Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
| Pointe-Fortune | ||
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| Village municipality | ||
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| Motto: La fortune aime les audacieux | ||
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | ||
  Pointe-Fortune Location in southern Quebec. | ||
| Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W / 45.567°N 74.383°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W / 45.567°N 74.383°W[1] | ||
| Country |
 Canada | |
| Province |
 Quebec | |
| Region | Montérégie | |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | |
| Constituted | August 28, 1880 | |
| Government[2][3] | ||
| • Mayor | Jean-Pierre Daoust | |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges | |
| Area[2][4] | ||
| • Total | 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[4] | ||
| • Total | 542 | |
| • Density | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 6.9% | |
| • Dwellings | 265 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | J0P 1N0 | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | |
Highways  A-40 |
 Route 342 | |
| Website |
pointefortune | |
Pointe-Fortune is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, northwest of Montreal. The population at the 2011 Census was 542.
Demographics
Population
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Language
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English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
540 |
435 | 16.0% |
80.56% | 75 |  28.6% |
13.89% | 10 | n/a% |
1.85% | 20 | 20.0% |
3.70% | |||||
| 2006 |
505 |
375 | 5.1% |
74.26% | 105 | 162.5% |
20.79% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 25 | 25.0% |
4.95% | |||||
| 2001 |
455 |
395 | 0.0% |
86.81% | 40 | 33.3% |
8.79% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 20 | n/a% |
4.40% | |||||
| 1996 |
455 |
395 | n/a | 86.81% | 60 | n/a | 13.19% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Attractions
Macdonell-Williamson House,[8] which owes its existence to the fur trade and the legendary Voyageurs, is located at the historical boundary marker (which still stands to this day) which marks the division between Upper and Lower Canada..
Pointe Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 50159 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pointe-Fortune
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Maison Macdonell-Williamson House
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