Acton Vale, Quebec

{{Infobox settlement

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|motto = Actione Vale

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|subdivision_name2 = Montérégie

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|subdivision_name3 = Acton

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|established_title1= Constituted

|established_date1= January 26, 2000

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|government_footnotes = [https://archive.today/20121205045847/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=954 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)]

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Éric Charbonneau

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Johnson

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|area_total_km2 = 91.20

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|population_total = 7605

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Acton Vale is an industrial town in south central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Acton Regional County Municipality and is in the Montérégie administrative region. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 7,605. The town covers an area of 90.96 km{{sup|2}} (35 sq. mi.).

By road, Acton Vale is 100 km (60 mi.) from the province's largest city, Montreal, and 190 km (120 mi.) from the province's capital, Quebec City. It is also 100 km (60 mi.) from the border with the United States.[http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/Localisation.htm Localisation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219090223/http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/Localisation.htm |date=February 19, 2005}}

History

File:Acton Vale 1910.jpg

While the Township of Acton was proclaimed in 1806, the area was opened up for settlement only in 1850 by the construction of the railroad. Incorporated in 1861, the town was named for Acton, a suburb of London, England. The name means "oak town". The town was once a centre for copper mining. Between 1860 and 1875, the Acton copper mine was one of the most important copper mines in the world, but the deposits were quickly depleted.

On January 26, 2000, the parish municipality of Saint-André-d'Acton was merged into the Town of Acton Vale.

Communities

Beside Acton Vale is Lavoie, a community in the south of the municipality, accessible by Highway 139.

Demographics

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|footnote = Population amounts prior to 2000 are total of Acton Vale V and Saint-André-d'Acton P.
Population counts for 2001 and 2006 are adjusted for boundary change.

|source = Statistics Canada{{SCref |year=2016 |unit=csd |code=2448028}}1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

|1986 |{{Sum|4333|2010}}

|1991 |{{Sum|4468|2316}}

|1996 |{{Sum|4685|2487}}

|2001 |7325

|2006 |7584

|2011 |7664

|2016 |7656

|2021 |7605

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Acton Vale had a population of {{val|7605|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3479|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3628|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:7605-7656}}|7656|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|7656|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|91.01|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|7605|91.01|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|location = Acton Vale

|2021_population=7,605 | 2021_pop_delta=-0.7 | 2021_land_area=91.01 | 2021_pop_density=83.6

|2021_median_age=49.6 | 2021_median_age_m=49.2 | 2021_median_age_f=50.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=3,628 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=3,479 |2021_mean_hh_income=57,600

|2021_geocode=2021A00052448028 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=7,656 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.1 | 2016_land_area=91.10 | 2016_pop_density=84.0

|2016_median_age=47.1 | 2016_median_age_m=45.9 | 2016_median_age_f=48.5

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=3,594 | 2016_mean_hh_income=47,435 | 2016_access_date=2020-08-27

|2011_population=7,664 | 2011_pop_delta=1.1 | 2011_land_area=90.98 | 2011_pop_density=84.2

|2011_median_age=44.7 | 2011_median_age_m=43.3 | 2011_median_age_f=46.1

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=3,489 | 2011_mean_hh_income=42,983 | 2011_access_date=2020-08-27

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rowspan=2 \| Group ! colspan=2 \| 2021 Census ! colspan=2 \| 2016 Census ! colspan=2 \| 2011 Census ! colspan=2 \| 2006 Census
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" \|+ Population by mother tongue
Population	% of total	Population	% of Total	Population	% of Total	Population	% of Total
style="text-align:left"\|French	7,305	97.1	7,270	97.7	7,225	97.8	7,265	96.6
style="text-align:left"\|English	70	0.9	75	1.0	75	1.0	70	0.9
style="text-align:left"\|English and French	65	0.9	25	0.3	25	0.3	85	1.1
style="text-align:left"\|All other	85	1.1	75	1.0	65	0.9	100	1.4
style="text-align:left"\|Total	7,525	100.0	7,445	100.0	7,390	100.0	7,520	100.0

Government

The mayor is Éric Charbonneau.

=List of former mayors=

Éric Charbonneau (2009 - )
Juliette Dupuis (2005 - 2009)
Maurice Coutu (2001-2005)
Anatole Bergeron (1993-2001)
Gaston Gigère (????-1993)
Roger Labrèque (1974-1986)
Henri Boisvert (1966-1974)
J.Edmour Gagnon (1963-1966)
Lucien Désautels (1962-1963)
Roger Labrèque (1948-1962)
J.W. Cantin (1942-1948)
J. Antonio Leclerc (1940-1942)
Dr Philippe Adam (1934-1940)
Ernest Boisvert (1932-1933)
Auray Fontaine (1928-1932)
Ernest Boisvert (1926-1928)
Auray Fontaine (1924-1926)
Dr. Léon Gauthier (1922-1924)
J.E. Marcile (1918-1922)
Dr. F.H. Daigneault (1916-1918)
Charles Viens (1915-1916)
David Lemay (1914-1915)
Dr. F.H. Daigneault (1905-1914)
Pierre Guertin (1902-1905)
Georges Deslandes (1901-1902)
J.E. Marcile (1900-1901)
Milton McDonald (1897-1900)
Auguste Dalpé (1896-1897)
Alfred Saint-Amour (1895-1896)
Pierre Guertin (1893-1895)
Alfred Saint-Amour (1891-1893)
Charles Roscony (1881-1891)
N.H Dubois (1880-1881)
Charles Roscony (1872-1880)
Jérémie Morrier (1870-1872)
J.A. Cushing (1868-1870)
Charles F. McCallum (1866-1868)
Jérémie Morrier (1864-1866)
A.H. Dubrule (1863-1864)
J.A. Cushing (1861-1863)

Media

La Pensée de Bagot[http://www.lapensee.qc.ca/ La Pensée de Bagot] is the local newspaper for Acton Vale and the region.

Notable people

Kevin Asselin, born 1985, professional ice hockey player

References

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External links

[http://www.ville.actonvale.qc.ca/ Acton Vale Official Web Site]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050828102612/http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/Acton_Vale.htm Acton Regional County Municipality Official Web Site]

{{Geographic location

| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Centre = Acton Vale

| North = Saint-Théodore-d'Acton

| Northeast =

| East = Sainte-Christine

| Southeast =

| South = Roxton

| Southwest = Saint-Valérien-de-Milton

| West = Upton

| Northwest =

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