Dundee, Quebec

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dundee

| settlement_type = Township municipality

| image_skyline = Dundee QC.JPG

| imagesize =

| image_caption = Dundee town hall

| image_flag =

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_map = Dundee Quebec location diagram.PNG

| map_caption = Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM

| pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_label =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec

| coordinates = {{coord|45|00|N|074|30|W|type:adm3rd_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 = Le Haut-Saint-Laurent

| established_title =

| established_date =

| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = July 1, 1855

| named_for = Dundee

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| government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Dundee |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/69075/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=fr}}{{CanRiding|ID=1260|name=Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec}}

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Linda Gagnon

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Salaberry—Suroît

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Huntingdon

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Dundee, Canton (municipalité de) (CT) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=dundee&DGUIDlist=2021A00052469075&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=5 October 2023}}

| area_magnitude =

| area_total_km2 = 84.07

| area_land_km2 = 68.41

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| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 386

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2 = 5.6

| population_blank1_title = Pop (2016-21)

| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.3%

| population_density_blank1_km2 =

| population_blank2_title = Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 310

| population_note =

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = J0S 1L0

| area_code = 450 and 579

| blank_name = Highways

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

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| website = {{Official URL}}

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Dundee is a township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. At the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 386. It is primarily an agricultural area consisting of dairy and grain farms.

Geography

Dundee is located in the southwestern corner of the Montérégie region of Quebec. The township is bordered on the south by the Canada–United States border, on the north-west by the Saint Lawrence River, and the Mohawk reserve of Akwesasne to the west. The Salmon River runs through the municipality in a northwesterly direction from the US border to the Saint Lawrence, where many islands also make up Dundee's total area.

=Communities=

In addition to the namesake community along the Salmon River at the United States border, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:

Dundee Centre ({{coord|45|01|44|N|74|25|37|W|name=Dundee Centre, Dundee, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a hamlet in the centre of the township
L'Île-Saint-Régis ({{coord|45|01|08|N|74|38|09|W|name=L'Île-Saint-Régis, Dundee, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a hamlet located on an island of the same name in the Saint Lawrence River
Pointe-Fraser ({{coord|45|02|46|N|74|27|58|W|name=Pointe-Fraser, Dundee, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
Pointe-Leblanc ({{coord|45|04|23|N|74|26|18|W|name=Pointe-Leblanc, Dundee, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a vacation cottage community on the Saint Lawrence River
Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee ({{coord|45|00|34|N|74|24|04|W |name=Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee, Dundee, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a village in the southern area of the township

Dundee Centre QC.JPG|Dundee Centre

Ste-Agnes-de-Dundee QC.jpg|Ste-Agnes-de-Dundee

=Lakes and rivers=

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

Rivière aux Saumons ({{coord|45|02|09|N|74|31|25|W|name=Rivière aux Saumons, Dundee, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}) – runs from the US border to the Saint Lawrence River in the municipality's western area.

History

John Davidson, considered the founder of the municipality, was an early settler along the Salmon River (Rivière aux Saumons). He was originally from Dundee, Scotland, and served as postmaster of the new settlement.

On July 1, 1845, the Municipality of Dundee was formed, but merged into the Municipality of Beauharnois Number Two on September 1, 1847 (along with Hinchinbrooke, Hemmingford, Godmanchester, St. Anicet, Russeltown, and Ormstown). It was reestablished on July 1, 1855. On March 15, 1969, it changed statutes and became a township municipality.{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Dundee (canton) 1.7.1845 - 1.9.1847 * 1.7.1855 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1536 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=5 October 2023}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dundee had a population of {{val|386|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|168|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|310|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:386-387}}|387|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|387|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|68.41|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|386|68.41|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Canada census

|location = Dundee

|2021_population=386 | 2021_pop_delta=-0.3 | 2021_land_area=68.41 | 2021_pop_density=5.6

|2021_median_age=52.0 | 2021_median_age_m=52.4 | 2021_median_age_f=50.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=310 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=168 |2021_mean_hh_income=62,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00052469075 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=387 | 2016_pop_delta=-5.1 | 2016_land_area=69.45 | 2016_pop_density=5.6

|2016_median_age=52.0 | 2016_median_age_m=53.2 | 2016_median_age_f=49.5

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=359 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=169 | 2016_mean_hh_income=51,072 | 2016_access_date=2023-10-05

|2011_population=408 |2011_pop_delta=-6.4 |2011_land_area=69.76 |2011_pop_density=5.8

|2011_median_age=47.5 |2011_median_age_m=47.6 |2011_median_age_f=47.4

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=336 |2011_mean_hh_income=27,926 |2011_access_date=2014-01-27

|2006_population=436 | 2006_pop_delta=+6.9 | 2006_land_area=69.61 | 2006_pop_density=6.3

|2006_median_age=45.9 | 2006_median_age_m=46.1 | 2006_median_age_f=45.5

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=327 | 2006_mean_hh_income=39,998 | 2006_access_date=2013-05-10

|2001_population=408 | 2001_pop_delta=+4.1 | 2001_land_area=69.67 | 2001_pop_density=5.9

|2001_median_age=40.3 | 2001_median_age_m=40.6 | 2001_median_age_f=39.9

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=356 |2001_mean_hh_income=36,776 | 2001_access_date=2013-05-10

|notes=

}}

{{Historical populations

| title= Historical Census Data - Dundee, Quebec

| percentages =

| shading = off

| align = none

|cols = 3

|footnote =

|source = Statistics Canada

| 1921 |723

| 1931 |630

| 1941 |630

| 1951 |556

| 1956 |549

| 1961 |519

| 1966 |487

| 1971 |480

| 1976 |419

| 1981 |386

| 1986 |353

| 1991 |382

| 1996 |392

| 2001 |408

| 2006 |436

| 2011 |408

| 2016 |387

| 2021 |386

}}

class="wikitable" !colspan="19"\|Canada Census Mother Tongue Language - Dundee, 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\|390}} \| \| 245 \| {{decrease}} 3.9% \| 62.82% \| \| 115 \| {{decrease}} 11.5% \| 29.49% \| \| 10 \| {{steady}} 0.0% \| 2.56% \| \| 15 \| {{steady}} 0.0% \| 3.85%
{{center\|2011}} \| \| {{center\|410}} \| \| 255 \| {{increase}} 2.0% \| 62.20% \| \| 130 \| {{decrease}} 16.1% \| 31.70% \| \| 10 \| {{increase}} n/a% \| 2.44% \| \| 15 \| {{decrease}} 40.0% \| 3.66%
{{center\|2006}} \| \| {{center\|430}} \| \| 250 \| {{increase}} 25.0% \| 58.14% \| \| 155 \| {{decrease}} 13.9% \| 36.05% \| \| 0 \| {{decrease}} 100.0% \| 0.00% \| \| 25 \| {{steady}} 0.0% \| 5.81%
{{center\|2001}} \| \| {{center\|415}} \| \| 200 \| {{decrease}} 9.1% \| 48.19% \| \| 180 \| {{increase}} 33.3% \| 43.37% \| \| 10 \| {{steady}} 0.0% \| 2.41% \| \| 25 \| {{decrease}} 28.6% \| 6.02%
{{center\|1996}} \| \| {{center\|400}} \| \| 220 \| n/a \| 55.00% \| \| 135 \| n/a \| 33.75% \| \| 10 \| n/a \| 2.50% \| \| 35 \| n/a \| 8.75%

class="wikitable"

!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue Language - Dundee, 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|390}}

| 245

| {{decrease}} 3.9%

| 62.82%

| 115

| {{decrease}} 11.5%

| 29.49%

| 10

| {{steady}} 0.0%

| 2.56%

| 15

| {{steady}} 0.0%

| 3.85%

| {{center|410}}

| 255

| {{increase}} 2.0%

| 62.20%

| 130

| {{decrease}} 16.1%

| 31.70%

| 10

| {{increase}} n/a%

| 2.44%

| 15

| {{decrease}} 40.0%

| 3.66%

| {{center|430}}

| 250

| {{increase}} 25.0%

| 58.14%

| 155

| {{decrease}} 13.9%

| 36.05%

| 0

| {{decrease}} 100.0%

| 0.00%

| 25

| {{steady}} 0.0%

| 5.81%

| {{center|415}}

| 200

| {{decrease}} 9.1%

| 48.19%

| 180

| {{increase}} 33.3%

| 43.37%

| 10

| {{steady}} 0.0%

| 2.41%

| 25

| {{decrease}} 28.6%

| 6.02%

| {{center|400}}

| 220

| n/a

| 55.00%

| 135

| n/a

| 33.75%

| 10

| n/a

| 2.50%

| 35

| n/a

| 8.75%

Attractions

{{Ill|Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area|fr|Réserve nationale de faune du lac Saint-François}} is a National Wildlife Area on the shores of Lake Saint Francis in Dundee. This noncontiguous {{convert|1317|ha}} site protects a wetland environment with large biodiversity, home to more than 287 animal species and 547 plant species, many of which are at risk. It is also designated as a Ramsar site and an Important Bird Area (IBA).{{cite web |title=Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/locations/lake-saint-francois.html |website=www.canada.ca |publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada |access-date=5 October 2023 |date=27 March 2023}}