Carignan, Quebec

Carignan (French pronunciation: [kaʁiɲɑ̃] ^ⓘ) is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, about 27 km (17 mi) from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 11,740.

Carignan
City
Bridge over Chambly canal in Carignan.
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  "Honneur et patrie" (French for, "Honor and homeland")
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM.
Carignan Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°27′N 73°18′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2][3]
• Type	Carignan City Council
• Mayor	Patrick Marquès
• Federal riding	Beloeil—Chambly
• Prov. riding	Chambly
Area [2][4]
• Total	65.20 km2 (25.17 sq mi)
• Land	62.07 km2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	11,740
• Density	189.1/km2 (490/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	24.1%
• Dwellings	4,375
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J3L
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-10 A-35	R-112 R-223
Website	www.villedecarignan.org

Carignan was originally the Village Municipality of Chambly. The village of Chambly was established in 1855, less than 10 years after the municipality of Chambly. In 1965 it was renamed Carignan^[6] to honour the Carignan-Salières Regiment.

History

Carignan-Salières Elementary School located near the western edge of town

Indoor skating rink on rue de l'École

The current city of Carignan was created on July 1, 1855 on a territory known as Chambly. The original name of Carignan was Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly and it kept this name for more than a century. On June 6, 1871, a large part of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly broke apart (as well as an important section of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville) to form the new town of Saint-Basile-le-Grand. Finally, on December 31, 1965, the name Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly was changed to become the new city of Carignan.

Geography

View upstream of the L'Acadie River from the Route 112 bridge linking Chambly and Carignan

Route 112 bridge (boul. de Périgny de Chambly) spanning the L'Acadie River to connect Chambly and Carignan

Carignan is made up of small urban blocks surrounded by agricultural land where the main crops grown are corn, wheat and soybeans. The municipality borders the Acadia and Richelieu Rivers and these merge, creating a small delta. At their tip, one of the city's four islands: Goyer Island (formerly Grande Isle since it is the largest). Also, Demers Island and Île Aux Lièvres Between the islands, there are channels containing unique flora and fauna. Unusual fact, the municipality is cut (to the east and west) by the city of Chambly in two non-contiguous portions: there is a discontinuity of 1.8 km on the chemin de la Grande-Ligne and 3 km by the Richelieu River.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carignan had a population of 11,740 living in 4,274 of its 4,375 total private dwellings, a change of 24.1% from its 2016 population of 9,462. With a land area of 62.07 km² (23.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 189.1/km² (489.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Population trend:[8] Census Population Change (%) 2021 11,740 24.1% 2016 9,462 18.8% 2011 7,966 7.3% 2006 7,426 25.5% 2001 5,915 5.4% 1996 5,614 4.2% 1991 5,386 12.6% 1986 4,784 5.3% 1981 4,544 26.8% 1976 3,585 7.3% 1971 3,340 12.3% 1966 2,975 22.7% 1961 2,424 16.9% 1956 2,073 46.6% 1951 1,414 24.9% 1941 1,132 17.2% 1931 966 8.3% 1921 1,054 4.9% 1911 1,005 8.2% 1901 929 3.0% 1891 958 3.0% 1881 988 22.8% 1871 1,279 28.4% 1861 1,787 N/A

Mother tongue language (2021)[9] Language Population Pct (%) French only 9,755 83.1% English only 590 5.0% Both English and French 210 1.8% Other languages 1,045 8.9%

Infrastructure

The CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan provides commuter and local bus services.

See also

• South Shore (Montreal)
• Chambly Basin
• List of cities in Quebec