)
  • Population in 2016: 731
  • Population in 2011: 786
  • Population in 2006: 718
  • Population in 2001: 701
    • 2001 to 2006 population change: 2.4%
  • Population in 1996: 722
  • Population in 1991: 688

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 347

Languages:

  • French as first language: 81%
  • English as first language: 19%

References
  1. Reference number 94939 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 83050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
  4. "Bouchette" (in French). MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  5. "Bouchette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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