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Matawinie Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Matawinie
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°16′N 73°47′W / 46.267°N 73.783°W / 46.267; -73.783[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Rawdon
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Gaétan Morin
Area [2][3]
• Total	10,430.00 km2 (4,027.05 sq mi)
• Land	9,423.15 km2 (3,638.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	55,500
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10%
• Dwellings	37,357
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.matawinie.org

Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500.^[3]

There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

French and Atikamekw are the main languages.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		55,065		49,620	10.7%	90.1%		1,825	1.6%	3.3%		605	61.3%	1.1%		2,845	1.6%	5.2%
2016		49,955		44,835	1.9%	89.8%		1,855	6.1%	4.0%		375	19.0%	0.6%		2,890	4.1%	5.8%
2011		49,055		43,990	1.1%	89.7%		1,975	24.2%	4.0%		315	23.5%	0.6%		2,775	4.8%	5.7%
2006		49,250		44,490	16.3%	90.3%		1,590	11.7%	3.2%		255	5.6%	0.5%		2,915	28.7%	5.9%
2001		42,605		38,270	4.9%	89.8%		1,800	11.1%	4.2%		270	6.9%	0.6%		2,265	19.2%	5.3%
1996		40,710		36,495	n/a	89.7%		2,025	n/a	5.0%		290	n/a	0.7%		1,900	n/a	4.7%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[11]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

• (in French) Répertoire des municipalités du Québec

• Matawinie MRC - official website