Manicouagan Regional County Municipality
# Manicouagan Regional County Municipality

Manicouagan is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River with its seat in Baie-Comeau. It was created in 1981, and named after the Manicouagan River.

## Subdivisions

There are 9 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

## Demographics

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1991 | 36,108 | — |
| 1996 | 36,271 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 33,620 | −7.3% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2006 | 33,052 | −1.7% |
| 2011 | 32,012 | −3.1% |
| 2016 | 31,027 | −3.1% |

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, Quebec :

| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 30,765 | 28,035 | 3.1% | 91.13% | 220 | 2.2% | 0.72% | 95 | 5.6% | 0.31% | 2,415 | 2.4% | 7.85% |
| 2011 | 31,720 | 28,930 | 3.1% | 91.20% | 225 | 21.6% | 0.71% | 90 | 80.0% | 0.28% | 2,475 | 5.0% | 7.80% |
| 2006 | 32,695 | 29,855 | 2.4% | 91.31% | 185 | 24.5% | 0.57% | 50 | 44.4% | 0.15% | 2,605 | 6.8% | 7.97% |
| 2001 | 33,370 | 30,595 | 9.3% | 91.68% | 245 | 69.0% | 0.73% | 90 | 0.0% | 0.27% | 2,440 | 21.1% | 7.31% |
| 1996 | 35,990 | 33,740 | n/a | 93.75% | 145 | n/a | 0.40% | 90 | n/a | 0.25% | 2,015 | n/a | 5.60% |

## Transportation

### Access Routes

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

