Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | |
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| Location in province of Quebec Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 611: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).[1] | |
| Country | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Province | File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Huntingdon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Alain Castagner |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,242.20 km2 (479.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,173.51 km2 (453.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 22,454 |
| • Density | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011–2016 | Increase 5.9% |
| • Dwellings | 12,016 |
| Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [lə o sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃], lit. 'Upper Saint Lawrence') is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.
History
[edit | edit source]The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, from most of historic Huntingdon County.
Subdivisions
[edit | edit source]There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
[edit | edit source]Population
[edit | edit source]Canada census – Le Haut-Saint-Laurent community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 22,213 (-1.1% from 2016) | 22,454 (+5.9% from 2011) | 21,197 (-3.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,168.08 km2 (451.00 sq mi) | 1,173.51 km2 (453.09 sq mi) | 1,174.00 km2 (453.28 sq mi) |
| Population density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) | 18.1/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Median age | 49.6 (M: 48.8, F: 50.4) | 48.4 (M: 48.0, F: 48.8) | 47.1 (M: 46.7, F: 47.6) |
| Private dwellings | 11,446 (total) 9,895 (occupied) | 12,016 (total) | 10,744 (total) |
| Median household income | $63,600 | $50,777 | $45,307 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1991 | 21,864 | — |
| 1996 | 22,007 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 21,851 | −0.7% |
| 2006 | 21,943 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 21,197 | −3.4% |
| 2016 | 22,454 | +5.9% |
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Language
[edit | edit source]| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality[7][8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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22,160
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14,185 | Increase 1.5% | 64.0% | 6,730 | Increase 9.4% | 30.4% | 400 | Increase 15.9% | 1.64% | 845 | Increase 65.7% | 3.8% | |||||
2011
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20,985
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13,980 |  4.7%
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66.62% | 6,150 | Increase 1.7% | 29.31% | 345 | Increase 16.9% | 1.64% | 510 | 29.7%
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2.43% | |||||
2006
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21,735
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14,665 | Increase 3.6% | 67.47% | 6,050 | 4.9%
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27.84% | 295 | 37.2%
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1.36% | 725 | Increase 20.8% | 3.34% | |||||
2001
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21,590
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14,160 | Increase 1.8% | 65.59% | 6,360 | 9.2%
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29.46% | 470 | Increase 44.6% | 2.18% | 600 | Increase 23.7% | 2.78% | |||||
1996
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21,730
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13,915 | n/a | 64.04% | 7,005 | n/a | 32.24% | 325 | n/a | 1.50% | 485 | n/a | 2.23% | |||||
Transportation
[edit | edit source]Access Routes
[edit | edit source]Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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