La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality

La Jacques-Cartier (French pronunciation: [la ʒak kaʁtje]) is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country.

La Jacques-Cartier
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°02′N 71°35′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	April 1, 1981
County seat	Shannon
Municipalities	List Shannon Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Lac-Beauport Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Lac-Delage Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Lac-Saint-Joseph Lac-Croche
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jacques Marcotte
Area [3][4]
• Total	3,321.20 km2 (1,282.32 sq mi)
• Land	3,183.75 km2 (1,229.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	47,813
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10%
• Dwellings	19,877
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc. lajacquescartier.qc.ca

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[3]

Cities & Towns (6) Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Lac-Delage Lac-Saint-Joseph Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Shannon

Municipalities (2) Lac-Beauport Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier

United Townships (1) Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

Unorganized Territory (1) Lac-Croche

Demographics

Population

Canada census – La Jacques-Cartier community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	47,813 (+10.0% from 2016)	43,485 (+17.8% from 2011)	36,883 (+24.0% from 2006)
Land area	3,183.75 km2 (1,229.25 sq mi)	3,195.75 km2 (1,233.89 sq mi)	3,194.99 km2 (1,233.59 sq mi)
Population density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)	13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)	11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
Median age	37.2 (M: 37.6, F: 36.8)	36.0 (M: 36.4, F: 35.7)	35.5 (M: 36.0, F: 34.8)
Private dwellings	19,877 (total)  18,301 (occupied)	18,401 (total)	16,206 (total)
Median household income	$109,000	$90,884	$79,769

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7]

Historical Census Data - La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 23,282 —     1996 24,819 +6.6% 2001 26,459 +6.6% 2006 29,738 +12.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 36,883 +24.0% 2011rev 36,929 +0.1% 2016 43,485 +17.8% 2021 47,813 +10.0%
[8][4]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		47,810		45,315	10.3	94.8%		1,220	13.8%	2.6%		640	75.3%	1.3%		500	6.5%	1.0%
2016		43,410		41,095	17.8%	94.7%		1,415	9.3%	3.3%		365	30.4%	0.8%		535	67.2%	0.9%
2011		36,790		34,895	25.2%	94.9%		1,295	22.2%	3.5%		280	30.2%	0.8%		320	39.6%	0.9%
2006		29,680		27,875	13.1%	93.9%		1,060	17.2%	3.6%		215	2.4%	0.7%		530	112.0%	1.8%
2001		26,380		24,640	7.9%	93.4%		1,280	15.5%	4.9%		210	27.3%	0.8%		250	35.1%	1.0%
1996		24,705		22,840	n/a	92.5%		1,515	n/a	6.1%		165	n/a	0.7%		185	n/a	0.8%

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 A-73 A-973

Principal Highways R-175

Secondary Highways R-358 R-367 R-369 R-371

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec