Clarenceville, Quebec

Clarenceville (French pronunciation: [klaʁɑ̃svil]; formerly Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də klaʁɑ̃svil]) is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,154. The name Clarenceville was adopted to mark the visit to Canada in 1787 by Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, who became King in 1830 as William IV.^[1] Some parts of the municipality have no drinking water system or sewers.^[5]

Clarenceville
Municipality
West entrance of Clarenceville
Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
Clarenceville Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°04′N 73°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Le Haut-Richelieu
Constituted	December 27, 1989
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Serge Beaudoin
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Iberville
Area [2][4]
• Total	81.70 km2 (31.54 sq mi)
• Land	63.06 km2 (24.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	1,154
• Density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.6%
• Dwellings	732
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1B0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-202
Website	www.clarenceville.qc.ca

History

Originally part of New France the area was named Seigneurie de Foucault and settled after 1727. The land was transferred to British rule after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. The area was leased to Colonel Henry Caldwell in 1774 and called Caldwell's Manor, then sold in 1842 to Joseph Frederic Allard and renamed Allard's Manor. In 1822, the name was changed to Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, briefly Clarenceville,^[6] after William, the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), third son of King George III, who later became William IV.^[7] The name was changed again in October 2022, to the Municipality of Clarenceville.^[8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clarenceville had a population of 1,154 living in 538 of its 732 total private dwellings, a change of 4.6% from its 2016 population of 1,103. With a land area of 63.06 km² (24.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.3/km² (47.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Population

Canada census – Clarenceville community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,154 (+4.6% from 2016)	1,103 (+4.5% from 2011)	1,056 (-4.5% from 2006)
Land area	63.06 km2 (24.35 sq mi)	63.46 km2 (24.50 sq mi)	63.43 km2 (24.49 sq mi)
Population density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)	17.4/km2 (45/sq mi)	16.6/km2 (43/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 54.0, F: 56.0)	52.9 (M: 52.7, F: 53.2)	50.4 (M: 51.4, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	732 (total)  538 (occupied)	738 (total)	718 (total)
Median household income	$65,000	$49,792	$42,177

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[10] 2011^[11]

Historical Census Data - Clarenceville, Quebec^[12]

Year Pop. ±% 1861 1,761 —     1871 1,250 −29.0% 1881 1,186 −5.1% 1891 1,138 −4.0% 1901 999 −12.2% 1911 908 −9.1% 1921 648 −28.6% 1931 598 −7.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1941 651 +8.9% 1951 439 −32.6% 1956 377 −14.1% 1961 462 +22.5% 1966 456 −1.3% 1971 558 +22.4% 1976 501 −10.2% 1981 591 +18.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1986 579 −2.0% 1991 918 +58.5% 1996 980 +6.8% 2001 1,073 +9.5% 2006 1,106 +3.1% 2011 1,056 −4.5% 2016 1,103 +4.5% 2021 1,154 +4.6%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clarenceville, Quebec[12]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		1,155		805	8.1%	69.7%		260	7.1%	22.5%		25	150.0%	2.2%		50	23.1%	4.3%
2016		1,100		745	12.0%	67.7%		280	6.7%	25.5%		10	33.3%	0.9%		65	0.0%	5.9%
2011		1,045		665	15.8%	63.6%		300	33.3%	28.7%		15	50.0%	1.4%		65	8.3%	6.2%
2006		1,105		790	35.0%	71.5%		225	41.6%	20.4%		30	20.0%	2.7%		60	20.0%	5.4%
2001		1,070		585	41.0%	54.7%		385	13.5%	36.0%		25	0.0%	2.3%		75	16.7%	7.0%
1996		975		415	n/a	42.6%		445	n/a	45.6%		25	n/a	2.6%		90	n/a	9.2%

Notable people

• Carrie Derick (1862 – 1941), noted botanist and geneticist, was the first woman full professor at a Canadian university. She was born in Clarenceville.

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Royal eponyms in Canada