{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Mansfield-et-Pontefract | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Mansfield-et-Pontefract QC.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x80px | image_map = Mansfield-et-Pontefract Quebec location diagram.png | map_caption = Location within Pontiac RCM | pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec | pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec | coordinates = {{coord|45|51|40|N|76|44|21|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Quebec | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Outaouais | subdivision_type3 = RCM | subdivision_name3 = Pontiac | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title1 = Constituted | established_date1 = January 1, 1868 | government_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot>{{cite web |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/84065/ |title=Mansfield-et-Pontefract |work=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |language=French |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Sandra Armstrong | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Pontiac | area_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="sc2021">{{cite web |title=Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=mansfield&DGUIDlist=2021A00052484065&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=26 October 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 523.45 | area_land_km2 = 466.61 | area_water_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="sc2021"/> | population_total = 2250 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 4.8 | population_blank1_title = Pop {{small|(2016-21)}} | population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 1.5% | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 1074 | timezone = EST | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = −4 | postal_code_type = Postal code(s) | postal_code = J0X 1R0 | area_code = 819 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|148}} | website = {{Official URL}} }} thumb|right|The chutes on the Coulonge River. thumb|right|The Bryson House, built in the 19th century and a Quebec historical site since 1980.
'''Mansfield-et-Pontefract''' is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River, northwest of Gatineau. It is the most populated municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, with most of the population and businesses concentrated along Quebec Route 148.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jericomplus.com/mansfield_pontefract/municipality/ |title=Municipality |publisher=Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract |author=Lisa Corrigan |accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref>
It is home to the main tourist attractions of the Pontiac region: the Chutes Coulonge, the George Bryson House, and the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge.
==Communities== *Davidson *Dépôt Davidson *Devonshire Park *Jim Lake *Leclair *Mansfield
==History== In 1849, the Mansfield Township was formed that was incorporated as a township municipality in 1855. It may have been named after the English town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire or in honour of Sir James Mansfield (1733-1821), Solicitor General of Canada in 1780, or William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793). In 1863, Pontefract Township was officially established, named after an English town in Yorkshire.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=379128 |title=Mansfield-et-Pontefract (Municipalité) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |accessdate=2011-04-11 |language=French}}</ref>
On January 1, 1868, the townships were merged to form the United Township Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. In 1888, a portion of its territory separated and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Fort-Coulonge. In 2003, Mansfield-et-Pontefract changed its status from united township municipality to an ordinary municipality.<ref name=toponymie/>
==Demographics==
===Population=== {{Canada census |location = Mansfield-et-Pontefract |2021_population=2,250 | 2021_pop_delta=-1.5 | 2021_land_area=466.61 | 2021_pop_density=4.8 |2021_median_age=49.2 | 2021_median_age_m=49.2 | 2021_median_age_f=49.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,074 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=883 |2021_mean_hh_income=76,500 |2021_geocode=2021A00052484065 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=2,285 | 2016_pop_delta=3.7 | 2016_land_area=477.44 | 2016_pop_density=4.8 |2016_median_age=47.1 | 2016_median_age_m=47.1 | 2016_median_age_f=47.0 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,113 | 2016_mean_hh_income=61,664 | 2016_access_date=2019-11-22 | 2011_population = 2,204 | 2011_pop_delta=+6.2 | 2011_land_area=474.80 | 2011_pop_density=4.6 | 2011_median_age = 44.3 | 2011_median_age_m=44.5 | 2011_median_age_f=44.2 | 2011_total_pvt_dwell = 1,030 | 2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A | 2011_access_date=2014-01-28 | 2006_population = 2,064 | 2006_pop_delta=-0.6 | 2006_land_area=472.85 | 2006_pop_density=4.3 | 2006_median_age = 42.6 | 2006_median_age_m=42.8 | 2006_median_age_f=42.4 | 2006_total_pvt_dwell = 929 | 2006_mean_hh_income=46,749 | 2006_access_date=2011-04-11 | 2001_population = 2,077 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.8 | 2001_land_area=472.85 | 2001_pop_density=4.4 | 2001_median_age = 38.0 | 2001_median_age_m=37.8 | 2001_median_age_f=38.4 | 2001_total_pvt_dwell = 1013 | 2001_mean_hh_income=36,839 | 2001_access_date=2011-04-11 | notes = 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. }}
{{Historical populations | title = Historical Census Data - Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec | source = Statistics Canada<ref name="scpast">1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census</ref> | percentages = | cols = 2 | shading = off | align = none | 1976 |2004 | 1981 |2021 | 1986 |1958 | 1991 |1902 | 1996 |2115 | 2001 |2077 | 2006 |2075 | 2011 |2204 | 2016 |2285 | 2021 |2250 | footnote = 2006 data based on adjustment following Census publication. }}
===Language=== Mother tongue (2021):<ref name="sc2021"/> * English as first language: 17.8% * French as first language: 77.6% * English and French as first language: 4.1% * Other as first language: 0.5%
==See also== * List of anglophone communities in Quebec * List of municipalities in Quebec
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.mansfield-pontefract.com/ Official site] * [http://www.chutescoulonge.qc.ca/ Chutes Coulonges]
{{Geographic location | title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions | Centre = Mansfield-et-Pontefract | North = Lac-Nilgaut | Northeast = | East = Otter Lake | Southeast = Litchfield | South = Fort-Coulonge, ''Ottawa River'' / Grand-Calumet | Southwest = Whitewater Region / ''Ottawa River'' | West = Waltham | Northwest = }} {{Pontiac RCM|state=expanded}}
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Category:Municipalities in Quebec Category:Incorporated places in Outaouais Category:Populated places on the Ottawa River