Gallichan

Gallichan
Municipality
Motto(s):  Deus primus servatus ("God was the first to be saved")
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Gallichan Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1922
Constituted	January 1, 1958
Government
• Mayor	Serge Marquis
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area
• Total	98.25 km2 (37.93 sq mi)
• Land	73.61 km2 (28.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	488
• Density	6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	4.3%
• Dwellings	304
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2B0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	gallichan.ao.ca

Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 488 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958, and was called Saint-Laurent until 1986.

Demographics

Historical census populations – Gallichan

Year Pop. ±% 1961 672 —     1966 614 −8.6% 1971 482 −21.5% 1976 440 −8.7% 1981 454 +3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 487 +7.3% 1991 482 −1.0% 1996 478 −0.8% 2001 476 −0.4% 2006 458 −3.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 484 +5.7% 2016 468 −3.3% 2021 488 +4.3%
Source: Statistics Canada

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 229 (total dwellings: 304)

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 1%
• French as first language: 99%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Local government

Municipal council (2023):

• Mayor: Serge Marquis
• Councillors: Daniel Bélanger, Francine Lehouiller, Sonia Rivard, Valérie Bruneau, Nancy Shink

External links

• Media related to Gallichan, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website