Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
Les Maskoutains | |
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 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Mme Francine Morin |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 87,099 |
| • Density | 66.9/km2 (173/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 40,244 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.
Subdivisions
editThere are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
editPopulation
editCanada census – Les Maskoutains community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 89,432 (+2.7% from 2016) | 87,099 (+3.4% from 2011) | 84,248 (+4.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,302.15 km2 (502.76 sq mi) | 1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi) | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) |
| Population density | 68.7/km2 (178/sq mi) | 66.9/km2 (173/sq mi) | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.0 (M: 42.8, F: 45.2) | 43.7 (M: 41.9, F: 45.5) | 42.8 (M: 41.2, F: 44.4) |
| Private dwellings | 41,625 (total) 39,931 (occupied) | 40,244 (total) | 38,387 (total) |
| Median household income | $67,500 | $55,917 | $50,253 |
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Language
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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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86,010
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81,730 | 2.7%
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95.0% | 665 | 3.1%
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0.8% | 330 | 8.2%
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0.4% | 3,285 | 59.1%
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2.50% | |||||
2011
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82,625
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79,610 | 4.2%
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96.35% | 645 | 16.2%
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0.78% | 305 | 69.4%
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0.37% | 2,065 | 16.7%
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2.50% | |||||
2006
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78,930
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76,425 | 1.4%
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96.83% | 555 | 2.8%
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0.70% | 180 |  12.2%
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0.23% | 1,770 | 100.0%
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2.24% | |||||
2001
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77,025
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75,395 | 0.4%
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97.88% | 540 | 28.9%
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0.70% | 205 | 20.6%
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0.27% | 885 | 22.9%
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1.15% | |||||
1996
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77,385
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75,735 | n/a | 97.87% | 760 | n/a | 0.98% | 170 | n/a | 0.22% | 720 | n/a | 0.93% | |||||
Transportation
editAccess Routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141068". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 540". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Maskoutains, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "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 2019-11-25.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "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
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map