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] | |
| Country | |
| 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 |
| Highways | |
| 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 |
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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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