Coteau-du-Lac
Coteau-du-Lac | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
  Coteau-du-Lac Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.3°N 74.18°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrée Brosseau |
| • 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)[4] | |
| • 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
Canada census – Coteau-du-Lac community profile
| 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 |
| 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% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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%
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94.49% | 240 | 71.4%
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3.57% | 55 | 22.2%
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0.82% | 75 |  16.7%
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1.12% | |||||
2006
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6,235
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5,960 | 14.2%
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95.59% | 140 | 17.6%
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2.25% | 45 | 28.6%
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0.72% | 90 | 200.0%
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1.44% | |||||
2001
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5,455
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5,220 | 11.2%
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95.69% | 170 | 28.6%
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3.12% | 35 |  0.0%
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0.64% | 30 | 0.0%
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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% | |||||
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[9]
- École de Coteau-du-Lac (pavillons Académie-Wilson, de l'Éclusière, and Saint-Ignace)
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[10]
- Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare or Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore
Notable people
- Jules Fournier (1884-1918) was a Canadian writer and newspaper owner[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 399922". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ 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 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Parks Canada Website[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.
- ^ Mailhot, Laurent (2000). "Jules Fournier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
External links
Media related to Coteau-du-Lac (Québec) at Wikimedia Commons
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