La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

La Jacques-Cartier

Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 47°02′N 71°35′W﻿ / ﻿47.033°N 71.583°W﻿ / 47.033; -71.583[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Capitale-Nationale
Effective| April 1, 1981
County seat| Shannon
Municipalities|

List

* Shannon
* Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
* Lac-Beauport
* Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
* Lac-Delage
* Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
* Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
* Lac-Saint-Joseph
* Lac-Croche

Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Jacques Marcotte
Area

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• Total

| 3,321.20 km2 (1,282.32 sq mi)
• Land| 3,183.75 km2 (1,229.25 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[4]

• Total

| 47,813
• Density| 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Change
2016-2021

|  10%
• Dwellings

| 19,877
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 418 and 581
Website| www.mrc.
lajacquescartier.qc.ca

La Jacques-Cartier (French pronunciation: [la ʒak kaʁtje]) is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country.

## Subdivisions

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There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[3]

Cities & Towns (6)

* Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
* Lac-Delage
* Lac-Saint-Joseph
* Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
* Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
* Shannon

Municipalities (2)

* Lac-Beauport
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier

United Townships (1)

* Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

Unorganized Territory (1)

* Lac-Croche

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## Demographics

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### Population

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Canada census – La Jacques-Cartier community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 47,813 (+10.0% from 2016)| 43,485 (+17.8% from 2011)| 36,883 (+24.0% from 2006)
Land area| 3,183.75 km2 (1,229.25 sq mi)| 3,195.75 km2 (1,233.89 sq mi)| 3,194.99 km2 (1,233.59 sq mi)
Population density| 15/km2 (39/sq mi)| 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)| 11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
Median age| 37.2 (M: 37.6, F: 36.8)| 36.0 (M: 36.4, F: 35.7)| 35.5 (M: 36.0, F: 34.8)
Private dwellings| 19,877 (total) 18,301 (occupied)| 18,401 (total) | 16,206 (total)
Median household income| $109,000| $90,884| $79,769

References: 2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7]

Historical Census Data - La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 23,282| —
1996 | 24,819| +6.6%
2001 | 26,459| +6.6%
2006 | 29,738| +12.4%
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2011 | 36,883| +24.0%
2011rev | 36,929| +0.1%
2016 | 43,485| +17.8%
2021 | 47,813| +10.0%
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### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

French

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English

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French & English

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Other

Year  |  | Responses  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %

2021

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47,810

|  | 45,315  |  10.3  | 94.8%  |  | 1,220  |  13.8%  | 2.6%  |  | 640  |  75.3%  | 1.3%  |  | 500  |  6.5%  | 1.0%

2016

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43,410

|  | 41,095  |  17.8%  | 94.7%  |  | 1,415  |  9.3%  | 3.3%  |  | 365  |  30.4%  | 0.8%  |  | 535  |  67.2%  | 0.9%

2011

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36,790

|  | 34,895  |  25.2%  | 94.9%  |  | 1,295  |  22.2%  | 3.5%  |  | 280  |  30.2%  | 0.8%  |  | 320  |  39.6%  | 0.9%

2006

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29,680

|  | 27,875  |  13.1%  | 93.9%  |  | 1,060  |  17.2%  | 3.6%  |  | 215  |  2.4%  | 0.7%  |  | 530  |  112.0%  | 1.8%

2001

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26,380

|  | 24,640  |  7.9%  | 93.4%  |  | 1,280  |  15.5%  | 4.9%  |  | 210  |  27.3%  | 0.8%  |  | 250  |  35.1%  | 1.0%

1996

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24,705

|  | 22,840  | n/a  | 92.5%  |  | 1,515  | n/a  | 6.1%  |  | 165  | n/a  | 0.7%  |  | 185  | n/a  | 0.8%

## Transportation

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### Access Routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]

* Autoroutes
* A-73
* A-973

* Principal Highways
* R-175

* Secondary Highways
* R-358
* R-367
* R-369
* R-371

* External Routes
* None

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## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141093". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ Ministère des Affaires municipale et des Régions du Québec. "MRC La Jacques-Cartier - Répertoire des municipalités". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
3. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 220". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
4. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2021 Census: La Jacques-Cartier, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
5. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
8. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
9. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

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Administrative divisions of Capitale-Nationale (Region 03)

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* Charlevoix-Est
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