Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of Montérégie. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established as a municipality officially in 1855, and its population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 1,549. A major border crossing, Blackpool, is located where St-Bernard-de-Lacolle abuts the village of Champlain, New York, at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 15 and U.S. Interstate 87.
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | |
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Municipality | |
Motto: Grande porte du Canada | |
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°05′N 73°25′W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Robert Duteau |
• Federal riding | Châteauguay—Lacolle |
• Prov. riding | Huntingdon |
Area | |
• Total | 113.90 km2 (43.98 sq mi) |
• Land | 113.19 km2 (43.70 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[5] | |
• Total | 1,549 |
• Density | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 657 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J0J 1V0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
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2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 1,542 (-0.5% from 2016) | 1,477 (-3.9% from 2006) |
Land area | 113.36 km2 (43.77 sq mi) | 113.19 km2 (43.70 sq mi) |
Population density | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Median age | 44.8 (M: 44.4, F: 44.8) | 44.2 (M: 44.8, F: 43.3) |
Total private dwellings | 620 | 657 |
Median household income | $43,300 |
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Where English is a spoken fluently in the region, the municipality recognizes French as an official language for formal and informal use.
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
1,475 |
1,220 | ![]() |
82.71% | 185 | ![]() |
12.54% | 15 | ![]() |
1.02% | 55 | ![]() |
3.73% | |||||
2006 |
1,490 |
1,295 | ![]() |
86.91% | 105 | ![]() |
7.05% | 10 | ![]() |
0.67% | 80 | ![]() |
5.37% | |||||
2001 |
1,450 |
1,190 | ![]() |
82.07% | 240 | ![]() |
16.55% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 20 | ![]() |
1.38% | |||||
1996 |
1,460 |
1,160 | n/a | 79.45% | 275 | n/a | 18.84% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 25 | n/a | 1.71% |
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served a portion of the municipality.[11]
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