Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
Pointe-Fortune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: La fortune aime les audacieux | |
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 28 August 1880 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Pierre Daoust |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 542 |
| • Density | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.9% |
| • Dwellings | 265 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-40 |  R-342 |
| Website | pointefortune |
Pointe-Fortune is a village 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 2011 Census was 542.
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Pointe-Fortune, Quebec community profile
| 2011 | |
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| Population | 542 (+6.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) |
| Population density | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.7 (M: 46.7, F: 42.8) |
| Private dwellings | 265 (total) |
| Median household income | $.N/A |
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Language
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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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,[8] which owes its existence to the fur trade and the legendary Voyageurs, is located at the historical boundary marker (which still stands to this day) which marks the division between Upper and Lower Canada..
Pointe Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.
See also
References
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pointe-Fortune
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b c 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pointe-Fortune, Quebec Cite error: The named reference "cp2011" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50159". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Maison Macdonell-Williamson House
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