become Canada's largest ever open pit gold mine. The project, which will have an estimated cost of $1 billion if approved, would see most of the portion of the town lying south of Route 117, consisting of about 200 houses and several of the town's public facilities, relocated to a new housing development in the north end of town. This move was featured in season 4 of the television show Monster Moves. As of late 2009, most of the relocation work had been completed, and this, before the end of public consultations by Quebec's Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. Government As of January 2011, the municipal government consists of mayor André Vezeau and councillors Jude Boucher, Sylvie Daigle, Martin Ferron, Daniel Magnan, Guy Morrissette, and Jean Turgeon. Federally, Malartic is located in the electoral district of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, currently represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Sylvie Bérubé of the Bloc Québécois. Provincially, it is in the district of Abitibi-Est, represented in the National Assembly of Quebec by Pierre Dufour of the Coalition Avenir Québec. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Malartic had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue: English as first language: 4.2% French as first language: 90.3% English and French as first language: 0.6% Other as first language: 4.9% Notable people Yves Bergeron, ice hockey winger Michel Brière, ice hockey centre Marcel Côté, economist and politician Robbie King, organist Jim Watson, ice hockey defenseman Education École Des Explorateurs – Kindergarten to grade six École Secondaire Le Tremplin – secondary grades one to five Trait d'Union – adult education References External links Ville de Malartic Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Mining communities in Quebec 1928 establishments in Quebec