Calixa-Lavallée

Calixa-Lavallée (French pronunciation: [kaliksa lavale]), named for the composer of the same name, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 509.

Calixa-Lavallée
Municipality
House in Calixa-Lavallée
Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM
Calixa-Lavallée Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°17′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Marguerite-D'Youville
Constituted	July 24, 1878
Named after	Calixa Lavallée[1]
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Daniel Plouffe
• Federal riding	Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
• Prov. riding	Verchères
Area [2][4]
• Total	32.80 km2 (12.66 sq mi)
• Land	32.20 km2 (12.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	509
• Density	15.8/km2 (41/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.7%
• Dwellings	220
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0L 1A0
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.calixa-lavallee.ca

On December 6, 2014, Calixa-Lavallée changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.^[5]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Calixa-Lavallée community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	509 (-2.7% from 2016)	523 (+3.8% from 2011)	504 (-5.4% from 2006)
Land area	32.20 km2 (12.43 sq mi)	32.21 km2 (12.44 sq mi)	32.35 km2 (12.49 sq mi)
Population density	15.8/km2 (41/sq mi)	16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)	15.6/km2 (40/sq mi)
Median age	47.6 (M: 47.6, F: 48.0)	46.7 (M: 46.9, F: 46.2)	44.0 (M: 44.5, F: 43.0)
Private dwellings	220 (total)  212 (occupied)	221 (total)	200 (total)
Median household income	$93,000	$76,032	$77,326

References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

Historical Census Data - Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec^[9]

Year	Pop.	±%
1881	546	—
1891	582	+6.6%
1901	532	−8.6%
1911	534	+0.4%
1921	500	−6.4%
1931	485	−3.0%
1941	491	+1.2%
1951	483	−1.6%
1956	458	−5.2%
1961	459	+0.2%
1966	447	−2.6%
1971	387	−13.4%
1976	389	+0.5%
1981	436	+12.1%
1986	458	+5.0%
1991	448	−2.2%
1996	467	+4.2%
2001	495	+6.0%
2006	533	+7.7%
2011	504	−5.4%
2016	523	+3.8%
2021	509	−2.7%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec[9]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		510		495	2.0%	97.1%		5	0.0%	1.0%		5	n/a%	1.0%		10	0.0%	2.0%
2016		525		505	2.0%	96.2%		5	n/a%	1.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		10	100.0%	1.9%
2011		500		495	6.6%	99.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		5	n/a%	1.0%
2006		530		530	7.1%	100.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2001		495		495	7.6%	100.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	0.0%	0.0%		0	100.0%	0.0%
1996		470		460	n/a	97.9%		0	n/a	0.0%		0	n/a	0.0%		10	n/a	2.1%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec