Lac-Walker
Unorganized territory
Lac Walker
Lac Walker
Lac-Walker is located in Côte-Nord region, Quebec
Lac-Walker
Lac-Walker
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 50°16′N 67°09′W / 50.267°N 67.150°W / 50.267; -67.150[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMSept-Rivières
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingDuplessis
Area
[2][3]
 • Total18,648.10 km2 (7,200.07 sq mi)
 • Land17,162.43 km2 (6,626.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total113
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 4.6%
 • Dwellings
59
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes

Lac-Walker is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up more than half of the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality.

The eponymous Lake Walker, named after Hovenden Walker, is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) long and has steep rock walls. It is located in the Port-Cartier-Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve, that offers many outdoor recreation activities.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2021: 113 (2016 to 2021 population change: 4.6%)
  • Population in 2016: 108
  • Population in 2011: 102
  • Population in 2006: 128
  • Population in 2001: 104
  • Population in 1996: 128
  • Population in 1991: 88

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 50 (total dwellings: 59)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149762". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Lac-Walker". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  3. 1 2 "Lac-Walker census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  4. ↑ "Lac Walker" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

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