# Chazel

Chazel (French pronunciation:) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.
The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.

## History

The municipality was founded in 1938 under the name of Saint-Janvier. In 1991, Saint-Janvier changed its name to the current Chazel.

## Demographics
### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1941 | 538 | — |
| 1951 | 574 | +6.7% |
| 1956 | 593 | +3.3% |
| 1961 | 571 | −3.7% |
| 1966 | 531 | −7.0% |
| 1971 | 487 | −8.3% |
| 1976 | 374 | −23.2% |
| 1981 | 371 | −0.8% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1986 | 407 | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 373 | −8.4% |
| 1996 | 388 | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 330 | −14.9% |
| 2006 | 321 | −2.7% |
| 2011 | 289 | −10.0% |
| 2016 | 289 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 254 | −12.1% |
Source: Statistics Canada :

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Chazel, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2021 | 250 | 240 | 15.8% | 96.0% | 5 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 5 | n/a% | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 290 | 285 | 1.7% | 98.3% | 5 | n/a% | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 290 | 290 | 9.4% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2006 | 320 | 320 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 330 | 320 | 17.9% | 97.0% | 10 | n/a% | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1996 | 390 | 390 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |

## Government

Municipal council (as of 2024):
* Mayor: Daniel Favreau
* Councillors: Charles Fortin, Serge Morin, Audrey Veillette, Armande Bouchard, Réjean Veillette, Yves Frappier
List of former mayors:
* Émilien Savard (...–2005)
* Denis Hince (2005–2009)
* Daniel Favreau (2009–present)

### Political representation

Chazel federal election results :
| Year | Liberal | Liberal | Conservative | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | New Democratic | Green | Green |
| 2021 | 12% | 7 | 16% | 10 | 57% | 37 | 3% | 2 | 5% | 3 |
| 2019 | 7% | 6 | 36% | 29 | 54% | 44 | 0% | 0 | 3% | 2 |
| 2015 | 23% | 25 | 9% | 10 | 16% | 17 | 50% | 54 | 2% | 2 |
| 2011 | 5% | 5 | 13% | 13 | 21% | 21 | 61% | 61 | 0% | 0 |
| 2008 | 19% | 15 | 16% | 13 | 35% | 28 | 24% | 19 | 6% | 5 |
| 2006 | 17% | 20 | 16% | 19 | 50% | 61 | 13% | 16 | 4% | 5 |
| 2004 | 28% | 32 | 5% | 6 | 64% | 74 | 3% | 3 | 1% | 1 |
Chazel provincial election results :
| Year | CAQ | CAQ | Liberal | Liberal | QC solidaire | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | Parti Québécois |
| 2022 | 45% | 57 | 4% | 5 | 10% | 13 | 17% | 22 |
| 2018 | 47% | 34 | 0% | 0 | 10% | 7 | 40% | 29 |
| 2014 | 13% | 11 | 12% | 10 | 8% | 6 | 67% | 54 |
| 2012 | 25% | 28 | 26% | 29 | 7% | 8 | 40% | 45 |
Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Chazel in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Federally, Chazel is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Chazel in the House of Commons of Canada.