Coteau-du-Lac
Appearance
Coteau-du-Lac | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Guy Jasmin |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 57.20 km2 (22.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 47.06 km2 (18.17 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 6,842 |
• Density | 145.4/km2 (377/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 7.8% |
• Dwellings | 2,631 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 | R-201 R-338 |
Website | www |
Coteau-du-Lac is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
The name of the town comes from the French word Coteau which meant "slope" and from its location on the north shore of Lake Saint Francis.[5] The National Historic Site of Canada of the Coteau-du-Lac canal is the location of the first canal lock system in North America. The city has an industrial park.
The population was 6,842 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Demographics
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 4,193 | — |
1996 | 4,960 | +18.3% |
2001 | 5,573 | +12.4% |
2006 | 6,346 | +13.9% |
2011 | 6,842 | +7.8% |
2011 | |
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Population | 6,842 (+7.8% from 2006) |
Land area | 47.06 km2 (18.17 sq mi) |
Population density | 145.4/km2 (377/sq mi) |
Median age | 39.0 (M: 39.0, F: 38.9) |
Private dwellings | 2,631 (total) |
Median household income | $71,517 |
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 % | |||||
2011
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6,720
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6,350 | 6.5% | 94.49% | 240 | 71.4% | 3.57% | 55 | 22.2% | 0.82% | 75 | 16.7% | 1.12% | |||||
2006
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6,235
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5,960 | 14.2% | 95.59% | 140 | 17.6% | 2.25% | 45 | 28.6% | 0.72% | 90 | 200.0% | 1.44% | |||||
2001
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5,455
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5,220 | 11.2% | 95.69% | 170 | 28.6% | 3.12% | 35 | 0.0% | 0.64% | 30 | 0.0% | 0.55% | |||||
1996
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4,895
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4,695 | n/a | 95.91% | 135 | n/a | 2.76% | 35 | n/a | 0.72% | 30 | n/a | 0.61% |
See also
References
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec: Coteau-du-Lac
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b c 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec Cite error: The named reference "cp2011" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 399922". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Parks Canada Website
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
External links
Media related to Coteau-du-Lac (Québec) at Wikimedia Commons