Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | |
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Municipality | |
Motto: Grande porte du Canada | |
Coordinates: 45°05′N 73°25′W / 45.083°N 73.417°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Robert Duteau |
• Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
• Prov. riding | Huntingdon |
Area | |
• Total | 113.90 km2 (43.98 sq mi) |
• Land | 113.19 km2 (43.70 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[5] | |
• Total | 1,549 |
• Density | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.9% |
• Dwellings | 657 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-15 | R-202 R-217 |
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of Montérégie. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established officially in 1855, and its population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 1,549. A major border crossing, Blackpool, is located where St-Bernard-de-Lacolle abuts the village of Champlain, New York, at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 15 and U.S. Interstate 87. 5 km from that legal crossing point is Roxham Road, where more people cross the border illegally from the United States than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017.[6]
Demographics
Population
2011 | |
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Population | 1,477 (-3.9% from 2006) |
Land area | 113.19 km2 (43.70 sq mi) |
Population density | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Median age | 44.2 (M: 44.8, F: 43.3) |
Private dwellings | 657 (total) |
Median household income | $43,300 |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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1,475
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1,220 | 5.8% | 82.71% | 185 | 76.2% | 12.54% | 15 | 50.0% | 1.02% | 55 | 31.3% | 3.73% | |||||
2006
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1,490
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1,295 | 8.8% | 86.91% | 105 | 56.3% | 7.05% | 10 | n/a% | 0.67% | 80 | 300.0% | 5.37% | |||||
2001
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1,450
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1,190 | 2.6% | 82.07% | 240 | 12.7% | 16.55% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 20 | 20.0% | 1.38% | |||||
1996
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1,460
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1,160 | n/a | 79.45% | 275 | n/a | 18.84% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 25 | n/a | 1.71% |
Education
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served a portion of the municipality.[11]
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55745". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle". Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire.
- ^ Riding history for Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec from the Library of Parliament
- ^ "Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec". Statistics Canada Census Profile. 2011.
- ^ "Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec". Statistics Canada Census Profile. 2016.
- ^ Quan, Douglas (3 February 2019). "RCMP has spent more than $6.6M to process migrants at Canada's busiest illegal crossing". National Post. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "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: Canada Census 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ King, M.J. (Chairperson of the Board) (December 16, 1965). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board". The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Vol. 119, no. 5. St. Johns, PQ. p. 2. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
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