Roussillon Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Roussillon

Regional county municipality

Location in province of Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W﻿ / ﻿45.367°N 73.567°W﻿ / 45.367; -73.567[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Montérégie
Effective| January 1, 1982
Named after| Régiment Royal Roussillon[1]
County seat| Saint-Constant
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Nathalie Simon
Area

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• Total

| 403.60 km2 (155.83 sq mi)
• Land| 423.82 km2 (163.64 sq mi)
| There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population

(2016)[3]

• Total

| 171,443
• Density| 404.5/km2 (1,048/sq mi)
• Change
2011–2016

|  5.7%
| Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 450 and 579
Website| www.mrcroussillon.qc.ca

Roussillon (French pronunciation: [ʁusijɔ̃] ⓘ) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 171,443 as of the 2016 census.[3]

## Subdivisions

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There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (9)

* Candiac
* Châteauguay
* Delson
* La Prairie
* Léry
* Mercier
* Saint-Constant
* Sainte-Catherine
* Saint-Philippe

Municipalities (1)

* Saint-Mathieu

Parishes (1)

* Saint-Isidore

Native Reserves (1)
(not associated with RCM)

* Kahnawake

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## Demographics

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### Population

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Canada census – Roussillon community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 185,568 (+8.2% from 2016)| 171,443 (+5.7% from 2011)| 162,187 (+8.1% from 2006)
Land area| 420.44 km2 (162.33 sq mi)| 423.82 km2 (163.64 sq mi)| 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi)
Population density| 441.4/km2 (1,143/sq mi)| 404.5/km2 (1,048/sq mi)| 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi)
Median age| 41.6 (M: 40.8, F: 42.4)| 40.6 (M: 39.8, F: 41.4)| 39.5 (M: 38.7, F: 40.2)
Private dwellings| 72,650 (total)  | 67,868 (total)  | 63,441 (total)
Median household income| | $78,596| $69,942

References: 2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]

Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 118,355| —
1996 | 132,167| +11.7%
2001 | 138,172| +4.5%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2006 | 149,996| +8.6%
2011 | 162,187| +8.1%
2016 | 171,443| +5.7%
[7][8][3]

### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[7]

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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184,130

|  | 131,390  |  0.13%  | 71.35%  |  | 20,740  |  8.5%  | 11.26%  |  | 3,985  |  67.78%  | 2.16%  |  | 24,535  |  50.10%  | 13.32%

2016

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170,835

|  | 131,215  |  2.7%  | 76.8%  |  | 19,115  |  2.02%  | 11.12%  |  | 2375  |  16.14%  | 1.39%  |  | 16,345  |  38.28%  | 9.57%

2011

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160,260

|  | 127,660  |  4.3%  | 79.66%  |  | 18,735  |  13.2%  | 11.69%  |  | 2,045  |  89.4%  | 1.28%  |  | 11,820  |  37.6%  | 7.37%

2006

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148,560

|  | 122,345  |  7.4%  | 82.35%  |  | 16,545  |  1.1%  | 11.14%  |  | 1,080  |  8.5%  | 0.73%  |  | 8,590  |  48.2%  | 5.78%

2001

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137,200

|  | 113,865  |  6.3%  | 82.99%  |  | 16,360  |  4.2%  | 11.93%  |  | 1,180  |  11.3%  | 0.86%  |  | 5,795  |  6.1%  | 4.22%

1996

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130,975

|  | 107,105  | n/a  | 81.78%  |  | 17,080  | n/a  | 13.04%  |  | 1,330  | n/a  | 1.01%  |  | 5,460  | n/a  | 4.17%

## 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-15
* A-30

* Principal Highways
* R-104
* R-132
* R-134
* R-138

* Secondary Highways
* R-207
* R-209
* R-217
* R-221

* 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. ^ a b "Fiche descriptive".
2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 670". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Roussillon, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
5. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
6. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
7. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
8. ^ "Roussillon Regional County Municipality (Code 2467) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
9. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | Lake Saint-Louis
Montréal TE | Longueuil TE

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|  |
Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM |

Roussillon RCM

| Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
|  |
| Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM |

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Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* Acton
* Pierre-De Saurel
* Les Maskoutains
* Rouville
* Le Haut-Richelieu
* La Vallée-du-Richelieu
* Longueuil
* Marguerite-D'Youville
* Roussillon
* Les Jardins-de-Napierville
* Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
* Beauharnois-Salaberry
* Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Municipalities|

* Cowansville
* Granby
* Sorel-Tracy
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
* Chambly
* Saint-Basile-le-Grand
* Mont-Saint-Hilaire
* Beloeil
* Brossard
* Saint-Lambert
* Boucherville
* Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
* Longueuil
* Sainte-Julie
* Varennes
* La Prairie
* Candiac
* Sainte-Catherine
* Saint-Constant
* Mercier
* Châteauguay
* Beauharnois
* Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
* Pincourt
* Vaudreuil-Dorion
* Saint-Lazare

Administrative divisions of Quebec

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