Baie-Johan-Beetz
Baie-Johan-Beetz
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Baie-Johan-Beetz is a municipality and village in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada, located some 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has the lowest population of all incorporated places in the Côte-Nord region.
Baie-Johan-Beetz | |
|---|---|
Le château | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′N 62°48′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Minganie |
| Constituted | 1 January 1966 |
| Named for | Johan Beetz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Martin Côté |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 525.40 km2 (202.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 360.28 km2 (139.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 81 |
| • Density | 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  14.7% |
| • Dwellings | 46 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Within the AST legislated time zone boundary but observes EST[5]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138 |
| Website | www |
Joseph Tanguay, originally from Berthier, settled at the Little Watshishou River in 1854. Tanguay and his sons fished mostly for salmon on the Piashti, Corneille, Petite Watshishou, Watshishou and Quetachou rivers. In 1862 Tanguay moved to Baie Piashti.[6] Other early settlers came from the Magdalen Islands. The place was originally identified as "Piastre Bay", from the Innu expression piashite-pets, meaning "there where the water passes over/on top", or possibly originating from the word piashtibé, meaning "dry bay" or "where the water rises", which is a reference to the local bay that during low tide runs dry.[1]
The bay's name was spelled in a variety of ways, including Piashti Bay, Pillage Bay, Baie-de-Pillage, Piastibe, Piashte Bay, and Piestebé. Perhaps for this reason, its residents expressed a desire to change the village's name to Baie-Johan-Beetz in 1910. Johan Beetz (1874-1949) was a Belgian naturalist, who lived in the Bay from 1897 to 1922. He had moved there to breed fur animals, particularly foxes, and built a luxurious manor that residents today call le château (the castle). The bay was renamed in 1914, but the name was not officially adopted until 1965 when the place was incorporated.[1]
In 1996, Highway 138 was extended to Baie-Johan-Beetz, linking it to the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre and thereby breaking its isolation.[1]
Population
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 84 (-2.3% from 2016) | 81 (-14.7% from 2006) |
| Land area | 327.46 km2 (126.43 sq mi) | 360.28 km2 (139.10 sq mi) |
| Population density | 0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi) | 0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi) |
| Median age | 60.0 (M: 60.0, F: 61.2) | 53.8 (M: 49.5, F: 55.0) |
| Private dwellings | 58 (total) 44 (occupied) | 46 (total) |
| Median household income | $.N/A | $.N/A |
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Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue – Baie-Johan-Beetz, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
80 |
80 | 11.1% |
100.00% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
2006 |
90 |
90 |  5.6% |
100.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
2001 |
85 |
85 | 5.9% |
100.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
80 |
80 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
| Climate data for Baie-Johan-Beetz | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11 (52) |
16.5 (61.7) |
32 (90) |
29 (84) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29 (84) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
32 (90) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4 (39) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14 (57) |
7.8 (46.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6 (43) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.1 (−2.4) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.8 (−36.0) |
−38 (−36) |
−35 (−31) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−33.9 (−29.0) |
−38 (−36) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.4 (2.85) |
40.4 (1.59) |
60.5 (2.38) |
56.8 (2.24) |
90.8 (3.57) |
99.4 (3.91) |
101.4 (3.99) |
95.3 (3.75) |
103.9 (4.09) |
105.7 (4.16) |
89.7 (3.53) |
73.3 (2.89) |
989.6 (38.96) |
| Source: Environment Canada[11] | |||||||||||||
The city is served by the Baie-Johan-Beetz Seaplane Base (SPB) (IATA: YBJ).
- "Baie-Johan-Beetz (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire – Répertoire des municipalités: Baie-Johan-Beetz Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- "Baie-Johan-Beetz Census Profile". Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- National Research Council Canada – Time Zones & Daylight Saving Time Archived 17 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Dumont 1986, pp. 44–45.
- "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 14 July 2010
- Dumont, Jean (June 1986), Prolongement de la route 138 entre Baie Johan-Beetz et la Rivière Pashashibou (PDF) (in French), retrieved 24 September 2019