# Lac-Saguay

Lac-Saguay is a village municipality in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada.
Its economy is centred on tourism, outdoor recreation, hunting, and fishing.
The municipality is named after the adjacent Lake Saguay, which in turn comes from the Algonquin sagwa, meaning "unblock" or "pour". An alternate explanation is that it comes from saki, meaning "river mouth."

## History

In 1905, the first settlers arrived when Gouin Road opened that connected Nominingue to Ferme-Neuve via Lac-Saguay.
In 1911, the Township Municipality of Boyer-Partie-Ouest was formed out of previously unorganized area, named after Arthur Boyer. That same year, the Parish of Saint-Hugues-du-Lac-Saguay was founded.
In 1921, the post office opened under the name Lac-Saguay.
On July 1, 1951, Boyer-Partie-Ouest was dissolved and, together with more unorganized territory, reformed into the Township Municipality of Boyer. In 1963, it changed names and status to the Municipality of Saguay, and again in 1985 to the Village Municipality of Lac-Saguay.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Saguay had a population of 526 living in 280 of its 447 total private dwellings, a change of 14.6% from its 2016 population of 459. With a land area of 171.88 km$^2$ (66.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.1/km$^2$ (7.9/sq mi) in 2021.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1956 | 253 | — |
| 1961 | 249 | −1.6% |
| 1966 | 214 | −14.1% |
| 1971 | 276 | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 264 | −4.3% |
| 1981 | 293 | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 301 | +2.7% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1991 | 305 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 318 | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 382 | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 492 | +28.8% |
| 2011 | 446 | −9.3% |
| 2016 | 459 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 526 | +14.6% |
Source: Statistics Canada :
Mother tongue (2021):
* English as first language: 3.8%
* French as first language: 94.3%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 1.9%

## Government

Lac-Saguay forms part of the federal electoral district of Laurentides—Labelle and has been represented by Marie-Hélène Gaudreau of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Lac-Saguay is part of the Labelle electoral district and is represented by Chantale Jeannotte of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
Lac-Saguay federal election results :
| Year | Liberal | Liberal | Conservative | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | New Democratic | Green | Green |
| 2021 | 27% | 100 | 10% | 36 | 57% | 212 | 2% | 6 | 3% | 10 |
| 2019 | 32% | 110 | 8% | 27 | 52% | 181 | 5% | 18 | 2% | 5 |
| 2015 | 36% | 91 | 9% | 23 | 27% | 68 | 26% | 66 | 2% | 5 |
| 2011 | 13% | 32 | 6% | 15 | 38% | 93 | 42% | 103 | 2% | 5 |
| 2008 | 30% | 72 | 9% | 21 | 55% | 131 | 5% | 11 | 2% | 5 |
| 2006 | 12% | 26 | 22% | 47 | 60% | 127 | 4% | 8 | 2% | 5 |
| 2004 | 27% | 51 | 5% | 9 | 64% | 121 | 2% | 4 | 2% | 4 |
Lac-Saguay provincial election results :
| Year | CAQ | CAQ | Liberal | Liberal | QC solidaire | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | Parti Québécois |
| 2022 | 43% | 74 | 6% | 11 | 14% | 24 | 18% | 32 |
| 2018 | 41% | 124 | 8% | 23 | 15% | 46 | 33% | 102 |
| 2014 | 22% | 175 | 22% | 172 | 7% | 22 | 48% | 159 |
| 2012 | 25% | 69 | 15% | 40 | 6% | 15 | 51% | 139 |
List of former mayors:
* Francine Asselin-Bélisle (...–2021)
* Michel Chouinard (2021–present)