Rouyn-Noranda facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rouyn-Noranda
City
Ville de Rouyn-Noranda
Fountain on Osisko Lake.
Logo
Motto(s):  "Fierté, Solidarité, Savoir" ("Pride, Solidarity, Knowledge")
Location in province of Quebec.
Location with surrounding municipalities.
Rouyn-Noranda Location in Western Quebec
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	None
Founded	1926
Constituted	January 1, 2002
Area
• City	6,441.40 km2 (2,487.04 sq mi)
• Land	6,010.50 km2 (2,320.67 sq mi)
• Metro	6,438.47 km2 (2,485.91 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• City	43,182
• Density	7.18/km2 (18.6/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2020	2.0%
• Dwellings	18,851
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J9X, J9Y
Area code(s)	819/873
Highways	Route 101 Route 117 (TCH) Route 391 Route 393

Rouyn-Noranda (2016 population 42,334) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada.

The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec of the same name. Their geographical code is 86.

History

City Hall.

The city of Rouyn (named for Jean-Baptiste Rouyn, a captain in the Royal-Roussillon regiment of Montcalm) appeared after copper was discovered in 1917. Noranda (a contraction of "North Canada") was created later around the Horne mine and foundry. Both were officially constituted as cities in 1926, then merged in 1986.

Rouyn Noranda seen from space.

Since 1966, Rouyn and Noranda constitute the capital of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It is also the seat of public university UQAT since 1983.

The population tends to increase or decrease dramatically depending on the economic situation. The city's population dropped by 5 per cent between the 1996 and 2001 census, before increasing slightly by 0.8 per cent for the 2006 census. This more closely parallels the demographic patterns of Northern Ontario than those of Quebec during this period. Rouyn-Noranda also has other cultural affiliations with Northern Ontario, being the only municipality in Quebec that holds a membership in the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Rouyn-Noranda was established on February 9, 1974 by Pope Paul VI, with Mgr. Jean-Guy Hamelin as its first bishop. It is part of the Metropolitan Province of Gatineau. Mgr. Dorylas Moreau was appointed as bishop on November 30, 2001, replacing Mgr. Hamelin. On September 15, 2003, a decree moved the cathedral from Saint-Michel-Archange church to Saint-Joseph church.

Communities

The Horne foundry seen from Sacré-Coeur.

As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on January 1, 2002 the municipalities (including unorganized territories) of the former Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality amalgamated into the new City of Rouyn-Noranda. These were: Arntfield, Bellecombe, Beaudry, Cadillac, Cléricy, Cloutier, D'Alembert, Destor, Évain, Lac-Montanier, Lac-Surimau, McWatters, Mont-Brun, Montbeillard, Rapides-des-Cèdres, Rollet, and the former Rouyn-Noranda.

Demographics

Population

Language

The city has around 96% French speakers.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		42,085		40,355	4.1%	95.89%		810	3.1%	1.92%		290	18.4%	0.69%		535	21.5%	1.27%
2011		40,200		38,700	1.9%	96.27%		835	15.2%	2.08%		245	0.0%	0.61%		420	11.6%	1.04%
2006		39,435		37,990	41.8%	96.34%		725	2.0%	1.84%		245	40.0%	0.62%		475	111.1%	1.20%
2001		27,930		26,790	0.1%	95.92%		740	28.2%	2.65%		175	39.7%	0.63%		225	33.8%	0.80%
1996		28,490		26,830	n/a	94.17%		1,030	n/a	3.62%		290	n/a	1.02%		340	n/a	1.19%

Culture

Downtown Rouyn-Noranda.

A street corner in Downtown Rouyn-Noranda.

Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue.

Since 1982, the city has been host to the International Cinema Festival of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and since 2003, the host of the Emerging Music Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Notable cultural figures from Rouyn-Noranda include singer-songwriter Richard Desjardins, actors Paule Baillargeon, Anne Dorval and Bruce Greenwood, and science fiction writer Éric Gauthier.

Rouyn-Noranda is known as "La Capitale Nationale du Cuivre" (or the National Copper Capital) for its extensive copper deposits and mining/smelting activities.

Transportation

The city is served by the Rouyn-Noranda Airport and has a small public transit system of four bus routes serving the urban area.

The primary highways through the city are the north–south Route 101 and the east–west Route 117, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system.

Economy

The unemployment rate of the region was 6.6% in 2016.

Propair has its headquarters on the property of Rouyn-Noranda Airport.

Glencore Copper Canada currently operates the Horne smelter. The smelter is the world's largest processor of electronic scrap containing copper and precious metals. It opened in 1927 at the site of the Horne copper mine. The mine was closed in 1976, but the smelter remained in production.

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue is based in Rouyn-Noranda, with campuses elsewhere.

Sports

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies have played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to the town in 1996. Rouyn-Noranda has produced a large number of NHLers for its size including former NHL stars Pierre Turgeon, Stephane Matteau, Sylvain Turgeon, Dale Tallon, Pit Martin, Jacques Laperrière, Jacques Cloutier, Dave Keon and Kent Douglas, the last two both members of the 1967 Stanley Cup Champion Toronto Maple Leafs. Former NHL players Réjean Houle, Éric Desjardins and the Bordeleau Brothers (Christian, Jean Paul and Paulin) also hail from the city. Rouyn-Noranda native Marc-André Cliche played in his first NHL game in 2010. Their most fierce rivals are the Val-d'Or Foreurs, which constitute the "Battle of the 117" since both cities are connected by Route 117.

See also

In Spanish: Rouyn-Noranda para niños