Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality

Charlevoix-Est (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁləvwa ɛst]) is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont.

Charlevoix-Est
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°44′N 69°59′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Clermont
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Bernard Maltais
Area [2][3]
• Total	2,994.68 km2 (1,156.25 sq mi)
• Land	2,288.97 km2 (883.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	15,409
• Density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Change (2016-21)	0.6%
• Dwellings	8,664
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	mrccharlevoixest.ca

Subdivisions

There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Clermont La Malbaie

Municipalities (5) Baie-Sainte-Catherine Notre-Dame-des-Monts Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs Saint-Irénée Saint-Siméon

Unorganized Territory (2) Mont-Élie Sagard

Demographics

Population

	2021	2016	2011
Population	15,409 (-0.6% from 2016)	15,509 (-4.5% from 2011)	16,240 (-0.8% from 2006)
Land area	2,288.97 km2 (883.78 sq mi)	2,307.23 km2 (890.83 sq mi)	2,305.84 km2 (890.29 sq mi)
Population density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 53.6, F: 55.2)	51.7 (M: 51.0, F: 52.5)	48.9 (M: 48.2, F: 49.7)
Private dwellings	8,664 (total)  7,138 (occupied)	8,707 (total)  6,980 (occupied)	8,606 (total)
Median household income	$64,500	$55,727	$50,043

Canada census – Charlevoix-Est community profile

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

Historical Census Data - Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 17,413 —     1996 16,941 −2.7% 2001 16,624 −1.9% 2006 16,372 −1.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 16,240 −0.8% 2016 15,509 −4.5% 2021 15,409 −0.6%
Source: Statistics Canada[3][7]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		15,295		15,105	4.8%	98.76%		75	11.8%	0.49%		30	14.3%	0.20%		85	88.9%	0.56%
2011		16,025		15,860	0.6%	98.97%		85	54.5%	0.53%		35	250.0%	0.22%		45	71.0%	0.28%
2006		16,170		15,950	1.8%	98.64%		55	35.3%	0.34%		10	71.4%	0.06%		155	1450.0%	0.96%
2001		16,380		16,250	1.8%	99.21%		85	32.0%	0.52%		35	22.2%	0.21%		10	75.0%	0.06%
1996		16,750		16,540	n/a	98.75%		125	n/a	0.75%		45	n/a	0.27%		40	n/a	0.24%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[9]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-138 R-170

Secondary Highways R-362

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec