Lacolle, Quebec
Lacolle | |
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450 and 579 | |
Highways | R-221 R-223 R-202 |
Website | www |
Lacolle (French pronunciation:
History
The written history of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609, when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal, Champlain referred to the location of the delta as "Lacole". When translated literally, the term means the neck of a bottle or that which is above the shoulders.
Lacolle was the site of three battles in the early 19th Century. Two of the battles took place during the
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Demographics
Population
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 2,708 (+4.3% from 2016) | 2,680 (+6.7% from 2006) |
Land area | 49.41 km2 (19.08 sq mi) | 49.64 km2 (19.17 sq mi) |
Population density | 54.8/km2 (142/sq mi) | 54.0/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Median age | 45.6 (M: 46.4, F: 44.8) | 43.2 (M: 42.2, F: 44.2) |
Private dwellings | 1,278 (total) 1,188 (occupied) | 1,185 (total) |
Median household income | $72,000 | $44,227 |
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(M) merger with Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel on January 1, 2002. |
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lacolle, Quebec[15] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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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2,680
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2,275 | 5.3% | 84.89% | 310 | 21.6% | 11.57% | 40 | 166.7% | 1.49% | 55 | 26.7% | 2.05% | |||||
2006
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2,505
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2,160 | 60.0% | 86.23% | 255 | 240.0% | 10.18% | 15 | 40.0% | 0.60% | 75 | 66.7% | 2.99% | |||||
2001
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1,495
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1,350 | 12.5% | 90.30% | 75 | 63.4% | 5.02% | 25 | 54.5% | 1.67% | 45 | 10.0% | 3.01% | |||||
1996
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1,510
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1,200 | n/a | 79.47% | 205 | n/a | 13.58% | 55 | n/a | 3.64% | 50 | n/a | 3.31% |
Industry
Lacolle as a small industrial park featuring Arneg Inc, Soudure HMC inc, and a Recycling complex operated by Compo Haut-Richelieu inc. (headquartered in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
Education
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[16]
See also
- Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812)
- Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814)
- Battle of Lacolle (1838)
- Lacolle Mills Blockhouse
- Lacolle railway station
- List of anglophone communities in Quebec
- List of municipalities in Quebec
- Municipal reorganization in Quebec
- Richelieu River
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 372452". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lacolle". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-JEAN (Quebec)[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Battle of Lacolle Mills". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ John R. Elting, Amateurs to Arms, p.176
- ^ Report of the Commanding Officer of the 13th Foot
- ^ NICOLAS, Paul Harris: Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces, Volume 2, p253
- ^ "La bataille de Lacolle, 6 novembre 1838" Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine at Les Patriotes de 1837@1838
- ^ "Bataille de Lacolle - 6 et 7 novembre 1838. (Bataille)" in La Mémoire du Québec
- 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ 2011census
- ^ King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
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