Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 45.08°N 74.17°W / 45.08; -74.17[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	1,173.51 km^2 (453.09 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	22,454
• Density	19.1/km^2 (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.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. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.

History

The RCM was formed on January 1, 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 community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	22,213 (-1.1% from 2016)	22,454 (+5.9% from 2011)	21,197 (-3.4% from 2006)
Land area	1,168.08 km^2 (451.00 sq mi)	1,173.51 km^2 (453.09 sq mi)	1,174.00 km^2 (453.28 sq mi)
Population density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)	19.1/km^2 (49/sq mi)	18.1/km^2 (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

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6] earlier^[7][8]

Historical Census Data - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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%
2016	22,454	+5.9%
[9][10][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality[9][10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
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%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[11]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-132 R-138

Secondary Highways R-201 R-202 R-203 R-209

External Routes NY 30 NY 189 NY 374

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141097". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 690". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
10. "Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality (Code 2469) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
11. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

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