Pontiac is a county regional municipality MRC Pontiac in the Outaouais region of Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac

Pontiac, Quebec

Pontiac is a municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality on the Rivière des Outaouais , created through the forced amalgamation of North and South Onslow, Quyon, Eardlyy, and Luskville. It should not be confused with the Pontiac Regional...

, which is located inside the county regional municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau which is to the south...

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Demographics

Population: 14,586 in 2006, up 0.1 % from 2001.

Language: English is the language most often spoken at home by 64.8% of the MRC Pontiac population, and French is the language most often spoken at home by 34.4%.

41.6% of the population knows only English, 6.6% knows only French, and 51.8% is bilingual.

(Source: Canada 2006 Census)

Communities

The Pontiac MRC comprises 18 communities. Campbell's Bay

Campbell's Bay, Quebec

Campbell's Bay is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec. Its population in 2001 was 766. It is the county seat and is home to most government offices for the county, including the Sûreté du Québec, and has French and English elementary schools. Campbell's Bay is in...

 is the county seat.

• Municipalities
  • Alleyn-et-Cawood
    Alleyn-et-Cawood, Quebec
    Alleyn-et-Cawood is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its main population centre is Danford Lake, located along Route 301....
    
     (Danford Lake)
  • Bristol
  • Bryson
  • Campbell's Bay
    Campbell's Bay, Quebec
    Campbell's Bay is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec. Its population in 2001 was 766. It is the county seat and is home to most government offices for the county, including the Sûreté du Québec, and has French and English elementary schools. Campbell's Bay is in...
    
    
  • Clarendon
    Clarendon, Quebec
    Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario....
    
    
  • L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
    L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Quebec
    L'Isle-aux-Allumettes is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Allumette Island , and also includes Morrison Island, Marcotte Island, and some minor islets, all in the Ottawa River north of...
    
     (Allumette Island)
  • L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island)
  • Litchfield
    Litchfield, Quebec
    Southern small part...
    
    
  • Mansfield-et-Pontefract
    Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec
    Mother tongue:* English as first language: 15.8 %* French as first language: 82.7 %* English and French as first language: 0 %* Other as first language: 1.5 %Population trend:* Population in 2006: 2043* Population in 2001: 2077* Population in 1996: 2115...
    
    
  • Otter Lake
    Otter Lake, Quebec
    Otter Lake is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was known as Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield until 2004.-Geography:...
    
     (formerly Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield)
  • Rapides-des-Joachims
    Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec
    Rapides-des-Joachims is a municipality and village in western Quebec, Canada, part of Pontiac County in the Outaouais region. The village is situated on Rapides-des-Joachims Island on the Ottawa River, about 100 km northwest of Fort-Coulonge...
    
    
  • Shawville
  • Sheenboro
    Sheenboro, Quebec
    Sheenboro is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its territory stretches along the north shore of the Ottawa River from Chichester to Rapides-des-Joachims....
    
     (formerly Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff)
  • Thorne
    Thorne, Quebec
    Thorne is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, about northwest of Downtown Gatineau, part of the Outaouais region.It is named after a town with the same name in Yorkshire, England...
    
    
  • Waltham
    Waltham, Quebec
    Waltham is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Noire River, along the north shore of the Ottawa River at Allumette Island....
    
    

• Village municipalities
  • Fort-Coulonge
  • Portage-du-Fort
    Portage-du-Fort, Quebec
    Portage-du-Fort is a village and municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the southwest corner of the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada...
    
    
• Township municipalities
  • Chichester
    Chichester, Quebec
    Chichester is a township and village in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Pontiac Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 388 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    

The Pontiac MRC also includes Lac-Nilgaut

Lac-Nilgaut, Quebec

Lac-Nilgaut is a vast unorganized territory in the Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada. With a surface area of , it takes up over 70% of the northern portion of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 20...

, a large unorganized territory to the north of the 18 municipalities.

External links

• Pontiac MRC Gateway

http://pontiacportal.qc.ca