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 km^2 (479.62 sq mi)
• Land	1,174.00 km^2 (453.28 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	21,197
• Density	18.1/km^2 (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.mrchsl.com

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.

History

The RCM was formed on 1 January 1982 from most of historic Huntingdon County.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1)

• Huntingdon

Municipalities (8)

• Elgin
• Franklin
• Hinchinbrooke
• Howick
• Ormstown
• Saint-Anicet
• Saint-Chrysostome
• Sainte-Barbe

Parishes (1)

• Très-Saint-Sacrement

Townships (3)

• Dundee
• Godmanchester
• Havelock

Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)

• Akwesasne

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	21,197 (-3.4% from 2006)	21,943 (+0.4% from 2001)	21,851 (-0.7% from 1996)
Land area:	1,174.00 km^2 (453.28 sq mi)	1,171.78 km^2 (452.43 sq mi)	1,171.78 km^2 (452.43 sq mi)
Population density:	18.1/km^2 (47/sq mi)	18.7/km^2 (48/sq mi)	18.6/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Median age:	47.1 (M: 46.7, F: 47.6)	44.3 (M: 44.0, F: 44.7)	40.9 (M: 40.5, F: 41.3)
Total private dwellings:	10,744	10,722	10,805
Median household income:	$45,307	$40,138	$36,125
References: 2011[4] 2006[5] 2001[6]

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
  • Route 132
  • Route 138
• Secondary Highways
  • Route 201
  • Route 202
  • Route 203
  • Route 209
• External Routes
  • NY 30
  • NY 189
  • NY 374

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141097 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 690 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2469) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Media related to Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons