Sept-Îles

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Sept-Îles

Total population

25,686

Air quality index

44Good

Elevation12 m

Coordinates50.21°, -66.38°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Sept-Îles is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec. Along with Brador and Blanc-Sablon, Sept-Îles is one of the oldest places in the province. The population was 24,569 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The town is called Uashat, meaning "bay" in Innu-aimun.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Karen Cliche

Canadian actress

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Steve Duchesne

Canadian ice hockey player

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Karl Dykhuis

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

David Desrosiers

French-Canadian musician (born 1980)

Guy Carbonneau

Canadian ice hockey player

Facundo Bertoglio

Argentine footballer

Denis Thériault

Canadian writer

Rob Zettler

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

Guillaume LeBlanc

athletics competitor

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Chantal Bergeron

Canadian writer

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Gustave Blouin

Canadian politician

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Jonathan Genest-Jourdain

Canadian politician

M

Mario Saint-Amand

Canadian actor

P

P. J. Poirier

Quebecois writer

Pierre Ducasse

Canadian politician

R

Roger Dubé

French ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sept-Îles

Sept-Îles (Québec) - Guide Clin D'Oeil

Guide Clin Guide Clin d'Oeil · 2019

Rendez-vous de l'industrie maricole

Rendez-vous de l'industrie maricole (3rd 2002 Sept-Îles, Québec) · 2004

Community profile, Sept-Iles

Canada. Employment and Immigration Canada (Commission). Québec Region. Economic Services Branch.

Native broadcasting in the North of Canada

J. Mark Stiles · 1988

Surficial Geology of the Sept-Iles Area, Quebec North Shore

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1983

Surficial geology of the Sept-Iles area, Quebec north shore

L. A. Dredge · 1983

Évaluation des risques aux ports de Montréal, Chicoutimi, Québec, Sept-Îles et Trois-Rivières

Robert Reiss · 1996

Age and origin of the Sept Iles Anorthosite Complex, Quebec, by Michael Denis Higgins

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Canadian bunchberry

Cornus canadensis

Seen 2026-06-25

Large-leaved lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Seen 2026-06-22

Black Guillemot

Cepphus grylle

Seen 2026-06-21

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

Seen 2026-06-21

Evodinus monticola

Evodinus monticola

Seen 2026-06-21

chaffy sedge

Carex paleacea

Seen 2026-06-21

bluebead lily

Clintonia borealis

Seen 2026-06-21

Swedish Cornel

Cornus suecica

Seen 2026-06-21

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-06-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Sept-Îles, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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