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Company Name1 : Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government
Chief: Mr. Allison Metallic
Councillors:

Mr. Calvin Barnaby
Ms. Wanda Metallic
Mr. Wendell Metallic
Mr. Dean Allen Vicaire
Ms. Patty Martin
Mr. Chad Gedeon
Mr. Jerry Wysote
Mr. Kevin Methot
Ms. Rose Marie Metallic
Mr. Gordon Isaac Jr.
Ms. Delphine Metallic
Mr. Derek Barnaby

Languages: Micmac, english
Adress:

17, Riverside West
(P.O. Box 298)
Listuguj (Québec)
G0C 2R0

Phone: 418-788-2136
Fax: 418-788-2058
Web site: www.listuguj.ca  


DEMOGRAPHY

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

1 990

1 390

3 380

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2008


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Listuguj Reserve
Type of territory: Indian reserve
Surface: 4 016 hectares (9 923.8 acres)
Localisation:  Listuguj is located 118 kilometres southwest of Bonaventure, on the north shore of the Restigouche River. It is also located north of the interprovincial bridge linking Québec and New Brunswick, 1 kilometre away from Campbellton (N.-B.).
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service centre.


POLITIC

Elections: Indian Act
Tribal Council 2 Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat
Member of Parliament: Mr. Raynald Blais, Bloc Québécois (BQ)
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Provincial MNA:

Ms. Nathalie Normandeau, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ)
Bonaventure


ECONOMY

There are approximately 30 businesses in the community, including: convenience store, grocery store, hardware store, art and handicrafts, community radio, magazine, canoe-building and sales, construction.

The Band council owns a centre for youth experiencing difficulties and a shelter for battered women. The Band council is also active in the fisheries sector.

The community's economic activities are concentrated in art and handicrafts, fisheries, logging and forestry, construction, outfitters', and tourism.


EDUCATION

Band School3 on the territory:

School Name: Alaqsite'w Gitpu
Grades: Pre-Kindergarden to Secondary 4
Number of students: 257 (2007-2008)

School Enrolment 2007-2008
  Band School Provincial School Total
Pre-kindergarden

23

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Kindergarden 24 --- ---
Elementary 175 --- ---
Secondary 36 --- ---
Total : 258 209 467

Reference : Nominal Roll, INAC (2007-2008)

Number of students funded by postsecondary program4 : 92
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2007-2008)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: Provided by the Banc council fire department
Police services: Provided by the Aboriginal police force recognized under an agreement between the Band council, the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec.
Medical care: Health centre managed by the Band council under a transfer agreement with Health Canada.
Waste disposal: Landfill site; garbage collection provided by the Banc council
Main community facilities: Community radio, parish hall, museum, community centre, daycare centre
Water Supply: Untreated, unfiltered groundwater; household supply piped through water supply mains
Sewers: Wastewater sewer and storm sewer systems; hook-up to sewer system of the municipality of Pointe-à-la-Croix
Road system: 15.4 kilometre of gravel road and 6.1 kilometres of blacktop
Housing Units: 707 (2007-2008)
Electricity: Provided by Hydro-Québec

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 or click on this link toward community profiles of Statistics Canada   (2006 Census).

Last profile update: December 9th 2008