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Gespeg First Nation

Phonetic:	Ges-peg	No territory map
Company Name¹ :	Nation Micmac de Gespeg
Chief:	Mr. Claude Jeannotte
Councillors:	Mr. Danny Basque Mr. Kevin Langlois Mr. Raymond Aubut Ms. Monique Jeannotte Mr. Terry Shaw Mr. Michel Vézina Ms Arlette Fortin-Roussel (for Montréal)
Languages:	French, english
Adress:	783, boulevard Pointe-Navarre (C.P. 69) Fontenelle (Québec) G4X 6V2
Phone:	418-368-6005
Fax:	418-368-1272
Web site:	www.gaspesie.com/gespeg/index.html

DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons within the community	Number of persons outside the community	Total
0	508	508

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2008

GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name:	The community has no land base.
Localisation:	Members of the community live in the vicinity of Gaspé and elsewhere in Québec.
Remoteness Factor:	Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service centre.

POLITIC

Elections:	Customary process
Tribal Council ²:	Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat
Member of Parliament:	Mr. Raynald Blais, Bloc Québécois (BQ) Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Provincial MNA:	Mr. Georges Mamelonet, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ) Gaspé

ECONOMY

The community living in the City of Gaspé own several fishing boats as well as a Micmac interpretation site.

Economic activities are concentrated in fishing, arts and handicrafts, tourism, and various goods and services businesses in the greater Gaspé area

EDUCATION

No band school³ on the territory.

Number of students funded by postsecondary program⁴ : 23
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2007-2008)

COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection:	No permanent facilities
Police services:	Provided by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Medical care:	No permanent facilities
Waste disposal:	No permanent facilities
Main community facilities:	No permanent facilities
Water Supply:	No permanent facilities
Sewers:	No permanent facilities
Road system:	No permanent facilities
Housing Units:	No permanent facilities
Electricity:	No permanent facilities

Définitions:

1)	Company Name: The corporate name of a company or a civil company (i.e. its name) is often made of credits, which name in a general way the company or the civil company, and of specific, which distinguishes this company from the others.
2)	Tribal Council: Tribal Councils are defined as institutions established as a grouping of bands with common interests who voluntarily join together to provide advisory and/or program services to member bands.
3)	Band School: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) funds Band councils and First Nation education authorities for the education of children in Kindergarten to Grade 12 who attend schools on reserves or who attend provincially-run schools off reserve. Approximately 60% of First Nations students are taught on reserve, almost always in schools operated by a Band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.
4)	Post-Secondary Education Programs: Indian Affairs and Northern Development (INAC) provides financial support to eligible Status Indians and Inuit students under broad authorities of the the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act to continue their education.

For further information on this community please call at 1-800-567-9604

Last profile update: December 9th 2008