Murdochville is a town in Quebec, Canada, one of only a few inland communities on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its population (as of 2016) is 651.

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Murdochville
City
Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM.
Murdochville Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°58′N 65°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM	La Côte-de-Gaspé
Settled	1950
Constituted	July 15, 1953
Government [2]
• Mayor	Délisca Ritchie Roussy
• Federal riding	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Prov. riding	Gaspé
Area [2][3]
• Total	63.80 km2 (24.63 sq mi)
• Land	61.37 km2 (23.70 sq mi)
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Population  (2016)[4][5]
• Total	651
• Density	10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	14.8%
• Dwellings	512
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0E 1W0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-198
Website	www.murdochville.com

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Murdochville is located along Quebec Route 198 in the geographic township of Holland, 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of L'Anse-Pleureuse and 93 kilometres (58 mi) west of Gaspé. It is 535 metres (1,755 ft) above sea level and surrounded by high mountains.

In 1921, copper ore was discovered in the area by the Miller brothers: Alfred, Sydney, Frederick, Angus and Theophilus. However, it was not until 1950 that Noranda Mines actually began mining. The mining town was set up and named after James Y. Murdoch, owner of the mine and first president of Noranda. In 1953, the town was incorporated.^[1]

The mining operation in the town was comparatively large, starting with mining the raw ore and finishing with an end product of pure copper anode. In the 1970s, the mining operation in Murdochville was large enough to support a population of 5,000 inhabitants. A number of large union battles in Murdochville also helped lay the groundwork for ideas that still exist today.^[vague] The 1957 Murdochville strike led to the adoption of several new laws protecting the rights of unionized workers in Quebec.^[vague]

In 1987, the mine was partially destroyed by an underground fire, and mining only resumed two years later.^[1]

The mine closed in 1999, leaving the town to fight for survival. After several close calls, the small town has decided to fight back, in an effort to reverse the economic uncertainty that has befallen the town. This has included the creation of several large wind turbine projects, along with the diversification of the local economy, with emphasis on tourism (such as skiing in the winter months).

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Murdochville had a population of 643 living in 327 of its 476 total private dwellings, a change of -1.2% from its 2016 population of 651. With a land area of 60.84 km² (23.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.6/km² (27.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Murdochville, Quebec[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		655		620	14.5%	94.7%		20	33.3%	3.1%		5	0.0%	0.8%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2011		760		725	0.0%	95.4%		30	0.0%	4.0%		5	n/a%	0.7%		0	100.0%	0.0%
2006		805		725	34.4%	90.1%		30	14.3%	3.7%		0	100.0%	0.0%		50	400.0%	6.2%
2001		1,175		1,105	25.6%	94.0%		35	65.0%	3.0%		25	150.0%	2.1%		10	n/a%	0.9%
1996		1,595		1,485	n/a	93.1%		100	n/a	6.3%		10	n/a	0.6%		0	n/a	0.0%

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Murdochville has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb). Summers are relatively cool and short, whereas winters are long and at times very cold with massive amounts of snowfall. The brief summers are, however, mild enough to keep September (the fourth-warmest month) right above the 10 °C (50 °F) isotherm for a humid continental climate.

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