Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
Les Maskoutains | |
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 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Mme Francine Morin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 87,099 |
| • Density | 66.9/km2 (173/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 40,244 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality community profile
| 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 87,099 (+3.4% from 2011) | 84,248 (+4.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi) | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) |
| Population density | 66.9/km2 (173/sq mi) | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| Median age | 43.7 (M: 41.9, F: 45.5) | 42.8 (M: 41.2, F: 44.4) |
| Total private dwellings | 40,244 | 38,387 |
| Median household income | $55,917 | $50,253 |
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
86,010 |
81,730 | 2.7% |
95.0% | 665 | 3.1% |
0.8% | 330 | 8.2% |
0.4% | 3,285 | 59.1% |
2.50% | |||||
2011 |
82,625 |
79,610 | 4.2% |
96.35% | 645 | 16.2% |
0.78% | 305 | 69.4% |
0.37% | 2,065 | 16.7% |
2.50% | |||||
2006 |
78,930 |
76,425 | 1.4% |
96.83% | 555 | 2.8% |
0.70% | 180 |  12.2% |
0.23% | 1,770 | 100.0% |
2.24% | |||||
2001 |
77,025 |
75,395 | 0.4% |
97.88% | 540 | 28.9% |
0.70% | 205 | 20.6% |
0.27% | 885 | 22.9% |
1.15% | |||||
1996 |
77,385 |
75,735 | n/a | 97.87% | 760 | n/a | 0.98% | 170 | n/a | 0.22% | 720 | n/a | 0.93% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]
References
- Reference number 141068 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 540 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Maskoutains, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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