L'Assomption Regional County Municipality

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

L'Assomption
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	L'Assomption
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Chantal Deschamps
Area [2][3]
• Total	285.40 km^2 (110.19 sq mi)
• Land	255.65 km^2 (98.71 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	124,759
• Density	488.0/km^2 (1,264/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	4.1%
• Dwellings	50,828
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrclassomption.qc.ca

It is named for the L'Assomption River, which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns Charlemagne L'Assomption L'Épiphanie Repentigny

Parishes L'Épiphanie Saint-Sulpice

Demographics

Population

Canada census – L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	124,759 (+4.1% from 2011)	119,840 (+9.3% from 2006)	109,636 (+5.4% from 2001)
Land area:	255.65 km^2 (98.71 sq mi)	255.71 km^2 (98.73 sq mi)	257.56 km^2 (99.44 sq mi)
Population density:	488.0/km^2 (1,264/sq mi)	468.7/km^2 (1,214/sq mi)	425.7/km^2 (1,103/sq mi)
Median age:	42.5 (M: 41.3, F: 43.7)	41.7 (M: 40.6, F: 42.6)	40.8 (M: 40.1, F: 41.4)
Total private dwellings:	50,828	49,153	43,460
Median household income:	$74,714	$64,821	$61,043
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7]

Historical Census Data - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 91,537 —     1996 102,188 +11.6% 2001 103,977 +1.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 109,636 +5.4% 2011 119,840 +9.3% 2016 124,759 +4.1%
[8][3]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		123,830		113,485	2.0%	91.6%		1,760	8.0%	1.4%		595	9.8%	0.56%		7,990	67.5%	6.5%
2011		118,285		111,225	7.3%	94.03%		1,630	21.6%	1.38%		660	97.0%	0.56%		4,770	38.7%	4.03%
2006		108,815		103,700	3.3%	95.30%		1,340	21.3%	1.23%		335	42.6%	0.31%		3,440	135.6%	3.16%
2001		103,200		100,400	2.4%	97.29%		1,105	22.7%	1.07%		235	30.9%	0.23%		1,460	9.8%	1.41%
1996		101,190		98,090	n/a	96.94%		1,430	n/a	1.41%		340	n/a	0.34%		1,330	n/a	1.31%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]

Autoroutes A-40 A-640

Principal Highways Route 138

Secondary Highways Route 339 Route 341 Route 344

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141087 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 600 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Assomption, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
4. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
5. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
6. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
7. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map