L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality
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L'Île-d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [lil dɔʁleɑ̃]) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.[3]
L'Île-d'Orléans | |
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| Coordinates: 46°55′N 70°54′W / 46.917°N 70.900°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Jean-Pierre Turcotte |
| Area | |
• Total | 268.50 km2 (103.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 192.85 km2 (74.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 7,082 |
| • Density | 36.7/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011–2016 |  5.5% |
| • Dwellings | 3,703 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | mrc |
The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).
Subdivisions
editThere are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
Demographics
editPopulation
editCanada census – L'Île-d'Orléans community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 6,817 (-3.7% from 2016) | 7,082 (+5.5% from 2011) | 6,711 (-2.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 194.58 km2 (75.13 sq mi) | 192.85 km2 (74.46 sq mi) | 192.81 km2 (74.44 sq mi) |
| Population density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) | 36.7/km2 (95/sq mi) | 34.8/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Median age | 53.6 (M: 54.4, F: 52.8) | 52.0 (M: 52.3, F: 51.7) | 49.7 (M: 49.8, F: 49.5) |
| Private dwellings | 3,513 (total) 3,033 (occupied) | 3,703 (total) | 3,470 (total) |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $77,568 | $64,483 |
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| Source: Statistics Canada[9][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language
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English
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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7,020
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6,860 | 5.9%
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97.72% | 70 |  6.7%
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1.07% | 15 | 50.0%
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0.21% | 75 | 66.7%
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1.07% | |||||
2011
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6,610
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6,480 | 0.9%
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98.03% | 75 | 6.3%
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1.13% | 10 | 81.8%
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0.15% | 45 | 57.1%
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0.68% | |||||
2006
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6,780
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6,540 | 1.6%
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96.46% | 80 | 220.0%
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1.18% | 55 | 175.0%
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0.81% | 105 | 600.0%
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1.55% | |||||
2001
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6,705
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6,645 | 0.7%
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99.11% | 25 | 37.5%
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0.37% | 20 |  0.0%
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0.30% | 15 | 40.0%
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0.22% | |||||
1996
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6,780
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6,695 | n/a | 98.75% | 40 | n/a | 0.59% | 20 | n/a | 0.29% | 25 | n/a | 0.37% | |||||
Transportation
editAccess Routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141064". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 200". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c d e "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Île-d'Orléans, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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