Dundee, Quebec
Dundee | |
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Township municipality | |
Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM. Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Named for | Dundee[1] |
Government[2][3] | |
• Mayor | Jean Armstrong |
• Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
• Prov. riding | Huntingdon |
Area[2][4] | |
• Total | 84.40 km2 (32.59 sq mi) |
• Land | 69.76 km2 (26.93 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 408 |
• Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 336 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J0S 1L0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Dundee is a township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 408. It is primarily an agricultural area consisting of dairy and grain farms.
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Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the Montérégie region of Quebec, the township is bordered to the south by the United States and to the northwest by the Saint Lawrence River, with the Mohawk reserve of Akwesasne to the west. The Salmon River runs through the municipality in a northwesterly direction from the US border to the Saint Lawrence, where many islands also make up Dundee's total area.
Communities
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Dundee Centre (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet in the center of the township
- L'Île-Saint-Régis (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet located on an island of the same name in the Saint Lawrence River
- Pointe-Fraser (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
- Pointe-Leblanc (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
- Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a village in the southern area of the township
Lakes & Rivers
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Rivière aux Saumons (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – runs from the US border to the Saint Lawrence River in the municipality's western area.
Demographics
Population
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Language
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Census | Total |
French
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English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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410
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255 | ![]() |
62.20% | 130 | ![]() |
31.70% | 10 | ![]() |
2.44% | 15 | ![]() |
3.66% | |||||
2006
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430
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250 | ![]() |
58.14% | 155 | ![]() |
36.05% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 25 | ![]() |
5.81% | |||||
2001
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415
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200 | ![]() |
48.19% | 180 | ![]() |
43.37% | 10 | ![]() |
2.41% | 25 | ![]() |
6.02% | |||||
1996
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400
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220 | n/a | 55.00% | 135 | n/a | 33.75% | 10 | n/a | 2.50% | 35 | n/a | 8.75% |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Reference number 19755 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Dundee
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BEAUHARNOIS--SALABERRY (Quebec)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dundee, Quebec Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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