Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality


Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 1982, and dissolved on March 26, 2003, when it was amalgamated in its entirety into the new City of La Tuque. The La Tuque census division, a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality, is contiguous with the former Le Haut-Saint-Maurice RCM.
Based on the last census prior to its dissolution, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice consisted of:
NameType/statusLand area in km22001 population1996 population
La TuqueVille579.4611,29812,102
La BostonnaisMunicipality287.37529524
La CrocheMunicipality400.56549539
Lac-ÉdouardMunicipality916.23137155
ParentVillage municipality34.81326387
KiskissinkUnorganized territory1,860.441014
Lac-BerlinguetUnorganized territory939.7000
Lac-des-MoiresUnorganized territory113.3400
Lac-PellerinUnorganized territory58.7000
Lac-TourlayUnorganized territory38.0200
ObedjiwanUnorganized territory7,255.146448
Petit-Lac-WayagamacUnorganized territory644.3600
Rivière-WindigoUnorganized territory13,182.20241204
Totals *26,350.1215,86216,293

Following a 2004 referendum, the municipalities of La Bostonnais and Lac-Édouard separated from La Tuque and were reestablished on January 1, 2006. They are no longer incorporated within any regional county municipality, but remains part of the urban agglomeration of La Tuque.