the year. Start of a 16-year period without conflict between employer and employees. In 1994: significant investment in Domtar and opening of the Langlois mine by Canadian company Cambior. Creation of new district in the city. In 2000, the Langlois mine was sold to Breakwater Resources ltd. Domtar is locked out of its Lebel-sur-Quévillon kraft paper plant and its sawmill. Since the closure of the plant, a significant emigration is noted among the inhabitants of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon. On December 18, 2008, the Domtar pulp mill was permanently closed. In the same year, on November 2, the Langlois mine was temporarily shut down due to the fall in the price of zinc. In February 2010, the Langlois mine reopens. In the summer of 2011, the company Breakwater was bought by Nyrstar. January 31, 2012: announcement of the purchase of the former Domtar plant by Fortress Paper. The plant will produce pulp that will be used to make clothing, from rayon, a growing market around the world to replace cotton. The re-opening of the plant will create 333 direct jobs and 400 indirect jobs. CKCJ-FM, Lebel-sur-Quévillon's first local community radio station, launched in 2018. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lebel-sur-Quévillon 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. Population trend: Population in 2016: 2,187 (2011 to 2016 population change: 1.3% Population in 2011: 2159 (2006 to 2011 population change: -20.9%) Population in 2006: 2729 Population in 2001: 3236 2001 to 2006 population change: -15.7% Population in 1996: 3416 Population in 1991: 3414 Mother tongue: English as first language: 1% French as first language: 98% English and French as first language: 0% Other as first language: <1 % Climate Lebel-sur-Quévillon has a humid continental climate (Dfb) bordering closely on a subarctic climate (Dfc). Summers are short, but warm with cool nights and plentiful rainfall. Winters are long, bitterly cold, and very snowy, with yearly snowfall averaging 225.6 cm (88.8 inches). Precipitation peaks from July to September, with July being the wettest month of the year. See also Bell River (Quebec), a river Jamésie Nord-du-Québec, administrative region of Québec List of towns in Quebec References External links Lebel-sur-Quévillon Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Nord-du-Québec Jamésie