Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality

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Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality

Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°48′W / 45.133°N 72.800°W

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Brome-Missisquoi
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°48′W / 45.133°N 72.800°W / 45.133; -72.800^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 2010
County seat	Cowansville
Government ^[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Arthur Fauteux
Area ^[3]
• Total	1,685.90 km² (650.93 sq mi)
• Land	1,650.20 km² (637.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[3]
• Total	64,786
• Density	39.3/km² (102/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	11.1%
• Dwellings	34,331
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.brome-missisquoi.ca
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Brome-Missisquoi (French pronunciation: [bʁɔm misiskwa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville.^[2] In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.

In Parliament it is covered by the Brome—Missisquoi federal electoral district.

History

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In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont moved from La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality to Brome-Missisquoi.^[5]

Subdivisions

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There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]^[6]

Cities & towns (7)

Municipalities (11)

Townships (1)

Bedford

Villages (2)


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Name	Votes	Population ^[7]	Area (km^2)
Abercorn	1	341	26.72
Bedford (Town)	1	2,558	4.23
Bedford (Township)	1	658	31.96
Bolton-Ouest	1	732	100.94
Brigham	1	2,282	86.92
Brome	1	341	11.56
Bromont	6	11,357	114.05
Cowansville	8	15,234	46.87
Dunham	2	3,599	193.86
East-Farnham	1	612	5.02
Farnham	5	10,149	92.12
Frelighsburg	1	1,123	123.31
Lac-Brome	3	5,923	206.9
Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge	1	691	43.89
Pike-River	1	503	40.77
Saint-Armand	1	1,228	83.16
Sainte-Sabine	1	1,105	55.33
Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge	1	677	69.42
Stanbridge East	1	834	49.41
Stanbridge Station	1	291	18.07
Sutton	2	4,548	245.69
Total	41	64,786	1650.20

Demographics

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Population

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Canada census – Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	64,786 (+11.1% from 2016)	58,314 (+4.8% from 2011)	55,621 (+5.4% from 2006)
Land area	1,650.20 km² (637.15 sq mi)	1,652.08 km² (637.87 sq mi)	1,651.73 km² (637.74 sq mi)
Population density	39.3/km² (102/sq mi)	35.3/km² (91/sq mi)	33.7/km² (87/sq mi)
Median age	49.6 (M: 48.8, F: 50.4)	48.4 (M: 47.4, F: 49.4)	46.5 (M: 45.8, F: 47.2)
Private dwellings	34,331 (total) 29,414 (occupied)	31,470 (total)	29,296 (total)
Median household income	$71,500	$57,801	$50,670

References: 2021^[8] 2016^[9] 2011^[10] earlier^[11]^[12]

Historical census data - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	45,257	—
1996	45,987	+1.6%
2001	46,165	+0.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	46,720	+1.2%
2010A	52,769	+12.9%
2011	55,621	+5.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
2016	58,314	+4.8%
2021	64,786	+11.1%

,^[13]^[3] 2021

(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

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Canada Census mother tongue - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec^[13]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2021	63,560	50,310	12.2%	79.04%	9,885	0.97%	15.55%	1,585	82.18%	2.49%	1,490	12.03%	2.34%
2016	56,955	44,820	71.2%	78.69%	9,790	4.4%	17.02%	870	3.57%	1.53%	1,330	5.5%	2.33%
2011	54,590	42,240	25.9%	77.38%	10,250	4.2%	18.78%	840	18.3%	1.54%	1,260	2.7%	2.31%
2006	45,400	33,560	1.8%	73.92%	9,835	2.8%	21.66%	710	4.7%	1.56%	1,295	30.8%	2.85%
2001	44,830	32,975	2.7%	73.56%	10,120	6.1%	22.57%	745	4.9%	1.66%	990	11.2%	2.21%
1996	44,485	32,105	n/a	72.17%	10,780	n/a	24.23%	710	n/a	1.60%	890	n/a	2.00%

Highways

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[14]

Autoroutes
- A-10
- A-35 (planned)

Principal highways
- R-104
- R-133
- R-139

Secondary highways
- R-202
- R-213
- R-215
- R-233
- R-235
- R-237
- R-241
- R-243

External routes
- I-89
- VT 108
- VT 139

References

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^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141114". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 460". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Brome-Missisquoi, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 17 August 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^ "Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality (Code 2446) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ "MRC Council - Distribution of votes at the council". Brome-Missisquoi MRC. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
^ 2021 Census
^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

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Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

Rouville RCM

La Haute-Yamaska RCM

Le Haute-Richelieu RCM

Brome-Missisquoi RCM

Memphrémagog RCM

United States

Franklin County, Vermont

United States

Orleans County, Vermont

v t e Administrative divisions of Estrie (Region 05)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska Le Granit Les Sources Le Haut-Saint-François Le Val-Saint-François Sherbrooke Coaticook Memphrémagog
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Administrative divisions of Quebec