Cowansville
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Cowansville
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|settlement_type = City
|image_skyline = Maison nesbitt 1.jpg
|image_caption = Nesbitt House, Cowansville
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|motto = Fortitudo et decor
|image_map = Cowansville Quebec location diagram.PNG
|map_caption = Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM
|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
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|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Estrie{{Cite web|url=https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/la-haute-yamaska-et-brome-missisquoi-entrent-dans-le-giron-de-lestrie-bb1cdec812110055c85446c36ca1de75|title=La Haute-Yamaska et Brome-Missisquoi entrent dans le giron de l'Estrie|website=La Tribune|date=8 July 2021|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = Brome-Missisquoi
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 1, 1876
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|government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Conseil municipal |url=http://www.ville.cowansville.qc.ca/fr/ville/nav/Conseilmunicipal.html |website=Ville de Cowansville |access-date=15 January 2020}}[https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/46080/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Cowansville][https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1243 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec)]
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Sylvie Beauregard
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Brome—Missisquoi
|leader_title2 = Prov. riding
|leader_name2 = Brome-Missisquoi
|area_footnotes = [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021S0504437&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=F&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Cowansville 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Cowansville, Quebec.]
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|area_total_km2 = 48.70
|area_land_km2 = 46.87
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|area_urban_km2 = 16.35
|area_metro_km2 = 46.87
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|population_total = 15234
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 325
|population_urban = 13,334
|population_density_urban_km2 = 815.3
|population_metro = 15234
|population_density_metro_km2 = 325
|population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021
|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 11.6%
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|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2 = 7247
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|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −4
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = J2K 1T4
|area_code = 450 and 579
|blank_name = Highways
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|website = {{URL|www.ville.cowansville.qc.ca}}
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Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon {{convert|20|km|mi}} north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234.
In recent years, Cowansville has seen its commercial activity blossom mainly due to its proximity to a major freeway, Autoroute 10, and the Eastern Townships ski resort region.
History
Jacob Ruiter was the first person to settle on the current site of Cowansville. In 1800 he built a flour mill, and then a saw mill. In 1805, Ruiter named the small town as Nelsonville, in honour of British admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson, who was killed in the naval Battle of Trafalgar.
The city's current name is due to Peter Cowan, a merchant from Montreal who settled in the area in 1836 and become postmaster in 1841. In order to avoid the mail being sent inadvertently to another city named Nelsonville, close to Hamilton in Upper Canada, he decided to change its name.
During the 1870s, the construction of the South Eastern Railway linking Montreal to Cowansville and the opening of the first bank, the Eastern Townships Bank, contributed to the expansion of the small city, which allows many businesses settle in the area. The municipality detached from the district of Dunham, and incorporated on the January 1, 1876 and officially was named Cowansville. In February of the same year James O'Halloran was acclaimed as Mayor by the town council. Cowansville saw a strong industrial growth during the 20th century, and became a city on June 25, 1931, and has grown since World War II by various annexations, such as Sweetsburg in 1964.
The municipality has a current population of over 12,000. The main economy is based on the industrial sector, in particular textiles. There is also a hospital, Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins, a municipal court, a federal penitentiary, and a Nature Centre close to Davignon Lake.
Cowansville is the seat of the judicial district of Bedford.[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM Territorial Division Act]. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11. It is also the birthplace of the artist and botanist Faith Fyles.
Demographics
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data - Cowansville, QuebecStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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| 1881 |573
| 1891 |639
| 1901 |699
| 1911 |881
| 1921 |1094
| 1931 |1859
| 1941 |3486
| 1951 |4431
| 1956 |5242
| 1961 |7050
| 1966 |10692
| 1971 |11920
| 1976 |11902
| 1981 |12240
| 1986 |11643
| 1991 |11986
| 1996 |12051
| 2001 |12032
| 2006 |12182
| 2011 |12489
| 2016 |13656
| 2021 |15234
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cowansville had a population of {{val|15234|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|6980|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|7247|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:15234-13656}}|13656|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|13656|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|46.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|15234|46.87|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 = Cowansville
|2021_population=15,234 | 2021_pop_delta=+11.6 | 2021_land_area=46.87 | 2021_pop_density=325
|2021_median_age=48.8 | 2021_median_age_m=46.0 | 2021_median_age_f=51.6
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=7,247 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=6,980 |2021_mean_hh_income=58,800
|2021_geocode=2021A00052446080 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=13,656 | 2016_pop_delta=+9.3 | 2016_land_area=46.89 | 2016_pop_density=291.2
|2016_median_age=46.2 | 2016_median_age_m=43.7 | 2016_median_age_f=49.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=6,272 |2016_mean_hh_income=49,508 | 2016_access_date=2022-06-17
|2011_population=12,489 |2011_pop_delta=+2.5 |2011_land_area=46.09 |2011_pop_density=271.0
|2011_median_age=45.5 |2011_median_age_m=43.2 |2011_median_age_f=47.5
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=5,789 |2011_mean_hh_income=43,252 |2011_access_date=2014-03-12
|2006_population=12,182 | 2006_pop_delta=+1.2 | 2006_land_area=46.09 | 2006_pop_density=264.3
|2006_median_age=43.7 | 2006_median_age_m=41.8 | 2006_median_age_f=45.8
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=5,461 | 2006_mean_hh_income=41,010 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-12
|2001_population=12,032 | 2001_pop_delta=-0.2 | 2001_land_area=46.09 | 2001_pop_density=261.1
|2001_median_age=39.7 | 2001_median_age_m=38.1 | 2001_median_age_f=41.4
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=5,164 |2001_mean_hh_income=34,603 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-12
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Notable people
- George Harold Baker (1877–1916), was a lawyer, political figure, soldier and Member in the Canadian House of Commons, as a Conservative Member of Parliament[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/morning-glory-canada-s-own-wwi-war-horse-1.1259736 Morning Glory: Canada's own WWI war horse]
- Colin Nixon, filmmaker
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.ville.cowansville.qc.ca Ville de Cowansville]
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Cowansville
| Northwest =
| North = Brigham
East Farnham
| Northeast =
| West = Dunham
| East = Brome Lake
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| South = Dunham
| Southeast =
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{{Brome-Missisquoi RCM|state=expanded}}
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