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{{for|the lake|Lake Macamic}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Macamic
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
| image_skyline = Macamic QC 1.JPG
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x100px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x80px
| nickname =
| motto = ''Vois juste, probité engendre honneur'' ("Do right, integrity begets honour")
| image_map = Macamic Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|48|45|N|79|00|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes= <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Canada]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Quebec]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality|Abitibi-Ouest]]
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1913
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = March 6, 2002
| government_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot>{{cite web |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/87058/ |title=Macamic |work=Répertoire des municipalités |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |language=French |accessdate=2023-06-29}}</ref>
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Tony Boudreau
| leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1 = [[Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)|Abitibi—Témiscamingue]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2 = [[Abitibi-Ouest (provincial electoral district)|Abitibi-Ouest]]
| total_type = Total
| area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name=cp21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}}}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 240.62
| area_land_km2 = 202.05
| area_water_km2 =
| area_urban_km2 = 2.00
| area_urban_footnotes = <ref name=urban21>{{cite web |title=Macamic Quebec [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=macamic&DGUIDlist=2021S05100492&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref name=cp21/>
| population_total = 2744
| population_urban = 1352
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name=urban21/>
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 13.5
| population_density_urban_km2 = 676.0
| population_blank1_title= Pop <small>(2016-2021)</small>
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.3%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 1188
| population_note =
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0Z 2S0]]
| area_code = [[Area code 819|819]]
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|101}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|111}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|393}}
| website = {{Official URL|www.villemacamic.qc.ca}}
| footnotes =
}}
[[File:Macamic QC 2.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Rue Principale]]

'''Macamic''' ({{IPA|fr|makamik}}) is a ''[[ville]]'' in northwestern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], in the [[Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality]]. It covers 202 km² and had a population of 2,744 in the [[2021 Canadian census]]. It is located on the shores of the namesake [[Lake Macamic]].

In addition to Macamic itself, the town's territory also includes the community of Colombourg.

==History==
Colonization began at the time when the [[National Transcontinental Railway]] running through the Abitibi region was completed. The first pioneers, arriving circa 1913, were originally from [[Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec|Saint-Ignace-du-Lac]], [[Pierreville, Quebec|Pierreville]], [[Princeville, Quebec|Stanfold]], [[Nicolet, Quebec|Nicolet]], and [[Shawinigan]]. They settled south of Lake Macamic and the new settlement took the lake's name, often written also as Makamik. In the [[Algonquin language]], the name ''Makamik'' means "limping beaver", from ''makis'' (crippled or disabled) and ''amik'' (beaver).<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=37692 |title=Macamic (Ville) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |accessdate=2011-01-05 |language=French}}</ref>

In 1914, Makamik had 100 residents. In 1915, the year the post office opened, it had grown to 300, and the following year, when the Parish of Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste-de-Macamic was formed, there were 500 persons. By 1918, the population had jumped to 1750 and the area was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Royal-Roussillon-et-Poularies, named after the [[54th Infantry Regiment (France)|Royal-Roussillon Regiment]] of Montcalm's army and after lieutenant-colonel François-Médard de Poularies, commander of this regiment.<ref name=toponymie/><ref name=M4>{{cite web |url=http://www.villemacamic.qc.ca/fr/a-propos/details.cfm?ID=4 |title=Les carillons |publisher=Ville de Macamic |accessdate=2011-01-06 |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610182859/http://www.villemacamic.qc.ca/fr/a-propos/details.cfm?ID=4 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1919, the village itself separated from the united township and was incorporated as Village Municipality of Macamic, having a population of 2300 persons by 1920. In 1924, Poularies Township also separated from Royal-Roussillon-et-Poularies, which became the Parish Municipality of Royal-Roussillon-de-Macamic in 1952, and officially shortened to just Macamic in 1961.<ref name=toponymie/>

In 1955, the Village Municipality of Macamic changed its status to town (''ville''), and was regrouped with the Parish Municipality of Macamic on June 13, 2001, to form the new Town of Macamic. On March 2, 2002, the Municipality of Colombourg (incorporated in 1926) was merged into Macamic.<ref name=toponymie/>

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Macamic had a population of {{val|2744|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1142|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1188|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2744-2751}}|2751|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2751|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|202.05|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2744|202.05|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=cp21/>

{{Canada census
|location = Macamic
|2021_population=2,744 | 2021_pop_delta=-0.3 | 2021_land_area=202.05 | 2021_pop_density=13.6
|2021_median_age=43.6 | 2021_median_age_m=43.6 | 2021_median_age_f=43.6
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,188 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,142 |2021_mean_hh_income=73,500
|2021_geocode=2021A00052487058 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=2,751 | 2016_pop_delta=+0.6 | 2016_land_area=202.70 | 2016_pop_density=13.6
|2016_median_age=45.8 | 2016_median_age_m=44.6 | 2016_median_age_f=46.8
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,179 | 2016_mean_hh_income=62,763 | 2016_access_date=2023-06-29
|2011_population=2,734 | 2011_pop_delta=+0.3 | 2011_land_area=202.34 | 2011_pop_density=13.5
|2011_median_age=46.5 | 2011_median_age_m=46.6 | 2011_median_age_f=46.3
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,148 | 2011_mean_hh_income=60,961 | 2011_access_date=2024-10-09
|notes=
}}

{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Macamic
|align = none
|cols = 3
|percentages =
|footnote = Between 2001 and 2006, the parish of Macamic and the municipality of Colombourg merged with the city of Macamic.
|source = <ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
| 1921 |1104
| 1931 |821
| 1941 |645
| 1951 |1123
| 1956 |1388
| 1961 |1614
| 1966 |1770
| 1971 |1705
| 1976 |1733
| 1981 |1791
| 1986 |1821
| 1991 |1833
| 1996 |1711
| 2001 |1519
| 2006 |2726
| 2011 |2734
| 2016 |2751
| 2021 |2744
| graph-pos=
}}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Macamic, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|2,680}}
|
| 2,650
| {{increase}} 1.5%
| 98.9%
|
| 15
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.6%
|
| 5
| {{decrease}} 50.0%
| 0.2%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} 100.0%
| 0.4%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|2,645}}
|
| 2,610
| {{increase}} 1.4%
| 98.7%
|
| 15
| {{increase}} 50.0%
| 0.6%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} 100.0%
| 0.4%
|
| 5
| {{decrease}} 50.0%
| 0.2%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|2,600}}
|
| 2,575
| {{increase}} 1.6%
| 99.0%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.4%
|
| 5
| {{decrease}} 50.0%
| 0.2%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.4%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|2,550}}
|
| 2,535
| {{increase}} 5.5%
| 99.4%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.0%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.4%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.0%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|1,375}}
|
| 1,380
| {{decrease}} 7.7%
| 100.0%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.0%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.0%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.0%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|1,500}}
|
| 1,495
| n/a
| 99.7%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.0%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.0%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.0%
|}

==Government==
Municipal council (as of 2024):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.villemacamic.qc.ca/fr/page/index.cfm?PageID=9 | title=Ville de Macamic }}</ref>
* Mayor: Tony Boudreau
* Councillors: Gaétan Morin, Francine Néron, Cindy Boucher, Miriam Bruneau, Ghislain Brunet, Michel Deschênes

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):
* Daniel Rancourt (2002–2013)
* Claude Nelson Morin (2013–2017)
* Lina Lafrenière (2017–2023)
* Tony Boudreau (2024–present)

=== Political representation ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+Macamic federal election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Macamic)|publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Bloc Québécois]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''303''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 16%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''202''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | '''43%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''538''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''74''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 2%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''27''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 19%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''272''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 30%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''431''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | '''38%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''556''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''105''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''43''
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|
! [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 28%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''223''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 4%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''33''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''175''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | '''44%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''349''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 2%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''14''
|-
! [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''60''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 10%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''102''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | 27%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''284''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | '''56%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''592''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 1%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''12''
|-
| rowspan="3" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|
! [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''202''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 18%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''168''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | '''47%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''432''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 10%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''92''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''25''
|-
! [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 12%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''117''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 28%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''279''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | '''48%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''481''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 11%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''109''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 2%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''24''
|-
! [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 32%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''308''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''61''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | '''56%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''533''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 2%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''20''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''30''
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+Macamic provincial election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/results-and-statistics/general-election-results/2018-10-01/ |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Macamic)|date=3 December 2021 |publisher=Elections Québec |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Coalition Avenir Québec|CAQ]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Québec solidaire|QC solidaire]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Parti Québécois]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ}}|
! [[2022 Quebec general election|2022]]
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | '''42%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| ''375''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | 4%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''33''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 18%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| ''157''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | 26%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''227''
|-
! [[2018 Quebec general election|2018]]
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | '''43%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| ''668''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | 14%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''220''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 16%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| ''245''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''344''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|
! [[2014 Quebec general election|2014]]
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| ''265''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | '''36%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''541''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| ''104''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | 36%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''539''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ}}|
! [[2012 Quebec general election|2012]]
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | 21%
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| ''226''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''262''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| ''60''
| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | '''44%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| ''471''
|-
|}

Federally, Macamic is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the [[2021 Canadian federal election]], the incumbent [[Sébastien Lemire]] of the [[Bloc Québécois]] was re-elected to represent the population Macamic in the [[House of Commons of Canada]].

Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the [[2022 Quebec general election]] the incumbent MNA [[Suzanne Blais]], of the [[Coalition Avenir Québec]], was re-elected to represent the population of Macamic in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.villemacamic.qc.ca/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Macamic
| North = [[Chazel]]
| Northeast = [[Authier-Nord]]
| East = [[Authier, Quebec|Authier]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Palmarolle]], [[Poularies, Quebec|Poularies]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg, Quebec|Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg]]
| Northwest = [[La Sarre]]
}}
{{Abitibi-Ouest RCM|state=expanded}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1913]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in Quebec]]

Macamic - Revision history

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