Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality (French pronunciation: [lə o ʁiʃ(ə)ljø], lit. 'The Upper Richelieu') is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through it.

Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°12′N 73°14′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Andrée Bouchard
Area [3]
• Total	999.70 km2 (385.99 sq mi)
• Land	936.02 km2 (361.40 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	117,443
• Density	125.5/km2 (325/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	2.7%
• Dwellings	52,461
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.mrchr.qc.ca

Le-haut Richelieu is on the south border

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Municipalities (12) Clarenceville Henryville Lacolle Mont-Saint-Grégoire Noyan Saint-Alexandre Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix Saint-Sébastien Saint-Valentin Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville Venise-en-Québec

Parishes (1) Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Le Haut-Richelieu community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	121,277 (+3.3% from 2016)	117,443 (+2.7% from 2011)	114,344 (+5.0% from 2006)
Land area	934.85 km2 (360.95 sq mi)	936.02 km2 (361.40 sq mi)	936.26 km2 (361.49 sq mi)
Population density	129.7/km2 (336/sq mi)	125.5/km2 (325/sq mi)	122.1/km2 (316/sq mi)
Median age	44.0 (M: 42.8, F: 44.8)	43.1 (M: 42.1, F: 44.1)	41.6 (M: 40.7, F: 42.6)
Private dwellings	55,208 (total)  52,723 (occupied)	52,461 (total)	50,665 (total)
Median household income	$75,500	$61,778	$55,167

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

Historical Census Data - Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 92,889 —     1996 97,539 +5.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 100,753 +3.3% 2006 108,892 +8.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 114,344 +5.0% 2016 117,443 +2.7%
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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		116,150		108,675	2.3%	93.6%		3,645	5.9%	3.1%		1,005	2.6%	0.9%		2,825	32.6%	2.4%
2011		113,245		106,260	5.8%	93.83%		3,875	15.5%	3.42%		980	41.0%	0.87%		2,130	25.7%	1.88%
2006		107,390		100,475	7.8%	93.56%		3,355	10.5%	3.12%		695	4.8%	0.65%		2,865	44.7%	2.67%
2001		99,630		93,170	2.9%	93.52%		3,750	2.5%	3.76%		730	7.0%	0.73%		1,980	37.0%	1.99%
1996		96,475		90,585	n/a	93.89%		3,660	n/a	3.79%		785	n/a	0.81%		1,445	n/a	1.50%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[8]

Autoroutes A-35

Principal Highways R-104 R-133

Secondary Highways R-202 R-219 R-221 R-223 R-225 R-227

External Routes US 11 NY 276 VT 225

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec