Argenteuil Regional County Municipality
Argenteuil is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Lachute.[2]
Argenteuil | |
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 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′N 74°25′W / 45.683°N 74.417°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | Lachute |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Scott Pearce |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,306.60 km2 (504.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,252.97 km2 (483.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 32,389 |
| • Density | 25.8/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  0.8% |
| • Dwellings | 19,081 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
History
editIn 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a domain of 186 square kilometres (72 sq mi) of land. This fiefdom was bounded by the Ottawa River to the south, a line through the center of the hamlet of Carillon in the west and Clear Lake (Lac Clair) to the north. Since Ailleboust already owned a house in Argenteuil near Paris, he called his domain Argenteuil Seigneury. In 1697, the Lord of Ailleboust and his wife Catherine Le Gardeur sold their seigneury to their son Pierre d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil. Subsequently over the years, the fiefdom was held by Pierre-Louis Panet, and then by Major Murray.[4]
After the conquest of New France by the British in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, the British implemented their laws, but maintained certain French seigneurial rights. In 1796, Jedediah Lane, from Jericho, Vermont, bought from Major Murray several thousand acres of land on both sides of the North River (Rivière du Nord), where Lachute is today. In 1809, Thomas Barron bought the land of the territory that would become the center of the town of Lachute. Five years later, Sir John Johnson, a Loyalist from New York who had resettled in Canada after the American Revolution, bought the rest of the Argenteuil Seigneury. He built a sawmill and gave land for churches, helping to attract new settlers to Argenteuil.[4]
In 1854, the Parliament of the Province of Canada abolished the seigneurial system, and the County of Argenteuil was created the following year.[4] In January 1983, the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality succeeded the County of Argenteuil.[5]
Subdivisions
editThere are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
editPopulation
edit| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 34,752 (+7.3% from 2016) | 32,389 (+0.8% from 2011) | 32,117 (+7.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,234.69 km2 (476.72 sq mi) | 1,252.97 km2 (483.77 sq mi) | 1,251.64 km2 (483.26 sq mi) |
| Population density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) | 25.8/km2 (67/sq mi) | 25.7/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Median age | 51.2 (M: 50.8, F: 52.0) | 49.6 (M: 49.0, F: 50.1) | 46.9 (M: 46.4, F: 47.4) |
| Private dwellings | 19,600 (total) 16,223 (occupied) | 19,081 (total) | 18,352 (total) |
| Median household income | $62,800 | $50,415 | $44,453 |
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Language
edit| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec[11][12][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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31,905
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26,010 | 1.4%
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81.5% | 4,820 |  4.1%
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15.1% | 425 | 1.1%
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1.3% | 650 | 16.1%
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2.0% | |||||
2011
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31,655
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25,650 | 9.7%
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81.03% | 5,025 | 2.0%
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15.87% | 420 | 27.3%
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1.33% | 560 | 10.4%
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1.77% | |||||
2006
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29,460
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23,375 | 5.6%
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79.35% | 5,130 | 2.4%
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17.41% | 330 | 10.8%
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1.12% | 625 | 31.6%
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2.12% | |||||
2001
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28,230
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22,130 | 2.8%
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78.39% | 5,255 | 10.8%
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18.62% | 370 | 42.3%
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1.31% | 475 | 3.3%
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1.68% | |||||
1996
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28,135
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21,525 | n/a | 76.51% | 5,890 | n/a | 20.93% | 260 | n/a | 0.92% | 460 | n/a | 1.64% | |||||
Transportation
editAccess Routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[13]
Attractions
edit- Argenteuil Regional Museum (Saint-André-d'Argenteuil)
- Carillon Canal
- Caserne-de-Carillon National Historic site (Carillon Barracks)[14]
- Lachute Airport (Lachute)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141122". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c d "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 760". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Argenteuil, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Lachute, d'hier à aujourd'hui" (in French). La ville de Lachute. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ a b "Argenteuil Regional County Municipality (Code 2476) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- ^ "Carillon Barracks (Casernes de Carillon)". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
External links
edit- Official Web site of MRC of Argenteuil
- Official Web site of the Count of Argenteuil (History of Seigniors of Argenteuil)