Valcourt | |
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Coordinates: 45°30′N 72°21′W / 45.500°N 72.350°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Le Val-Saint-François |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Patrice Desmarais |
• Federal riding | Shefford |
• Prov. riding | Richmond |
Area | |
• Total | 80.60 km2 (31.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 80.57 km2 (31.11 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,047 |
• Density | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.1% |
• Dwellings | 483 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways |
R-222 R-243 |
Website |
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Valcourt is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 1,047 in the Canada 2011 Census.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 1,118 | — |
1996 | 1,030 | −7.9% |
2001 | 978 | −5.0% |
2006 | 1,025 | +4.8% |
2011 | 1,047 | +2.1% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Valcourt had a population of 1,029 living in 461 of its 493 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 1,044. With a land area of 80.39 km2 (31.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km2 (33.2/sq mi) in 2021. [5]
Mother tongue (2011) [3]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 1,010 | 97.1% |
English only | 20 | 1.9% |
English and French | 5 | 0.5% |
Non-official languages | 5 | 0.5% |