Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
| Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | |
|---|---|
| Regional county municipality | |
 Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°05′N 74°10′W / 45.08°N 74.17°WCoordinates: 45°05′N 74°10′W / 45.08°N 74.17°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Huntingdon |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Alain Castagner |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 1,242.20 km2 (479.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,174.00 km2 (453.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 21,197 |
| • Density | 18.1/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |
 3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 10,744 |
|
Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website |
www |
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and northwestern boundary.
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (1)
- Municipalities (8)
- Parishes (1)
- Townships (3)
- Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)
Demographics
Population
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| Historical Census Data - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1991 | 21,864 | — |
| 1996 | 22,007 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 21,851 | −0.7% |
| 2006 | 21,943 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 21,197 | −3.4% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
20,985 |
13,980 | 4.7% |
66.62% | 6,150 |  1.7% |
29.31% | 345 | 16.9% |
1.64% | 510 | 29.7% |
2.43% | |||||
| 2006 |
21,735 |
14,665 | 3.6% |
67.47% | 6,050 | 4.9% |
27.84% | 295 | 37.2% |
1.36% | 725 | 20.8% |
3.34% | |||||
| 2001 |
21,590 |
14,160 | 1.8% |
65.59% | 6,360 | 9.2% |
29.46% | 470 | 44.6% |
2.18% | 600 | 23.7% |
2.78% | |||||
| 1996 |
21,730 |
13,915 | n/a | 64.04% | 7,005 | n/a | 32.24% | 325 | n/a | 1.50% | 485 | n/a | 2.23% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[8]
- Autoroutes
- None
- Principal Highways
- Secondary Highways
- External Routes
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141097 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 690 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2469) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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Media related to Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
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