Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec
| Coteau-du-Lac | |
|---|---|
| City | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | |
  Coteau-du-Lac Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.300°N 74.183°WCoordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.300°N 74.183°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
| Government[2][3] | |
| • Mayor | Guy Jasmin |
| • Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area[2][4] | |
| • 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 | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0P |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-20 |
 Route 201  Route 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
| Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec[6] | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1991 | 4,193 | — |
| 1996 | 4,960 | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 5,573 | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 6,346 | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 6,842 | +7.8% |
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Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
6,720 |
6,350 | 6.5% |
94.49% | 240 | 71.4% |
3.57% | 55 | 22.2% |
0.82% | 75 |  16.7% |
1.12% | |||||
| 2006 |
6,235 |
5,960 | 14.2% |
95.59% | 140 | 17.6% |
2.25% | 45 | 28.6% |
0.72% | 90 | 200.0% |
1.44% | |||||
| 2001 |
5,455 |
5,220 | 11.2% |
95.69% | 170 | 28.6% |
3.12% | 35 |  0.0% |
0.64% | 30 | 0.0% |
0.55% | |||||
| 1996 |
4,895 |
4,695 | n/a | 95.91% | 135 | n/a | 2.76% | 35 | n/a | 0.72% | 30 | n/a | 0.61% | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 399922 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec: Coteau-du-Lac
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec
- ↑ Parks Canada Website
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
External links
Media related to Coteau-du-Lac (Québec) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (French)
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