Beauharnois, Quebec

{{Other uses|Beauharnois (disambiguation){{!}}Beauharnois}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Beauharnois

|native_name =

|other_name =

|settlement_type = City

|image_skyline = Beauharnois-Pont-Preville.jpg

|image_map = Beauharnois Quebec location diagram.PNG

|map_caption = Location within Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM

|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec

|coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|3=region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

|coordinates_footnotes =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Quebec

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Montérégie

|subdivision_type3 = RCM

|subdivision_name3 = Beauharnois-Salaberry

|established_title =

|established_date =

|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = January 1, 2002

|seat_type =

|government_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/70022/ |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Beauharnois |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=27 September 2023 |language=fr}}{{CanRiding|ID=864|name=Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec}}

|government_type =

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Alain Dubuc

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Beauharnois

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Beauharnois, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=beauharnois&DGUIDlist=2021A00052470022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=27 September 2023}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 83.40

|area_land_km2 = 68.22

|area_water_km2 =

|area_water_percent =

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 13638

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_density_km2 = 199.9

|population_blank1_title = Pop (2016-21)

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 5.9%

|population_density_blank1_km2 =

|population_blank2_title = Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 6451

|population_note =

|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −4

|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

|postal_code = J6N

|area_codes = 450 and 579

|blank_name = Highways
{{jct|state=QC|A|30}}

|blank_info =
{{jct|state=QC|QC|132}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|205}}
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|blank1_info =

|website = {{Official URL}}

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Beauharnois ({{IPAc-en|b|oʊ|'|h|ɑːr|n|w|ɑː}};{{Citation |author= |title=The Canadian Press Stylebook |year=2017 |edition=18th |place=Toronto |publisher=The Canadian Press |author-link=The Canadian Press}} {{IPA|fr|boaʁnwa}}) is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada, and is part of the Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 13,638. It is home to the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station, as well as the Beauharnois Lock of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

History

File:Quebec Irregulars.jpg in 19th-century Beauharnois by Katherine Ellice (who was held prisoner here)]]

During the Lower Canada Rebellion, the Battle of Beauharnois was fought in 1838, between Lower Canada loyalists and Patriote rebels.{{Cite web |title=Insurrection des patriotes à Beauharnois en 1838 (L') de Marcel Labelle |url=https://www.septentrion.qc.ca/catalogue/insurrection-des-patriotes-a-beauharnois-en-1838-l |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Septentrion}} After Edward Ellice and his family were taken prisoner by rebels, the townspeople rebelled. The British were able to quash the rebellion and captured over a hundred Patriote rebels.{{Cite web |title=Robert Nelson: 2. Leads Patriotes to Defeat |url=https://www.raidersandrebels.com/2010/09/robert-nelson-2-leads-patriotes-to.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.raidersandrebels.com}}

The Beauharnois Canal was dug between 1842 and 1845 to connect the lakes Saint-Louis and Saint-Francois{{Cite web |title=Site patrimonial de l'Entrée-Inférieure-de-l'Ancien-Canal-de-Beauharnois - Beauharnois (Ville) |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=416856 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=toponymie.gouv.qc.ca}} as part of a larger project that included the expansion of the Lachine canal. During these years, however, a series of labor conflicts emerged during the canal's construction. On June 3, 1843, a strike began at the canal's construction site. A battle ensued between the striking workers and employers, resulting in the death of five workers and 50 additional injured. The violence unleashed during the strike represented the bloodiest repression against workers in Canadian history.{{Cite web |title=Fiche descriptive |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=133648#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=archive.wikiwix.com}}

As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the neighbouring towns of Maple Grove and Melocheville were amalgamated into Beauharnois on January 1, 2002.

Geography

=Communities=

In addition to the main population centre of Beauharnois, the following locations are within the municipality's boundaries:

Domaine-de-la-Pointe-des-Érables ({{coord|45|19|29|N|73|51|11|W|name=Domaine-de-la-Pointe-des-Érables, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a residential area north of Maple Grove
Maple Grove ({{coord|45|19|15|N|73|50|20|W|name=Maple Grove, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a former municipality that makes up the northeast boundary of Beauharnois
Melocheville ({{coord|45|19|02|N|73|56|15|W|name=Melocheville, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a former municipality that makes up the western boundary of Beauharnois, located on the west shore of the Beauharnois Canal
Parc-Tisseur ({{coord|45|17|42|N|73|53|02|W|name=Parc-Tisseur, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a residential area in southern Beauharnois
Rivière-Nord ({{coord|45|00|34|N|74|24|04|W |name=Rivière-Nord, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a hamlet in southern Beauharnois
Saint-Paul ({{coord|45|18|33|N|73|53|51|W|name=Saint-Paul, Beauharnois, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a residential area located on Route 205

=Lakes & rivers=

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:

Rivière Saint-Louis ({{coord|45|18|55|N|73|52|49|W|name=Rivière Saint-Louis, Beauharnois, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}) – runs south to north through the city centre, down Chute de la Rivière Saint Louis, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Demographics

{{Historical populations

| title= Historical census data - Beauharnois, Quebec

| percentages =

| shading = off

| align = none

| cols = 3

| 1921 |2250

| 1931 |3729

| 1941 |3550

| 1951 |5694

| 1956 |6774

| 1961 |8704

| 1966 |8810

| 1971 |8121

| 1976 |7665

| 1981 |7025

| 1986 |6519

| 1991 |6449

| 1996 |6435

| 2001 |6387

| 2002+ |11454

| 2006 |11918

| 2011 |12011

| 2016 |12884

| 2021 |13638

| footnote = Amalgamated with Maple Grove and Melocheville on January 1, 2002.

| source = Statistics Canada

}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beauharnois had a population of {{val|13638|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|6293|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|6451|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:13638-12884}}|12884|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|12884|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|68.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|13638|68.22|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Canada census

|location = Beauharnois

|2021_population=13,638 | 2021_pop_delta=+5.9 | 2021_land_area=68.22 | 2021_pop_density=199.9

|2021_median_age=43.2 | 2021_median_age_m=42.0 | 2021_median_age_f=44.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=6,451 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=6,293 |2021_mean_hh_income=69,500

|2021_geocode=2021A00052470022 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=12,884 | 2016_pop_delta=+7.3 | 2016_land_area=69.31 | 2016_pop_density=185.9

|2016_median_age=46.1 | 2016_median_age_m=45.2 | 2016_median_age_f=46.9

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=6,072 | 2016_mean_hh_income=55,706 | 2016_access_date=2023-09-27

|2011_population=12,011 |2011_pop_delta=+0.8 |2011_land_area=69.09 |2011_pop_density=173.9

|2011_median_age=46.5 |2011_median_age_m=45.8 |2011_median_age_f=47.2

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=5,585 |2011_mean_hh_income=51,185 |2011_access_date=2014-01-29

|2006_population=11,918 | 2006_pop_delta=+46.4 | 2006_land_area=69.09 | 2006_pop_density=172.5

|2006_median_age=44.0 | 2006_median_age_m=43.3 | 2006_median_age_f=44.7

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=5,257 | 2006_mean_hh_income=44,703 | 2006_access_date=2013-05-18

|2001_population=6,387 | 2001_pop_delta=-0.7 | 2001_land_area=40.94 | 2001_pop_density=156.0

|2001_median_age=41.5 | 2001_median_age_m=40.5 | 2001_median_age_f=42.6

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=2,860 |2001_mean_hh_income=37,207 | 2001_access_date=2013-05-18

|notes= Amalgamated with Maple Grove and Melocheville on January 1, 2002.

}}

class="wikitable" !colspan="19"\|Canada Census mother tongue - Beauharnois, QuebecStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
Census \| ! Total \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|French}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|English}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|French & English}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|Other}}
Year \| ! Responses \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop %
{{center\|2016}} \| \| {{center\|12,670}} \| \| 11,865 \| {{increase}} 5.5% \| 93.65% \| \| 505 \| {{increase}} 9.8% \| 3.98% \| \| 115 \| {{increase}} 9.5% \| 0.91% \| \| 185 \| {{increase}} 48% \| 1.46%
{{center\|2011}} \| \| {{center\|11,935}} \| \| 11,245 \| {{increase}} 1.7% \| 94.22% \| \| 460 \| {{increase}} 16.5% \| 3.85% \| \| 105 \| {{increase}} 133.3% \| 0.88% \| \| 125 \| {{decrease}} 37.5% \| 1.05%
{{center\|2006}} \| \| {{center\|11,695}} \| \| 11,055 \| {{increase}} 84.6% \| 94.53% \| \| 395 \| {{increase}} 163.3% \| 3.38% \| \| 45 \| {{decrease}} 30.8% \| 0.38% \| \| 200 \| {{increase}} 471.4% \| 1.71%
{{center\|2001}} \| \| {{center\|6,240}} \| \| 5,990 \| {{decrease}} 1.1% \| 95.99% \| \| 150 \| {{increase}} 15.4% \| 2.40% \| \| 65 \| {{increase}} 62.5% \| 1.04% \| \| 35 \| {{decrease}} 12.5% \| 0.56%
{{center\|1996}} \| \| {{center\|6,265}} \| \| 6,055 \| n/a \| 98.75% \| \| 130 \| n/a \| 0.69% \| \| 40 \| n/a \| 0.33% \| \| 40 \| n/a \| 0.23%
colspan="19"\|Amalgamated with Maple Grove and Melocheville on January 1, 2002

class="wikitable"

!colspan="19"|Canada Census mother tongue - Beauharnois, QuebecStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

Census

! Total

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}

Year

! Responses

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

| {{center|12,670}}

| 11,865

| {{increase}} 5.5%

| 93.65%

| 505

| {{increase}} 9.8%

| 3.98%

| 115

| {{increase}} 9.5%

| 0.91%

| 185

| {{increase}} 48%

| 1.46%

| {{center|11,935}}

| 11,245

| {{increase}} 1.7%

| 94.22%

| 460

| {{increase}} 16.5%

| 3.85%

| 105

| {{increase}} 133.3%

| 0.88%

| 125

| {{decrease}} 37.5%

| 1.05%

| {{center|11,695}}

| 11,055

| {{increase}} 84.6%

| 94.53%

| 395

| {{increase}} 163.3%

| 3.38%

| 45

| {{decrease}} 30.8%

| 0.38%

| 200

| {{increase}} 471.4%

| 1.71%

| {{center|6,240}}

| 5,990

| {{decrease}} 1.1%

| 95.99%

| 150

| {{increase}} 15.4%

| 2.40%

| 65

| {{increase}} 62.5%

| 1.04%

| 35

| {{decrease}} 12.5%

| 0.56%

| {{center|6,265}}

| 6,055

| n/a

| 98.75%

| 130

| n/a

| 0.69%

| 40

| n/a

| 0.33%

| 40

| n/a

| 0.23%

colspan="19"|Amalgamated with Maple Grove and Melocheville on January 1, 2002

Economy

In 2012, OVH started construction of its first Canadian data centre in Beauharnois, one of the largest in the world.

References

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External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409045440/http://www.ville.beauharnois.qc.ca/index.html Beauharnois official website]

{{Geographic location

| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Centre = Beauharnois

| North = Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
Lake Saint-Louis

| Northeast = Léry

| East = Sainte-Martine

| Southeast =

| South = Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois

| Southwest = Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague

| West = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

| Northwest = Pointe-des-Cascades
Saint Lawrence River

}}

Category:Cities and towns in Quebec

Category:Incorporated places in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality

Category:Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River

Category:Greater Montreal

Beauharnois, Quebec

History

Geography

=Communities=

=Lakes & rivers=

Demographics

Economy

See also

References

External links