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Dundee is a township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. At the Canada 2021 Census, the population was 386. It is primarily an agricultural area consisting of dairy and grain farms.

Dundee
Township municipality
Dundee Border Inspection Station
Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM
Dundee Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°00′N 074°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named for	Dundee[1]
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Linda Gagnon
• Federal riding	Beauharnois—Salaberry
• Prov. riding	Huntingdon
Area [2][4]
• Total	84.40 km2 (32.59 sq mi)
• Land	69.45 km2 (26.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	386
• Density	5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.3%
• Dwellings	310
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0S 1L0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 132
Website	mrchsl.com/municipalite/dundee

Geography

Dundee is located in the southwestern corner of the Montérégie region of Quebec. The township is bordered on the south by the Canada–United States border, on the north-west by the Saint Lawrence River, and the Mohawk reserve of Akwesasne to the west. The Salmon River runs through the municipality in a northwesterly direction from the US border to the Saint Lawrence, where many islands also make up Dundee's total area.

Communities

The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]

• Dundee Centre (45°01′44″N 74°25′37″W) – a hamlet in the centre of the township
• L'Île-Saint-Régis (45°01′08″N 74°38′09″W) – a hamlet located on an island of the same name in the Saint Lawrence River
• Pointe-Fraser (45°02′46″N 74°27′58″W) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
• Pointe-Leblanc (45°04′23″N 74°26′18″W) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
• Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee (45°00′34″N 74°24′04″W) – a village in the southern area of the township

Lakes and rivers

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]

• Rivière aux Saumons (45°02′09″N 74°31′25″W) – runs from the US border to the Saint Lawrence River in the municipality's western area.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dundee had a population of 386 living in 168 of its 310 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 387. With a land area of 68.41 km² (26.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.6/km² (14.6/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Canada Census Mother Tongue Language - Dundee, Quebec[5]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		390		245	3.9%	62.82%		115	11.5%	29.49%		10	0.0%	2.56%		15	0.0%	3.85%
2011		410		255	2.0%	62.20%		130	16.1%	31.70%		10	n/a%	2.44%		15	40.0%	3.66%
2006		430		250	25.0%	58.14%		155	13.9%	36.05%		0	100.0%	0.00%		25	0.0%	5.81%
2001		415		200	9.1%	48.19%		180	33.3%	43.37%		10	0.0%	2.41%		25	28.6%	6.02%
1996		400		220	n/a	55.00%		135	n/a	33.75%		10	n/a	2.50%		35	n/a	8.75%

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

Media related to Dundee, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons

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