Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality
Caniapiscau | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W / 52.783°N 67.083°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Fermont |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Martin St-Laurent |
| Area | |
• Total | 80,398.08 km2 (31,041.87 sq mi) |
| • Land | 64,936.44 km2 (25,072.10 sq mi) |
| Total area excludes reserves | |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,838 |
| • Density | 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) | 1.1% |
| • Dwellings | 2,263 |
| Includes reserves | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Caniapiscau (French pronunciation: [kanjapisko]) is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Fermont.
The census groups Caniapiscau RCM with neighbouring Sept-Rivières into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the 2021 Canadian census, the combined population was 38,240. The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 3838, about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.