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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name              = Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
| official_name =
| settlement_type   = [[Township municipality (Quebec)|Township municipality]]
| image_skyline = Lochaber-Ouest QC 2.JPG
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Rural area of Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x100px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 120x100px
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map            = Lochaber-Partie-Ouest Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption          = Location within Papineau RCM
| pushpin_map          = Canada Western Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_label        = {{nowrap|Lochaber-Partie-Ouest}}
| pushpin_map_caption  = Location in western Quebec
| coordinates       = {{coord|45|37|N|75|18|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint     =
| coordinates_footnotes= <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Outaouais]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Papineau Regional County Municipality|Papineau]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| established_title1= Constituted
| established_date1 = April 20, 1891
| established_title2 =
| established_date2 =
| government_footnotes= <ref name="mamrot"/>
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Pierre Renaud<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lochaber-ouest.ca/municipalite/?id=7&lng=fr|title=Lochaber-Partie-Ouest :: Portrait du Canton &#91; no. 7 &#93;}}</ref>
| leader_title1     = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1      = [[Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel]]
| leader_title2     = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2      = [[Papineau (provincial electoral district)|Papineau]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name=cp21/>
| area_total_km2 = 66.00
| area_land_km2 = 57.39
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes=
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref name=cp21/>
| population_total = 926
| population_as_of= 2021
| population_density_km2 = 16.1
| population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 8.2%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 358
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0X 3B0]]
| area_code = [[Area code 819|819]]
| blank_name           = Highways <br/>{{jct|state=QC|A|50}}
| blank_info           = <br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|148}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Lochaber-Partie-Ouest''' is a [[township municipality (Quebec)|township municipality]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]], located within the [[Papineau Regional County Municipality]]. The township had a population of 926 in the [[2021 Canadian Census]].
The township is predominantly agricultural which is the main economic activity.<ref name=historique>{{cite web |title=Portrait du Canton - Historique du Canton |url=http://www.lochaber-ouest.ca/municipalite/?id=2#contn |website=www.lochaber-ouest.ca |publisher=Canton de Lochaber-Partie-Ouest |accessdate=20 January 2020}}</ref>
==History==
In 1807, a group of about 400 Scottish Highlanders settled in the area, the same year the geographic township of Lochaber Gore was created. They came from the Highlands, near [[Lochaber]] and other parts of northern Scotland. Settlement was difficult, because income from agriculture was lower than the costs of importing manufactured products from Montreal.<ref name=historique/><ref name=CTQ-T>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=62600 |title=Thurso |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |accessdate=2020-01-20 |language=French}}</ref>
With the arrival of the logging industry, the settlers were able to practice agriculture during the summer, while working in the lumberjack camps during the winter, or to work in the various sawmills that developed along the Blanche River near Thurso. The logging industry also attracted many more settlers, including French Canadians, and settlement was well underway at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The population became predominantly Francophone at the start of the 20th century.<ref name=historique/>
In 1891, the township municipality of Lochaber-Partie-Ouest was created when it was split off from [[Lochaber, Quebec|Lochaber Township]].<ref name="toponymie"/>
== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical census populations – Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
|align       = none
|footnote    =
|source      = Statistics Canada
|1986 |504
|1991 |470
|1996 |477
|2001 |460
|2006 |514
|2011 |646
|2016 |856
|2021 |926
}}}}
[[File:Lochaber-Ouest QC.JPG|thumb|right|Lochaber-Partie-Ouest]]
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Lochaber-Partie-Ouest had a population of {{val|926|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|336|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|358|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:926-856}}|856|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|856|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|57.39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|926|57.39|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
|location = Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
|2021_population=926 | 2021_pop_delta=+8.2  | 2021_land_area=57.39 | 2021_pop_density=16.1
|2021_median_age=42.0 | 2021_median_age_m=42.0 | 2021_median_age_f=43.2
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=358 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=336 |2021_mean_hh_income=102,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00052480060 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=856 | 2016_pop_delta=32.5 | 2016_land_area=57.45 | 2016_pop_density=14.9
|2016_median_age=41.6 | 2016_median_age_m=42.0 | 2016_median_age_f=40.8
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=339 | 2016_mean_hh_income=81,067 | 2016_access_date=2020-01-20
|2011_population=646 | 2011_pop_delta=25.7 | 2011_land_area=57.41 | 2011_pop_density=11.3
|2011_median_age=40.0 | 2011_median_age_m=40.9 | 2011_median_age_f=39.1
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=248 | 2011_mean_hh_income=54,239 | 2011_access_date=2020-01-20
}}
Mother tongue:<ref name=cp21/>
* English as first language: 8.1%
* French as first language: 90.1%
* English and French as first language: 1.2%
* Other as first language: 1.2%
==Local government==
List of former mayors:
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2020}}
* Michel Labrecque (2001–2009)
* Jean-Pierre Girard (2013–2017)
* Pierre Renaud (2017–present)
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=cp21>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Lochaber-Partie-Ouest&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052480060|title = Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lochaber-Partie-Ouest, Canton (Municipalité de) (CT) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, Quebec|date = 9 February 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |80060}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |36337}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
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{{Geographic location
| Centre = Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
| North = [[Mayo, Quebec|Mayo]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Lochaber, Quebec|Lochaber]] <br/>[[Thurso, Quebec|Thurso]]
| Southeast =
| South = ''[[Ottawa River]]''<br/>{{flagicon|ON}} [[Clarence-Rockland|Clarence-Rockland, Ontario]]
| Southwest = ''[[Ottawa River]]''<br/>{{flagicon|ON}} [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]]
| West = [[Gatineau]]
| Northwest = [[L'Ange-Gardien, Outaouais, Quebec|L'Ange-Gardien]]
}}
{{Papineau RCM|state=expanded}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Township municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Outaouais]]