Hemmingford, Quebec (village)

For the neighboring township of the same name, see Hemmingford, Quebec (township).

Hemmingford is a village municipality located in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality of southern Quebec. The population as of 2021 was 829.

Hemmingford
Village municipality
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
Hemmingford Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°03′N 73°35′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Constituted	January 1, 1878
Government [2]
• Mayor	Drew Somerville
• Federal riding	Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville
• Prov. riding	Huntingdon
Area [2][3]
• Total	1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
• Land	1.07 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	829
• Density	775.6/km2 (2,009/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	9.8%
• Dwellings	403
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0L 1H0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-202 R-219
Census profile	2468010[4]
MAMROT info	68010[5]
Toponymie info	28437[1]
Website	www.villagedehemmingford.ca

It was founded in 1878 by the division of the Township of Hemmingford creating two separate entities: the Township and the Village of Hemmingford. Both municipalities are locally referred to collectively as Hemmingford. The two share many things, such as the cost of the volunteer fire department and both hold their councils and offices in the same building in the village.

The village of Hemmingford is surrounded by the Township of Hemmingford. The centre of the village is at the intersection of Route 219 and Route 202.

The postal code for both the town and village of Hemmingford is J0L 1H0.

History

One of the earliest inhabitants of the place was Frederick Scriver, a Loyalist who settled there around 1800. Consequently, the place was known for nearly 30 years as Scriver Corners.^[1]

On January 1, 1878, the Village Municipality of Hemmingford was founded when it separated from the township.^[6] It took the name of the surrounding township, which in turn was named after Hemingford Abbots, in Huntingdonshire, England.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hemmingford had a population of 829 living in 379 of its 403 total private dwellings, a change of 9.8% from its 2016 population of 755. With a land area of 1.07 km² (0.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 774.8/km² (2,006.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Canada census – Hemmingford (village), Quebec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	829 (+9.8% from 2016)	755 (-6.6% from 2011)	808 (+6.7% from 2006)
Land area	1.07 km2 (0.41 sq mi)	0.91 km2 (0.35 sq mi)	1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population density	775.6/km2 (2,009/sq mi)	826.7/km2 (2,141/sq mi)	783.2/km2 (2,028/sq mi)
Median age	44.8 (M: 43.6, F: 46.4)	45.1 (M: 45.9, F: 43.7)	44.8 (M: 44.4, F: 45.0)
Private dwellings	403 (total)  379 (occupied)	350 (total)	383 (total)
Median household income	$61,200	$47,360	$44,042

References: 2021^[7] 2016^[8] 2011^[9]

Historical Census Data - Hemmingford (village), Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 345 —     1931 368 +6.7% 1941 429 +16.6% 1951 568 +32.4% 1956 682 +20.1% 1961 778 +14.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 789 +1.4% 1971 810 +2.7% 1976 763 −5.8% 1981 737 −3.4% 1986 705 −4.3% 1991 729 +3.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 751 +3.0% 2001 724 −3.6% 2006 757 +4.6% 2011 808 +6.7% 2016 755 −6.6% 2021 829 +9.8%
Source: Statistics Canada[10]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Hemmingford (village), Quebec[10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		810		355	6.6%	43.83%		395	25.4%	48.76%		20	0.0%	2.47%		40	0.0%	4.94%
2006		755		380	13.4%	50.33%		315	8.7%	41.72%		20	n/a%	2.65%		40	14.3%	5.30%
2001		715		335	25.6%	46.85%		345	21.1%	48.25%		0	100.0%	0.00%		35	n/a%	4.90%
1996		745		450	n/a	60.40%		285	n/a	38.26%		10	n/a	1.34%		0	n/a	0.00%

Local government

List of former mayors:^[6]

• Robert Wood (1878–1881)
• William Ray (1881–1890)
• John F. Scriver (1890–1907)
• Robert W. Blair (1907–1909, 1917–1925, 1927–1928)
• George William Keddy (1909–1912)
• James Mc Canse (1912–1917)
• Thomas George Mc Clatchie (1925–1927, 1928–1931)
• Wilfrid Lacasse (1931–1941)
• Léo Fortin (1941–1965)
• Joseph Walter Bernard Smith (1965–1967)
• Henry Alister Darby Somerville (1967–1973)
• Maurice Patenaude (1973–1993)
• Mario Fortin (1993–1997)
• Claude Mailloux (1997–2001)
• Andrew Merlin Somerville (2001–present)

See also

• English River (Chateauguay River tributary)
• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of village municipalities in Quebec