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Howick, Quebec
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Howick |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Howick QC.JPG |
| image_map | Howick Quebec location diagram.PNG |
| map_caption | Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in southern Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| 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_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | October 29, 1915 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Richard Raithby |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Huntingdon |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 0.96 |
| area_land_km2 | 0.96 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 850 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 885.0 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop (2016-21) |
| population_blank1 | 9.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 366 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0S 1G0 |
| area_codes | 450 and 579 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
Howick is the third smallest municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 850. Situated along the English River in the heart of the Châteauguay Valley, it is approximately 50 minutes southwest of Montreal and 20 minutes north of the Canada–United States border.
Geography
Lakes & Rivers
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
- English River – runs south to north along Howick's southeast boundary
History
Around 1804, George Ellice, son of Lord Alexander Ellice, built a mill on the west bank of the English River, that became a settlement bearing his name: George's Mill. Circa 1833, the place was known in English as Howick (named after either Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, or his son Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, both known as Viscount Howick), but known in French as Village de la Fourche (French for "Village of the Fork" in refence to the nearby confluence of the Châteauguay and English Rivers).
On October 29, 1915, the Village Municipality of Howick was established when it split off from the Parish Municipality of Très-Saint-Sacrement.
On May 15, 2010, the village municipality changed statutes to become a regular municipality.
Demographics
Population
| 1921 |457 | 1931 |471 | 1941 |484 | 1951 |549 | 1956 |560 | 1961 |647 | 1966 |590 | 1971 |575 | 1976 |667 | 1981 |639 | 1986 |621 | 1991 |636 | 1996 |617 | 2001 |580 | 2006 |606 | 2011 |630 | 2016 |778 | 2021 |850
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Howick, Quebec | Census | Total | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | 32.9% | 67.3% | 225 | 9.8% | 28.8% | 20 | 0.0% | 2.6% | 10 | |||||||
| 395 | 9.2% | 62.7% | 205 | 32.3% | 32.5% | 20 | n/a% | 3.2% | 10 | |||||||
| 435 | 38.1% | 72.5% | 155 | 35.4% | 25.8% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 10 | |||||||
| 315 | 14.9% | 54.3% | 240 | 6.7% | 41.4% | 10 | 50.0% | 1.7% | 15 | |||||||
| 370 | n/a | 60.2% | 225 | n/a | 36.6% | 20 | n/a | 3.3% | 0 |
Local government
List of former mayors:
- Thomas Gebbie (1915–1919, 1921–1923)
- Egbert G. Mahon (1919–1921)
- Charles Jodoin (1923–1925)
- J. S. Rorison (1925–1927, 1929–1931)
- Oscar Houle (1927–1929)
- Siméon Beaudin (1931–1933, 1939–1941, 1947–1949)
- J. A. Caruthers (1933–1935)
- Napoléon Parent (1935–1937, 1943–1945)
- W. Watson (1937–1939, 1941–1943)
- Syd Stewart (1945–1947)
- W. E. Logan (1949–1951)
- Isidore Jenneau (1951–1953)
- Ralph Reddick (1953–1955)
- Paul Laberge (1955–1957)
- William Brown (1957–1959)
- Léo Parent (1959–1961)
- William McArthur (1961–1963)
- Philippe Brault (1963–1965)
- Clarence Kerr (1965–1967)
- Antoine Meunier (1967–1975)
- Norman Fletcher (1975–1981)
- Roma Myre (1981–1988)
- Arthur Tellier (1988–1993)
- Claude Jodoin (1993–1995)
- Robert Doré (1995–2005)
- Denis Loiselle (2005–2013)
- Richard Raithby (2013–present)
Transportation
The CIT du Haut-Saint-Laurent provides commuter and local bus services.
References
References
- "Répertoire des municipalités: Howick". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- {{CanRiding
- (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Howick, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- "Portrait détaillé: Histoire et patrimoine". Municipalité de Howick.
- "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Howick (municipalité) 29.10.1915 - ...". Institut généalogique Drouin.
- [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
- {{toponymie. 29106
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