Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality

Brome-Missisquoi (French pronunciation: [bʁɔm misiskwa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville.^[2] In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.

Brome-Missisquoi
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°48′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 2010
County seat	Cowansville
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Arthur Fauteux
Area [3]
• Total	1,685.90 km2 (650.93 sq mi)
• Land	1,650.20 km2 (637.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	64,786
• Density	39.3/km2 (102/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	11.1%
• Dwellings	34,331
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.brome-missisquoi.ca
[4]

In Parliament it is covered by the Brome—Missisquoi federal electoral district.

History

In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont moved from La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality to Brome-Missisquoi.^[5]

Subdivisions

There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2][6]

Cities & towns (7) Bedford Bromont Cowansville Dunham Farnham Lac-Brome Sutton

Municipalities (11) Bolton-Ouest Brigham East Farnham Frelighsburg Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge Pike River Saint-Armand Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge Sainte-Sabine Stanbridge East Stanbridge Station

Townships (1) Bedford

Villages (2) Abercorn Brome

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Name Votes Population [7] Area (km^2) Abercorn 1 341 26.72 Bedford (Town) 1 2,558 4.23 Bedford (Township) 1 658 31.96 Bolton-Ouest 1 732 100.94 Brigham 1 2,282 86.92 Brome 1 341 11.56 Bromont 6 11,357 114.05 Cowansville 8 15,234 46.87 Dunham 2 3,599 193.86 East-Farnham 1 612 5.02 Farnham 5 10,149 92.12 Frelighsburg 1 1,123 123.31 Lac-Brome 3 5,923 206.9 Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge 1 691 43.89 Pike-River 1 503 40.77 Saint-Armand 1 1,228 83.16 Sainte-Sabine 1 1,105 55.33 Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge 1 677 69.42 Stanbridge East 1 834 49.41 Stanbridge Station 1 291 18.07 Sutton 2 4,548 245.69 Total 41 64,786 1650.20

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	64,786 (+11.1% from 2016)	58,314 (+4.8% from 2011)	55,621 (+5.4% from 2006)
Land area	1,650.20 km2 (637.15 sq mi)	1,652.08 km2 (637.87 sq mi)	1,651.73 km2 (637.74 sq mi)
Population density	39.3/km2 (102/sq mi)	35.3/km2 (91/sq mi)	33.7/km2 (87/sq mi)
Median age	49.6 (M: 48.8, F: 50.4)	48.4 (M: 47.4, F: 49.4)	46.5 (M: 45.8, F: 47.2)
Private dwellings	34,331 (total)  29,414 (occupied)	31,470 (total)	29,296 (total)
Median household income	$71,500	$57,801	$50,670

References: 2021^[8] 2016^[9] 2011^[10]

Historical census data - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 45,257 —     1996 45,987 +1.6% 2001 46,165 +0.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 46,720 +1.2% 2010A 52,769 +12.9% 2011 55,621 +5.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2016 58,314 +4.8% 2021 64,786 +11.1%
,[11][3] 2021 (A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census mother tongue - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec[11]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		63,560		50,310	12.2%	79.04%		9,885	0.97%	15.55%		1,585	82.18%	2.49%		1,490	12.03%	2.34%
2016		56,955		44,820	71.2%	78.69%		9,790	4.4%	17.02%		870	3.57%	1.53%		1,330	5.5%	2.33%
2011		54,590		42,240	25.9%	77.38%		10,250	4.2%	18.78%		840	18.3%	1.54%		1,260	2.7%	2.31%
2006		45,400		33,560	1.8%	73.92%		9,835	2.8%	21.66%		710	4.7%	1.56%		1,295	30.8%	2.85%
2001		44,830		32,975	2.7%	73.56%		10,120	6.1%	22.57%		745	4.9%	1.66%		990	11.2%	2.21%
1996		44,485		32,105	n/a	72.17%		10,780	n/a	24.23%		710	n/a	1.60%		890	n/a	2.00%

Highways

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[12]

Autoroutes A-10 A-35 (planned)

Principal highways R-104 R-133 R-139

Secondary highways R-202 R-213 R-215 R-233 R-235 R-237 R-241 R-243

External routes I-89 VT 108 VT 139

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec