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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | |
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Coordinates: 45.08°N 74.17°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | 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 | 5.9% |
• Dwellings | 12,016 |
Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, from most of historic Huntingdon County.
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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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 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality[9][10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
22,160 |
14,185 | 1.5% | 64.0% | 6,730 | 9.4% | 30.4% | 400 | 15.9% | 1.64% | 845 | 65.7% | 3.8% | |||||
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% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[11]
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