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Clarenceville
Clarenceville
Municipality
	Middleview and Swisskess
	West entrance of Clarenceville
	Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
	Clarenceville Location in southern Quebec
	Coordinates: 45°04′N 73°15′W / 45.067°N 73.250°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Le Haut-Richelieu
Constituted	December 27, 1989
Government
• Mayor	Louis Hak
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Iberville
Area
• Total	81.70 km2 (31.54 sq mi)
• Land	63.06 km2 (24.35 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,154
• Density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.6%
• Dwellings	732
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1B0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-202
Website	www.clarenceville.qc.ca

Clarenceville (French pronunciation: [klaʁɑ̃svil]; formerly Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də klaʁɑ̃svil]) is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,154. Some parts of the municipality have no drinking water system or sewers.^[5]

History

Originally part of New France the area was named Seigneurie de Foucault and settled after 1727. The land was transferred to British rule after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. The area was leased to Colonel Henry Caldwell in 1774 and called Caldwell's Manor, then sold in 1842 to Joseph Frederic Allard and renamed Allard's Manor. In 1822, the name was changed to Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, briefly Clarenceville,^[6] after William, the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), third son of King George III, who later became William IV.^[7] The name was changed again in October 2022, to the Municipality of Clarenceville.^[8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clarenceville had a population of 1,154 living in 538 of its 732 total private dwellings, a change of 4.6% from its 2016 population of 1,103. With a land area of 63.06 km² (24.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.3/km² (47.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Population

Canada census – Clarenceville community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,154 (+4.6% from 2016)	1,103 (+4.5% from 2011)	1,056 (-4.5% from 2006)
Land area	63.06 km² (24.35 sq mi)	63.46 km² (24.50 sq mi)	63.43 km² (24.49 sq mi)
Population density	18.3/km² (47/sq mi)	17.4/km² (45/sq mi)	16.6/km² (43/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 54.0, F: 56.0)	52.9 (M: 52.7, F: 53.2)	50.4 (M: 51.4, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	732 (total) 538 (occupied)	738 (total)	718 (total)
Median household income	$65,000	$49,792	$42,177

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[10] 2011^[11] earlier^[12]^[13]

Historical Census Data - Clarenceville, Quebec^[14]

Year	Pop.	±%
1871	1,250	—
1881	1,186	−5.1%
1891	1,138	−4.0%
1901	999	−12.2%
1911	908	−9.1%
1921	648	−28.6%
1931	598	−7.7%
1941	651	+8.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	439	−32.6%
1956	377	−14.1%
1961	462	+22.5%
1966	456	−1.3%
1971	558	+22.4%
1976	501	−10.2%
1981	591	+18.0%
1986	579	−2.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	918	+58.5%
1996	980	+6.8%
2001	1,073	+9.5%
2006	1,106	+3.1%
2011	1,056	−4.5%
2016	1,103	+4.5%
2021	1,154	+4.6%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clarenceville, Quebec^[14]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2021	1,155	805	8.1%	69.7%	260	7.1%	22.5%	25	150.0%	2.2%	50	23.1%	4.3%
2016	1,100	745	12.0%	67.7%	280	6.7%	25.5%	10	33.3%	0.9%	65	0.0%	5.9%
2011	1,045	665	15.8%	63.6%	300	33.3%	28.7%	15	50.0%	1.4%	65	8.3%	6.2%
2006	1,105	790	35.0%	71.5%	225	41.6%	20.4%	30	20.0%	2.7%	60	20.0%	5.4%
2001	1,070	585	41.0%	54.7%	385	13.5%	36.0%	25	0.0%	2.3%	75	16.7%	7.0%
1996	975	415	n/a	42.6%	445	n/a	45.6%	25	n/a	2.6%	90	n/a	9.2%

Notable people

Carrie Derick (1862 – 1941), noted botanist and geneticist, was the first woman full professor at a Canadian university. She was born in Clarenceville.