Otterburn Park, Quebec

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Otterburn Park
City
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM.
Otterburn Park
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°13′W / 45.533°N 73.217°W / 45.533; -73.217Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°13′W / 45.533°N 73.217°W / 45.533; -73.217[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2][3]
  Mayor Gérard Boutin
  Federal riding Chambly—Borduas
  Prov. riding Borduas
Area[2][4]
  Total 5.70 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
  Land 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
  Total 8,450
  Density 1,580.6/km2 (4,094/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.2%
  Dwellings 3,256
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J3H 2M6
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 133
Website www.ville.
otterburnpark.qc.ca

Otterburn Park is a small town located 40 km east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 8,450. The town lies south of Mont-Saint-Hilaire on the Richelieu River and is one of the few officially bilingual towns in Quebec.

History

Originally a rural agricultural area, Otterburn Park's transformation began in the late 1800s, when it became a favourite weekend destination for employees of the Grand Trunk Railway, which, starting in 1885, ran a weekend train from Bonaventure Station to Mont-Saint-Hilaire.[5] Occasional recreational visitors, including railroad employees, bought or built summer cottages, spurring development and, eventually, permanent settlement.[5]

Until 1949, the Otterburn park was neighbourhood within Mont-Saint-Hilaire parish.[5] It took its present name, Otterburn Park, by vote in 1953.

Otterburn Park was the scene of the St-Hilaire train disaster in 1864, in which nearly 100 people were killed when an immigrant train failed to stop at an open swing bridge and fell into the Richelieu. The disaster remains the worst railroad accident in Canadian history, and the bridge is known to this day as the Pont Noir, or black bridge.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:[6]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 8,450 Decrease 0.2%
2006 8,464 Increase 7.6%
2001 7,866 Increase 7.5%
1996 7,320 Increase 21.1%
1991 6,046 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[7]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 7,595 89.83%
English only 585 6.92%
Both English and French 70 0.83%
Other languages 205 2.42%

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