Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality

Les Maskoutains (French pronunciation: [le maskutɛ̃]) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.

Les Maskoutains
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Hyacinthe
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Mme Francine Morin
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi)
• Land	1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	87,099
• Density	66.9/km2 (173/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.4%
• Dwellings	40,244
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcmaskoutains.qc.ca

The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.

Subdivisions

There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Pie

Municipalities (13) La Présentation Saint-Barnabé-Sud Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville Saint-Damase Saint-Dominique Saint-Hugues Saint-Jude Saint-Liboire Saint-Louis Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu Saint-Simon Saint-Valérien-de-Milton Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot

Parishes (1) Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Villages (1) Sainte-Madeleine

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Les Maskoutains community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	89,432 (+2.7% from 2016)	87,099 (+3.4% from 2011)	84,248 (+4.4% from 2006)
Land area	1,302.15 km2 (502.76 sq mi)	1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi)	1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi)
Population density	68.7/km2 (178/sq mi)	66.9/km2 (173/sq mi)	64.7/km2 (168/sq mi)
Median age	44.0 (M: 42.8, F: 45.2)	43.7 (M: 41.9, F: 45.5)	42.8 (M: 41.2, F: 44.4)
Private dwellings	41,625 (total)  39,931 (occupied)	40,244 (total)	38,387 (total)
Median household income	$67,500	$55,917	$50,253

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

Historical Census Data - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 76,845 —     1996 78,754 +2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 78,917 +0.2% 2006 80,694 +2.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 84,248 +4.4% 2016 87,099 +3.4%
[7][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Maskoutains 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		86,010		81,730	2.7%	95.0%		665	3.1%	0.8%		330	8.2%	0.4%		3,285	59.1%	2.50%
2011		82,625		79,610	4.2%	96.35%		645	16.2%	0.78%		305	69.4%	0.37%		2,065	16.7%	2.50%
2006		78,930		76,425	1.4%	96.83%		555	2.8%	0.70%		180	12.2%	0.23%		1,770	100.0%	2.24%
2001		77,025		75,395	0.4%	97.88%		540	28.9%	0.70%		205	20.6%	0.27%		885	22.9%	1.15%
1996		77,385		75,735	n/a	97.87%		760	n/a	0.98%		170	n/a	0.22%		720	n/a	0.93%

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-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways R-116 R-137

Secondary Highways R-211 R-224 R-227 R-229 R-231 R-233 R-235 R-239

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec