title: Pointe-Lebel, Quebec
text: # Pointe-Lebel, Quebec
  
  Pointe-Lebel is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Lebel had a population of 1,817 living in 857 of its 935 total private dwellings, a change of -5.3% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 85.54 $km^2$ (33.03 sq mi), it had a population density of $21.2/km^2$ (55.0/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  Population trend:
  
  * Population in 2011: 1973 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.8%)
  * Population in 2006: 1958
  * Population in 2001: 1931
  * Population in 1996: 2011
  * Population in 1991: 1818
  
  Mother tongue:
  
  * English as first language: 0.5%
  * French as first language: 98.0%
  * English and French as first language: 0%
  * Other as first language: 1.5%
  