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!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Tuque, Quebec

Economy

thumb|right|The paper mill in La Tuque

The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station.

As the gateway to the upper Mauricie, La Tuque's economy also offers outdoor tourism opportunities and caters to hunting and fishing trips in its large hinterland, which is partially regulated by the following :

  • Zec de la Croche
  • Zec de la Bessonne
  • Zec Borgia
  • Zec Frémont
  • Zec du Gros-Brochet
  • Zec Jeannotte, Québec
  • Zec Kiskissink
  • Zec Menokeosawin
  • Zec Tawachiche
  • Zec Wessonneau

Government

Urban agglomeration

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upright=1|thumb|right|Urban area of La Tuque City seen from west shore of Saint-Maurice River

The Urban agglomeration of La Tuque is an urban agglomeration that consists of:

  • the city of La Tuque,
  • the municipality of La Bostonnais,
  • the municipality of Lac-Édouard.

The agglomeration comprises the elements of the redefined city of La Tuque as it existed after amalgamation on March 26, 2003, including the two municipalities that chose to de-merge on January 1, 2006.

The agglomeration of La Tuque succeeded to the regional county municipality of Haut-Saint-Maurice, which was created in 1982 from part of the Quebec ridings's (county's) of Champlain electoral district, of Quebec electoral district of Saint-Maurice and of Abitibi. Le Haut-Saint-Maurice was dissolved during the merger of all municipalities in 2003 to create the city of La Tuque. Following the referendum on recreating La Bostonnais and Lac-Édouard, the agglomeration of La Tuque was created to allow municipalities to manage in common some competencies.

Census division

La Tuque is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division of Quebec, with geographical code 90. The TE of La Tuque consists of:

  • the municipalities of the urban agglomeration of La Tuque, namely

:*the city of La Tuque

:*the municipality of La Bostonnais

:*the municipality of Lac-Édouard

  • three Indian reserves, namely

:*Coucoucache

:*Wemotaci

:*Obedjiwan

List of mayors

The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. La Tuque has had fifteen mayors, since its incorporation as a city.

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! #

! Mayor

! Taking office

! Leaving

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| 1

| Wenceslas Plante

| 1911

| 1915

|-

| 2

| Alphondor Roy

| 1915

| 1920

|-

| 3

| Donat E. Hardy

| 1920

| 1921

|-

| 4

| Wellie Juneau

| 1921

| 1921

|-

| 5

| Réal Gravel

| 1921

| 1923

|-

| 1

| Wenceslas Plante

| 1923

| 1927

|-

| 6

| François-Xavier Lamontagne

| 1927

| 1935

|-

| 7

| Joseph-Omer Journeault

| 1935

| 1944

|-

| 8

| Omer Veillette

| 1944

| 1947

|-

| 7

| Joseph-Omer Journeault

| 1947

| 1951

|-

| 9

| Léo-Joffre Pilon

| 1951

| 1955

|-

| 10

| J.-Onésime Dallaire

| 1955

| 1961

|-

| 11

| Lucien Filion

| 1961

| 1985

|-

| 12

| Clément Filion

| 1985

| 1985

|-

| 13

| André Duchesneau

| 1985

| 1991

|-

| 14

| Gaston Fortin

| 1991

| 2003

|-

| 15

| Réjean Gaudreault

| 2003

| 2009

|-

| 16

| Normand Beaudoin

| 2009

| 2017

|-

| 17

| Pierre-David Tremblay

| 2017

| 2021

|-

| 19

| Luc Martel

| 2021

| 2025

|-

| 20

| Pierre Pacarar

| 2025

|

|}

Infrastructure

The main highway is Quebec Route 155 that connects La Tuque with Shawinigan to the south and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region to the north. Numerous forest roads provide access to remote hunting and fishing camps. The village of Parent is accessible from the east by a long gravel road from La Tuque and from the west by a long gravel road from Mont-Saint-Michel in the Laurentides.

thumb|La Tuque Railway Station

The Canadian National Railway dissects La Tuque's territory. This railway, built in 1910 by the National Transcontinental Railway, connected Quebec City to the Canadian Prairies and goes through vast wilderness areas of northern Quebec and Ontario. While it was intended to ship grain from the prairies to the Port of Quebec and to open up virgin territories, it never carried much rail traffic. However, it is still serviced by Via Rail at the La Tuque railway station and Parent railway station, with request stops at Fitzpatrick, Oskélanéo, and Clova. Other sidings along the line are Casey, Hibbard, Cann, Sanmaur, Vandry, Windigo, and Rapide-Blanc-Station.

The La Tuque Airport is located directly south of the town's centre on Ducharme boulevard. La Tuque Water Aerodrome is located just north of the city centre.

Notable people

  • Mathieu Fortin, writer
  • Maude Guérin, actress
  • Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist
  • Sylvie Roy, politician
  • James Renald, musician
  • Gaétan Barrette, politician
  • Steven Guilbeault, politician

See also

  • La Tuque Water Aerodrome
  • 21st-century municipal history of Quebec
  • Municipal reorganization in Quebec

References

  • City of La Tuque official website