Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
—  Town  —
Ville de Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.
Coordinates (100, rue du Centre-Civique ): 45°33′54″N 73°11′28″W / 45.565°N 73.19111°W / 45.565; -73.19111
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie (16)
RCM La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Established March 12, 1966
Electoral Districts
Federal
Chambly—Borduas
Provincial Borduas
Government

Photo

[1]
 - Mayor Michel Gilbert
 - Federal MP(s) Matthew Dubé (NDP)
 - Quebec MNA(s) Pierre Curzi (PQ)
Area
 - Land 44.29 km2 (17.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 15,720
 - Density 354.9/km2 (919.2/sq mi)
 - Change (2001-06) increase10.2%
 - Dwellings 6,325
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s) J3H
Area code(s) 450
Access Routes
A-20 / TCH
Route 116
Website ville.mont-saint-hilaire.qc.ca

Mont-Saint-Hilaire is an off-island suburb of Montréal in southeastern Québec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 15,720.

A significant deposit of the semi-precious mineral Sodalite is located near Mont-Saint-Hilaire.

Contents

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census Population Change (%)
2006 15,720 increase10.2%
2001 14,270 increase9.2%
1996 13,064 increase6.5%
1991 12,267 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 14,540 93.32%
English only 610 3.92%
Both English and French 60 0.39%
Other languages 370 2.37%

Attractions

  • Art Station
  • Museum of arts of Mont-Saint-Hilaire
  • Art center Ozias Leduc
  • Manoir Rouville-Campbell
  • Saint-Hilaire church

McGill's Gault Nature Reserve resides over the thousand hectares of primeval forest land, used for research and recreation purposes.

See also

  • List of municipalities in Quebec

  1. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Mont-Saint-Hilaire
  2. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: CHAMBLY--BORDUAS (Quebec)
  3. ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: BORDUAS
  4. ^ a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
  5. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census


Richelieu River
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil		 Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu
Richelieu River
Beloeil		 Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
   Mont-Saint-Hilaire    
Otterburn Park Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-Baptiste


Coordinates: 45°34′N 73°12′W / 45.567°N 73.2°W / 45.567; -73.2

Municipalities of the MMC/Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval
North Shore
Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne
South Shore
Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA
Quebec Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories

Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · Acton · Pierre-De Saurel · Les Maskoutains · Rouville · Le Haut-Richelieu · La Vallée-du-Richelieu · Longueuil · Lajemmerais · Roussillon · Les Jardins-de-Napierville · Le Haut-Saint-Laurent · Beauharnois-Salaberry · Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec
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