Clarenceville, Quebec

Clarenceville (formerly Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville) (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də klaʁɑ̃svil]) is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,154. Some parts of the municipality have no drinking water system or sewers.^[5]

Clarenceville
Municipality
Middleview and Swisskess
West entrance of Clarenceville
Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
Clarenceville Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°04′N 73°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Le Haut-Richelieu
Constituted	December 27, 1989
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Louis Hak
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Iberville
Area [2][4]
• Total	81.70 km2 (31.54 sq mi)
• Land	63.06 km2 (24.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	1,154
• Density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.6%
• Dwellings	732
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1B0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-202
Website	www.clarenceville.qc.ca

History

Originally part of New France the area was named Seigneurie de Foucault and settled after 1727. The land was transferred to British rule after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. The area was leased to Colonel Henry Caldwell in 1774 and called Caldwell's Manor, then sold in 1842 to Joseph Frederic Allard and renamed Allard's Manor. In 1822, the name was changed to Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, briefly Clarenceville,^[6] after William, the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), third son of King George III, who later became William IV.^[7] The name was changed again in October 2022, to the Municipality of Clarenceville.^[8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clarenceville had a population of 1,154 living in 538 of its 732 total private dwellings, a change of 4.6% from its 2016 population of 1,103. With a land area of 63.06 km² (24.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.3/km² (47.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Population

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,154 (+4.6% from 2016)	1,103 (+4.5% from 2011)	1,056 (-4.5% from 2006)
Land area	63.06 km2 (24.35 sq mi)	63.46 km2 (24.50 sq mi)	63.43 km2 (24.49 sq mi)
Population density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)	17.4/km2 (45/sq mi)	16.6/km2 (43/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 54.0, F: 56.0)	52.9 (M: 52.7, F: 53.2)	50.4 (M: 51.4, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	732 (total)  538 (occupied)	738 (total)	718 (total)
Median household income	$65,000	$49,792	$42,177

Canada census – Clarenceville community profile

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[10] 2011^[11] earlier^[12][13]

Historical Census Data - Clarenceville, Quebec^[14]

Year Pop. ±% 1871 1,250 —     1881 1,186 −5.1% 1891 1,138 −4.0% 1901 999 −12.2% 1911 908 −9.1% 1921 648 −28.6% 1931 598 −7.7% 1941 651 +8.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1951 439 −32.6% 1956 377 −14.1% 1961 462 +22.5% 1966 456 −1.3% 1971 558 +22.4% 1976 501 −10.2% 1981 591 +18.0% 1986 579 −2.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1991 918 +58.5% 1996 980 +6.8% 2001 1,073 +9.5% 2006 1,106 +3.1% 2011 1,056 −4.5% 2016 1,103 +4.5% 2021 1,154 +4.6%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clarenceville, Quebec[14]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		1,155		805	8.1%	69.7%		260	7.1%	22.5%		25	150.0%	2.2%		50	23.1%	4.3%
2016		1,100		745	12.0%	67.7%		280	6.7%	25.5%		10	33.3%	0.9%		65	0.0%	5.9%
2011		1,045		665	15.8%	63.6%		300	33.3%	28.7%		15	50.0%	1.4%		65	8.3%	6.2%
2006		1,105		790	35.0%	71.5%		225	41.6%	20.4%		30	20.0%	2.7%		60	20.0%	5.4%
2001		1,070		585	41.0%	54.7%		385	13.5%	36.0%		25	0.0%	2.3%		75	16.7%	7.0%
1996		975		415	n/a	42.6%		445	n/a	45.6%		25	n/a	2.6%		90	n/a	9.2%

Notable people

• Carrie Derick (1862 – 1941), noted botanist and geneticist, was the first woman full professor at a Canadian university. She was born in Clarenceville.

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Royal eponyms in Canada

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56633". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec)
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. Dussaault, Lila (2021-07-12). "Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville : un village à sec". La Presse+ (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
6. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macfie/clarenceville.htm ^{[user-generated source]}
7. "Clarenceville: Histoire et patrimoine" (in French). July 12, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
8. "News Bulletin" (PDF). Municipality of Clarenceville, QC. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
10. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
11. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
12. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
13. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
14. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census