Pointe-Fortune (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t fɔʁtyn]) is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, northwest of Montreal. The population at the 2021 Census was 582.
Pointe-Fortune | |
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Village municipality | |
Motto: La fortune aime les audacieux ("Fortune favours the bold") | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
![]() ![]() Pte-Fortune Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 28 August 1880 |
Government | |
• Mayor | François Belanger |
• Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 9.54 km2 (3.68 sq mi) |
• Land | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 582 |
• Density | 71.9/km2 (186/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 283 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0P 1N0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
Website | pointefortune![]() |
The area was part of the Seigneury of Rigaud, granted in 1732 to the brothers Pierre and François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Around 1750, they operated a trading post on a point in the Ottawa River, which later became known as Pointe Fortune. The name "Fortune" could refer to Colonel William Fortune who had received a 809 hectares (2,000 acres) concession in nearby Chatham Township at the end of the 18th century, or to Joseph Fortune, an early 19th century militiaman and surveyor.[1]
The village was formerly called Petites-Écorces and Petit-Carillon (referring to the larger Carillon directly across the Ottawa River), but in 1851, the post office opened under the English name of Point Fortune (modified to its current name in 1954).[1] In 1880, the Village Municipality of Pointe-Fortune was created out of territory ceded by Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud.[5]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1976 | 367 | — |
1981 | 369 | +0.5% |
1986 | 400 | +8.4% |
1991 | 413 | +3.2% |
1996 | 451 | +9.2% |
2001 | 457 | +1.3% |
2006 | 507 | +10.9% |
2011 | 542 | +6.9% |
2016 | 580 | +7.0% |
2021 | 582 | +0.3% |
Source: Statistics Canada[6] |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Fortune had a population of 582 living in 258 of its 283 total private dwellings, a change of 0.3% from its 2016 population of 580. With a land area of 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 71.9/km2 (186.3/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 582 (+0.3% from 2016) | 580 (+7.0% from 2011) | 542 (+6.9% from 2006) |
Land area | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) | 8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi) | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) |
Population density | 71.9/km2 (186/sq mi) | 70.2/km2 (182/sq mi) | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) |
Median age | 50.0 (M: 49.2, F: 50.4) | 47.9 (M: 47.8, F: 48.0) | 44.7 (M: 46.7, F: 42.8) |
Total private dwellings | 283 | 285 | 265 |
Median household income | $63,680 | $.N/A |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pointe-Fortune, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 % | |||||
2011 |
540 |
435 | ![]() |
80.56% | 75 | ![]() |
13.89% | 10 | ![]() |
1.85% | 20 | ![]() |
3.70% | |||||
2006 |
505 |
375 | ![]() |
74.26% | 105 | ![]() |
20.79% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 25 | ![]() |
4.95% | |||||
2001 |
455 |
395 | ![]() |
86.81% | 40 | ![]() |
8.79% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 20 | ![]() |
4.40% | |||||
1996 |
455 |
395 | n/a | 86.81% | 60 | n/a | 13.19% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
Macdonell-Williamson House,[13] which owes its existence to the fur trade and the Voyageurs, is located just west of the historical boundary marker, which still stands and marked the division between Upper and Lower Canada.
The Parish of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Pointe-Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.[1] The village was originally served by the Catholic parish of St. Francois Xavier, established in 1904, which eventually closed on December 24, 2014. The church was sold and is now privately owned.
List of former mayors:[5]
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[14]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[16]
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