La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality

La Rivière-du-Nord (The Rivière-du-Nord or The River of the North) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Jérôme. It is named for the river that runs through it, the Rivière du Nord.

La Rivière-du-Nord
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°01′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLaurentides
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1983
County seatSaint-Jérôme
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectYvon Brière
Area
 • Total466.10 km2 (179.96 sq mi)
 • Land451.02 km2 (174.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total128,170
 • Density284.2/km2 (736/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 11.3%
 • Dwellings
58,580
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)450 and 579
Websitewww.mrcrivieredunord.qc.ca
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Its population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 128,170.[3]

Subdivisions
Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec[5]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
126,525
 119,570 10.35%% 94.5% 2,400 1.47% 1.89% 935 19,1% 0.74% 3,215 35.94% 2.54%
2011
114,230
 108,350 13.64% 94.85% 2,385 16.06% 2.09% 785 45.37% 0.69% 2,415 6.38% 2.11%
2006
100.205
 95,340 11.85% 95,14% 2,055 15.12% 2.05% 540 0.9% 0.53% 2,270 92.37% 2.26%
2001
88,750
 85,235 7.94% 96% 1,785 2.46% 2.01% 545 29.65% 0.61% 1,180 31.1% 1,33%
1996
82,540
 78,965 n/a 95,67% 1,830 n/a 2.21% 775 n/a 0.93% 900 n/a 1.09%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]

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See also

References
  1. Reference number 141088 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 750 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Rivière-du-Nord, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. "(Code 2475) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  6. Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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