Pointe-Lebel

49°10′N 68°12′W / 49.167°N 68.200°W / 49.167; -68.200^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionCôte-NordRCMManicouaganConstitutedJanuary 1, 1964Government • MayorMichelle Martin • Federal ridingManicouagan • Prov. ridingRené-LévesqueArea • Total122.24 km² (47.20 sq mi) • Land85.54 km² (33.03 sq mi)Population • Total1,817 • Density21.2/km² (55/sq mi) • Pop (2016-21) 5.3% • Dwellings935Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code(s)418 and 581Highways R-138Websitewww.pointe-lebel.com

Pointe-Lebel is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Lebel had a population of 1,817 living in 857 of its 935 total private dwellings, a change of -5.3% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 85.54 km² (33.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 21.2/km² (55.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Population trend:

Historical census populations – Pointe-Lebel

Year Pop. ±% 1966 695 —     1971 756 +8.8% 1976 1,302 +72.2% 1981 1,573 +20.8% 1986 1,709 +8.6% 1991 1,818 +6.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 2,011 +10.6% 2001 1,931 −4.0% 2006 1,958 +1.4% 2011 1,973 +0.8% 2016 1,918 −2.8% 2021 1,817 −5.3%
Source: Statistics Canada[3][4]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 0.6%
• French as first language: 98.6%
• English and French as first language: 0.6%
• Other as first language: 0.3%

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