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]
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.