L'Île-d'Orléans is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.[3]
L'Île-d'Orléans | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 46°55′N 70°54′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jean-Pierre Turcotte |
Area | |
• Total | 268.50 km2 (103.67 sq mi) |
• Land | 192.85 km2 (74.46 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 7,082 |
• Density | 36.7/km2 (95/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 3,703 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | mrc![]() |
The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).
There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 6,817 (-3.7% from 2016) | 7,082 (+5.5% from 2011) | 6,711 (-2.2% from 2006) |
Land area | 194.58 km2 (75.13 sq mi) | 192.85 km2 (74.46 sq mi) | 192.81 km2 (74.44 sq mi) |
Population density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) | 36.7/km2 (95/sq mi) | 34.8/km2 (90/sq mi) |
Median age | 53.6 (M: 54.4, F: 52.8) | 52.0 (M: 52.3, F: 51.7) | 49.7 (M: 49.8, F: 49.5) |
Total private dwellings | 3,035 | 3,703 | 3,470 |
Median household income | $77,568 | $64,483 |
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Source: Statistics Canada[9][3] |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
7,020 |
6,860 | ![]() |
97.72% | 70 | ![]() |
1.07% | 15 | ![]() |
0.21% | 75 | ![]() |
1.07% | |||||
2011 |
6,610 |
6,480 | ![]() |
98.03% | 75 | ![]() |
1.13% | 10 | ![]() |
0.15% | 45 | ![]() |
0.68% | |||||
2006 |
6,780 |
6,540 | ![]() |
96.46% | 80 | ![]() |
1.18% | 55 | ![]() |
0.81% | 105 | ![]() |
1.55% | |||||
2001 |
6,705 |
6,645 | ![]() |
99.11% | 25 | ![]() |
0.37% | 20 | ![]() |
0.30% | 15 | ![]() |
0.22% | |||||
1996 |
6,780 |
6,695 | n/a | 98.75% | 40 | n/a | 0.59% | 20 | n/a | 0.29% | 25 | n/a | 0.37% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
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