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
Region	Laurentides
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	Saint-Jérôme
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Yvon Brière
Area [2][3]
• Total	466.10 km2 (179.96 sq mi)
• Land	451.02 km2 (174.14 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	128,170
• Density	284.2/km2 (736/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	11.3%
• Dwellings	58,580
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	mrcrdn.qc.ca
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Its population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 128,170.[3]

Subdivisions

There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

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]

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

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