Napierville

Not to be confused with Naperville, Illinois.

Napierville (French pronunciation: [napjɛʁvil]) is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 4,020. It is the location of the seat of the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality. It is surrounded by the municipality of Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville.

Napierville
Municipality
Palais de justice, Napierville
Coat of arms
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
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Coordinates: 45°11′N 73°24′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Constituted	January 1, 1873
Government [2]
• Mayor	Chantale Pelletier
• Federal riding	Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville
• Prov. riding	Huntingdon
Area [2][3]
• Total	4.49 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
• Land	4.50 km2 (1.74 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	4,020
• Density	893.3/km2 (2,314/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	3.1
• Dwellings	1,740
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1L0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-219 R-221
Website	www.napierville.ca

History

Church of St-Cyprien-de-Napierville in Napierville, circa 1890

The area opened for settlement in the early 19th century. At that time, the lands were part of the Seignory of Léry, owned by Napier Christie Burton who had inherited the seignory upon the death of his father, Gabriel Christie, in 1799. The seignory was looked after by Samuel Potts as temporary agent until 1815, and then by Edme Henry, who managed the Christie seignories for twenty years. In 1822, Edme Henry donated land in Napierville for the construction of a Catholic church.^[4]

Around 1823, the place was called "Les Côtes", meaning "the hills" and referred to its uneven terrain. In 1832, its post office opened.^[1]

In 1855, it was first incorporated as the Village Municipality of Napierville, named after Napier Christie Burton. In 1857, it was dissolved and merged with Saint-Cyprien. On January 1, 1873, the Village Municipality of Napierville was reestablished when it separated from the Parish Municipality of St-Cyprien.^[1][5]

On April 4, 2009, the Village Municipality of Napierville changed statutes and became a regular municipality.^[5]

Demographics

Population

	2021	2016	2011
Population	4,020 (+3.1% from 2016)	3,899 (+10,6% from 2011)	3,525 (+5.2% from 2006)
Land area	4.50 km2 (1.74 sq mi)	4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)	4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population density	893.3/km2 (2,314/sq mi)	892.8/km2 (2,312/sq mi)	796.6/km2 (2,063/sq mi)
Median age	40.4 (M: 40.4, F: 40.4)	39.5 (M: 39.1, F: 40.1)	40.2 (M: 38.9, F: 41.1)
Private dwellings	1,740 (total)  1,638 (occupied)	1,628 (total)	1,465 (total)
Median household income	$80,000	$63,296	$51,729

Canada census – Napierville community profile

References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

Historical Census Data - Napierville, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1921 741 —     1931 857 +15.7% 1941 990 +15.5% 1951 1,356 +37.0% 1956 1,510 +11.4% 1961 1,812 +20.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 2,010 +10.9% 1971 1,987 −1.1% 1976 2,166 +9.0% 1981 2,343 +8.2% 1986 2,551 +8.9% 1991 2,909 +14.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 3,004 +3.3% 2001 3,073 +2.3% 2006 3,352 +9.1% 2011 3,525 +5.2% 2016 3,899 +10.6% 2021 4,020 +3.1%
Population amounts are not adjusted for boundary changes (Napierville annexed parts of St-Cyprien in 1966 and 1970). Source: Statistics Canada[9][10]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Napierville, Quebec[10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		3,899		3,730	10.4%	95.7%		105	16.7%	2.7%		15	-40.0%	0.4%		5	-80.0%	0.1%
2011		3,520		3,380	6.0%	96.02%		90	0.0%	2.56%		25	37.5%	0.71%		25	16.7%	0.71%
2006		3,350		3,190	8.3%	95.22%		90	200.0%	2.69%		40	n/a%	1.19%		30	200.0%	0.90%
2001		2,985		2,945	2.4%	98.66%		30	64.7%	1.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.33%
1996		2,970		2,875	n/a	96.80%		85	n/a	2.86%		10	n/a	0.34%		0	n/a	0.00%

Local government

List of former mayors:^[5]

• Joseph Gaspard Laviolette (1873–1876)
• Toussaint Catudal (1876–1892)
• Jean Rigobert Morrier (1892–1895)
• Narcisse Catudal (1895–1898)
• Julius Marceau (1898–1899)
• Gilbert Smith (1899–1902)
• Cyrille Bourgeois (1902–1903)
• Raphaël Martineau (1903–1904)
• Louis Napoléon McQueen (1904–1908)
• Pierre Bourgeois (1908–1917)
• Zénon Isabelle (1917–1921)
• Wilfrid Gadoua (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1933–1935)
• Arthur P. Beaulieu (1925–1927, 1929–1933)
• Jean Beaudin (1935–1941, 1945–1953)
• Jean Gadoua (1941–1945)
• Henri Grégoire (1953–1955, 1957–1960, 1967–1969)
• Maurice Bourgeois (1955–1957, 1960–1963)
• Joseph Jules Émile Bisaillon (1963–1967)
• Jacques Bourgeois (1969–1973)
• Georges Martin (1973–1978)
• Robert Gadoua (1978–1980)
• Florent Coache (1980–1981, 1994–1998)
• Raynald Martineau (1981–1987)
• Michel Charbonneau (1987–1989)
• Jean Béchard (1989–1990)
• Gilles Montbleau (1990–1994)
• Maurice Tremblay (1998–2000)
• Serge Ouimet (2000–2001)
• Alain Fredette (2001–2013)
• Jacques Délisle (2013–2016)
• Chantale Pelletier (2016–present)

Notable people

• Louis Cyr, strongman^[1]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec