Authier, Quebec

48°44′N 78°51′W / 48.733°N 78.850°W / 48.733; -78.850^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionAbitibi-TémiscamingueRCMAbitibi-OuestSettled1913ConstitutedSeptember 20, 1918Government • MayorYvon Gagné • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue • Prov. ridingAbitibi-OuestArea • Total143.54 km² (55.42 sq mi) • Land142.22 km² (54.91 sq mi)Population • Total290 • Density2.0/km² (5/sq mi) • Pop (2016-21) 8.2% • Dwellings134Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code819Highways R-111Websiteauthier.ao.ca/fr/

Authier is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 290 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was constituted on September 20, 1918, and is named after Hector Authier (1881–1971).^[1]

Historical census populations – Authier, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1976 461 —     1981 389 −15.6% 1986 381 −2.1% 1991 361 −5.2% 1996 324 −10.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 318 −1.9% 2006 247 −22.3% 2011 282 +14.2% 2016 268 −5.0% 2021 290 +8.2%
Population figures based on revised counts. Source: Statistics Canada[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 129 (total dwellings: 134)^[3]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.3%
• English and French as first language: 1.7%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[5]

• Mayor: Yvon Gagné
• Councillors: Nathalie Gaudette, Angèle Auger, Cindy Demers, Ghislain Desaulniers, Véronique Hince, François Deschênes

List of former mayors:

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• Rita Julien (...–2001)
• Pierre Lambert (2005–2013)
• Marcel Cloutier (2013–2022)
• Yvon Gagné (2022–present)