Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
Pointe-Fortune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: La fortune aime les audacieux ("Fortune favours the bold") | |
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
  Pte-Fortune Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W / 45.567°N 74.383°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 28 August 1880 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | François Belanger |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.54 km2 (3.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 582 |
| • Density | 71.9/km2 (186/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 283 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways   A-40 (TCH) |  R-342 |
| Website | pointefortune |
Pointe-Fortune (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t fɔʁtyn]) is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, northwest of Montreal. The population at the 2021 Census was 582.
Geography
Pointe-Fortune is located on the right bank of the Ottawa River at the height of Lac des Deux Montagnes. The locality borders the Ontario border, near the Carillon hydroelectric dam. The village is located 65 km west of Montreal. Its territory is bounded to the west by the township of East Hawkesbury (hamlet of Pointe-Fortune (Ontario)) in the united counties of Prescott and Russell, to the north by the bay of Rigaud, to the east by the hamlet of La Baie, to the south by the lands of the Saint-Thomas de Rigaud range. On the opposite shore of Lac des Deux Montganes is the municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil in the MRC d'Argenteuil (Laurentides region3. The total area of the municipality is 9.50 km2, entirely terrestrial4.
Pointe-Fortune is in the lowlands of the St. Lawrence and its relief is flat. The altitude is 24 m on the shore of Lac des Deux Montagnes and rises to 48 m at the southeastern end of the territory. The low ground levels create several wetlands inland5 The soil of Pointe-Fortune consists in the eastern part of a sector dating from the Cambrian composed of sandstone, conglomerate, limestone and dolomite (Potsdam sandstone, Brador and Forteau formations) and, in its western part, of an area of dolomite and sandstone from the Lower Ordovician (Beekmantown group and Romaine formation)6,7.
History
The area was part of the Seigneury of Rigaud, granted in 1732 to the brothers Pierre and François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Around 1750, they operated a trading post on a point in the Ottawa River, which later became known as Pointe Fortune. The name "Fortune" could refer to Colonel William Fortune who had received a 809 hectares (2,000 acres) concession in nearby Chatham Township at the end of the 18th century, or to Joseph Fortune, an early 19th century militiaman and surveyor.[1]
The municipality was formerly called Petites-Écorces and Petit-Carillon (referring to the larger Carillon directly across the Ottawa River), but in 1851, the post office opened under the English name of Point Fortune (modified to its current name in 1954).[1] In 1880, the Village Municipality of Pointe-Fortune was created out of territory ceded by Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud.[5]In 2023, the village of Pointe-Fortune became a Municipality. [6]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 367 | — |
| 1981 | 369 | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 400 | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 413 | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 451 | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 457 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 507 | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 542 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 580 | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 582 | +0.3% |
| Source: Statistics Canada[7] | ||
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Fortune had a population of 582 living in 258 of its 283 total private dwellings, a change of 0.3% from its 2016 population of 580. With a land area of 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 71.9/km2 (186.3/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 582 (+0.3% from 2016) | 580 (+7.0% from 2011) | 542 (+6.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) | 8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi) | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) |
| Population density | 71.9/km2 (186/sq mi) | 70.2/km2 (182/sq mi) | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| Median age | 50.0 (M: 49.2, F: 50.4) | 47.9 (M: 47.8, F: 48.0) | 44.7 (M: 46.7, F: 42.8) |
| Private dwellings | 283 (total) | 285 (total) | 265 (total) |
| Median household income | $63,680 | $.N/A |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pointe-Fortune, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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540
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435 | 16.0%
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80.56% | 75 |  28.6%
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13.89% | 10 | n/a%
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1.85% | 20 | 20.0%
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3.70% | |||||
2006
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505
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375 | 5.1%
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74.26% | 105 | 162.5%
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20.79% | 0 |  0.0%
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0.00% | 25 | 25.0%
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4.95% | |||||
2001
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455
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395 | 0.0%
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86.81% | 40 | 33.3%
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8.79% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 20 | n/a%
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4.40% | |||||
1996
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455
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395 | n/a | 86.81% | 60 | n/a | 13.19% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Attractions
Macdonell-Williamson House,[14] which owes its existence to the fur trade and the Voyageurs, is located just west of the historical boundary marker, which still stands and marked the division between Upper and Lower Canada.
The Parish of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Pointe-Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.[1] The municipality was originally served by the Catholic parish of St. Francois Xavier, established in 1904, which eventually closed on December 24, 2014. The church was sold and is now privately owned.
Local government
List of former mayors:[5]
- John William Crosb (1880–1881, 1882–1883)
- Ernest A. Saint-Denis (1881–1882)
- George Augustus Barclay (1883–1884)
- André Roy (1884–1887)
- William Richard Hunsley (1887–1893)
- Joseph Séguin (1893–1895)
- John Middleton (1895–1899)
- William Brown (1899–1913, 1914–1917)
- Angus Victor Mc Lachlan (1913–1914)
- Eric Galt Brown (1917–1923)
- Joseph Elie Dicaire (1923–1927)
- Joseph Nephtalie Corbeil (1927–1933)
- Joseph Adelard Jean Marie Desjardins (1933–1936)
- Joseph Raoul Lafond (1936–1951, 1961–1964)
- Joseph Héliodore Oscar Labrie (1951–1959)
- Joseph-Paul-Réal Larocque (1959–1961)
- Joseph Wellie Leon Sabourin (1964–1969)
- Joseph Bernard Roméo Séguin (1969–1973)
- Joseph Raoul Juste Gérard Parson (1973–1979)
- Joseph Paul-Emile Roger Pharand (1979–1980)
- Joseph Denis Grégoire Labonté (1980–2001)
- Joseph Roger Gérard Normand Chevrier (2001–2005)
- David Eugene Doughty (2005–2009)
- Jean-Pierre Daoust (2009–2017)
- François Bélanger (2017–present)
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[15]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[17]
- Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50159". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-Fortune". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Pointe-Fortune, Village (VL) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Pointe-Fortune (village) 28.8.1880 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/avis_juridiques/2329.pdf
- ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- ^ Maison Macdonell-Williamson House
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Liste des bassins desservis par les écoles en 2017-2018." Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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