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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Maria-Chapdelaine
| official_name            = 
| settlement_type          = [[Regional county municipality]]
| image_skyline            = 
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = 
| image_map                = Quebec MRC Maria-Chapdelaine location map.svg
| coordinates              = {{coord|48|59|N|72|17|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint            = 
| coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]]
| established_title        = Effective
| established_date         = January 1, 1983
| seat_type                = County seat
| seat                     = [[Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec|Dolbeau-Mistassini]]
| government_footnotes     = <ref name="mamrot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/mrc/920/ |title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227164707/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/mrc/920/ |archive-date=2016-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Regional county municipality#Governance and responsibilities|Prefecture]]
| leader_title             = Prefect
| leader_name              = Luc Simard
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2492&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=maria-ch&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 38056.70
| area_land_km2            = 36768.21
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_water_percent       = 
| area_urban_km2           = 
| area_metro_km2           = 
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="census2021">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2032 Census Maria-Chapdelaine, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Maria%2DChapdelaine&DGUIDlist=2021A00032492&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total         = 24,149
| population_as_of         = 2021
| population_density_km2   = 0.7
| population_urban         = 
| population_density_urban_km2 = 
| population_metro         = 
| population_density_metro_km2 = 
| population_blank1_title  = Change<br><small>(2016-2021)</small>
| population_blank1        = {{decrease}} 2.6
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
| population_blank2_title  = Dwellings
| population_blank2        = 12,185
| 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              = 
| area_codes                = [[Area codes 418 and 581|418 and 581]]
| blank_name               = 
| blank_info               = 
| blank1_name              = 
| blank1_info              = 
| website                  = {{URL|www.mrcdemaria-chapdelaine.ca}}
| footnotes                = <ref name="cp2011"/>
}}

'''Maria-Chapdelaine''' is a [[regional county municipality]] in the [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada. Its seat is in [[Dolbeau-Mistassini]].

It runs from [[Lac Saint-Jean]] in the south to the deep interior of northern Quebec in the north.

==Subdivisions==
There are 15 subdivisions within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>

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;Cities & Towns (2)
* [[Dolbeau-Mistassini]]
* [[Normandin, Quebec|Normandin]]
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;Municipalities (8)
* [[Albanel, Quebec|Albanel]]
* [[Girardville, Quebec|Girardville]]
* [[Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Quebec|Notre-Dame-de-Lorette]]
* [[Péribonka, Quebec|Péribonka]]
* [[Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines, Quebec|Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines]]
* [[Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay, Quebec|Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay]]
* [[Saint-Stanislas, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec|Saint-Stanislas]]
* [[Saint-Thomas-Didyme, Quebec|Saint-Thomas-Didyme]]
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;Parishes (1)
* [[Saint-Augustin, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec|Saint-Augustin]]
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;Villages (1)
* [[Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec|Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc]]
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;Unorganized Territory (3)
* [[Passes-Dangereuses, Quebec|Passes-Dangereuses]]
* [[Rivière-Mistassini, Quebec|Rivière-Mistassini]]
* [[Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Proulx]]
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==Transportation==
===Access Routes===
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:<ref>[http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map]</ref>

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;Autoroutes
* None
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;Principal Highways
* {{jct|state=QC|QC|169}}
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;Secondary Highways
* {{jct|state=QC|QC|373}}
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;External Routes
* None
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== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the RCM of Maria-Chapdelaine had a population of 24,149 living in 10,967 of its 12,185 total private dwellings, a change of -2.6% from its 2016 population of 24,793. With a land area of {{convert|35,501.49|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|24149|35501|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="2021census">{{cite web |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 |accessdate=August 29, 2022 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref>

In 2021, the median age was 50.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. [[French language|French]] was the [[mother tongue]] of 99.0% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues were the related languages of [[Atikamekw language|Atikamekw]] and [[Montagnais (language)|Innu]] at 0.3% total, followed by [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] at 0.3% each. 0.3% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.1% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue.

As of 2021, [[First Nations in Canada|Indigenous peoples]] comprised 6.8% of the population, and visible minorities contributed 1.1%. The largest visible minority groups in the RCM of Maria-Chapdelaine are Black (0.5%), Arab (0.2%), and Latin American (0.2%).

In 2021, 79.1% of the population identified as [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], while 13.6% said they had no religious affiliation. [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] were the largest religious minority, making up 0.6% of the population. [[Muslims]] were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up just over 0.1% of the population.

Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
!Ethnic origin
!2021
|-
|''[[Canadians|Canadian]]''
|42.1%
|-
|[[French people|French]]
|21.0%
|-
|[[Québécois people|Québécois]]
|15.4%
|-
|[[French Canadians|French Canadian]]
|9.4%
|-
|[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]]
|4.2%
|-
|[[Métis]]
|2.7%
|-
|[[Irish people|Irish]]
|1.6%
|-
|[[Innu]]
|1.2%
|-
|[[Acadians|Acadian]]
|1.0%
|}
{{clear left}}<small>''(Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses).''</small>

==See also==
* [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |141059}}</ref>
<ref name="cp2011">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2492&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Maria-Chapdelaine&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, Quebec]</ref>
}}

{{Geographic location
 | title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
 | Northwest = 
 | North = [[Jamésie, Quebec|Jamésie TE]]
 | Northeast = 
 | West = [[Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality|Le Domaine-du-Roy RCM]]
 | Centre = Maria-Chapdelaine RCM
 | East = [[Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality|Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM]]
 | Southwest = 
 | South = [[Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality|Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM]]
 | Southeast = 
}}
{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality| ]]
[[Category:Dolbeau-Mistassini]]