Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
History The first settlers began arriving in this area, called "Métis" around 1840. In 1855, the municipality of Métis was officially founded. In 1859, a sector of Métis split and became the new municipality of Mac Nider. One year later, in 1860, Métis changed its name to Saint-Octave-de-Métis. The municipality lost significative portions of its territory twice before the end of the 19th century. First in 1878 for the creation of Saint-Moïse and again in 1897 for the creation of Petit-Métis. Finally in 1908, Saint-Octave-de-Métis was divided in two distinct municipalities: Saint-Octave-de-Métis and Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud.
This municipality was therefore officially created in 1908 under the name Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud, and was created by the division of Saint-Octave-de-Métis. In 1931, the original municipality of Saint-Octave-de-Métis changed its name to Grand-Métis, therefore, Saint-Octave-de-Métis-Sud took the current name of Saint-Octave-de-Métis. In 1952, Saint-Octave-de-Métis lost an important portion of its territory for the creation of Les Boules, which has since been merged with Métis-sur-Mer.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Octave-de-Métis had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
Jules-André Brillant, born 1888, baptized and educated in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, French Canadian entrepreneur Hormisdas Langlais, born in 1890, was a Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec Marguerite Ruest-Pitre, born 1908, Canadian murderer also known as "Madame le Corbeau", the last woman criminal executed in Canada (1953) Marie-Thérèse Fortin, born 1959, Canadian actress Anaïs Favron, born in 1977, is a radio and TV host, actress, and improviser
See also List of parish municipalities in Quebec
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