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Malécites de Viger First Nation

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Phonetic: Malécites de Viger

Geographical location of territory

Territory map
Company Name1 : Première nation Malécite de Viger
Chief: Ms. Anne Archambault
Councillors:

Mr. Pierre Nicolas
Mr. Ernest Daniel Nicolas
Mr. Carol Dallaire
Ms. Anny Rioux
Language: French
Adress: 112, avenue de la Grève
Cacouna (Québec)
G0L 1G0
Phone: 418-867-4618
418-860-2393
Fax: 418-867-3418
Web site: www.cacouna.net/malecites.htm  


DEMOGRAPHY

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

1

779

780

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2009


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Whitworth Reserve
Cacouna Reserve
Type of territory: Indians reserves
Surface: Cacouna :   0.20 hectares (0.49 acres)
Whitworth : 169 hectares (417.6 acres)
Localisation: 

Whitworth is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, 30 kilometres south of Rivière-du-Loup.

Cacouna is located near the municipality of the same name
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service center.


POLITIC

Elections: Customary process
Tribal Council 2:  None
Member of Parliament:

Mr. Paul Crête, Bloc Québecois (BQ), Montmagny- L'Islet
Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup
Provincial MNA:

Mr. Mario Dumont, Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ)
Rivière-du-Loup


ECONOMY

The territory of the community is home to a handicrafts shop and a Maliseet history interpretation centre. Interpretation walks are also on offer.

Economic activities are concentrated primarily in the sectors of arts and handicrafts, fisheries and tourism.


EDUCATION

No band school3 on the territory

Number of students funded by postsecondary program4 : 35
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2008-2009)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: No permanent facilities
Police services: Provided by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Medical care: Provincial care facilities
Waste disposal: No permanent facilities
Main community facilities: Administrative offices (Cacouna reserve)
Water Supply: No permanent facilities
Sewers: No permanent facilities
Road system: No permanent facilities
Housing Units: 1 (2008-2009)
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 or click on this link toward community profiles of Statistics Canada   (2006 Census).

Date Modified:2010-03-15

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