Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɛʁnaʁ də lakɔl]) is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of Montérégie. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established as a municipality officially in 1855, and its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,542.
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | |
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Municipality | |
| Motto: Florete Flores ("Flowers bloom") | |
Location within Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM | |
  St-Bernard-de-Lacolle Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°05′N 73°25′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Estelle Muzzi |
| • Federal riding | Châteauguay—Lacolle |
| • Prov. riding | Huntingdon |
| Area | |
• Total | 113.65 km2 (43.88 sq mi) |
| • Land | 113.36 km2 (43.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,542 |
| • Density | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  0.5% |
| • Dwellings | 674 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-15 |  R-202  R-217 |
| Website | www |
A major border crossing, Blackpool, is located where St-Bernard-de-Lacolle abuts the village of Champlain, New York, at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 15 and U.S. US Interstate 87.
Demographics
Population
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 1,542 (-0.5% from 2016) | 1,549 (+4.9% from 2011) | 1,477 (-3.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 113.36 km2 (43.77 sq mi) | 113.52 km2 (43.83 sq mi) | 113.19 km2 (43.70 sq mi) |
| Population density | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) | 13.0/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.8 (M: 44.4, F: 44.8) | 46.4 (M: 46.6, F: 46.1) | 44.2 (M: 44.8, F: 43.3) |
| Private dwellings | 674 (total) 618 (occupied) | 670 (total) 620 (occupied) | 657 (total) |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $60,288 | $43,300 |
Historical Census Data - Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Where English is spoken fluently in the region, the municipality recognizes French as an official language for formal and informal use.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
1,475 |
1,220 | 5.8% |
82.71% | 185 |  76.2% |
12.54% | 15 | 50.0% |
1.02% | 55 | 31.3% |
3.73% | |||||
2006 |
1,490 |
1,295 | 8.8% |
86.91% | 105 | 56.3% |
7.05% | 10 | n/a% |
0.67% | 80 | 300.0% |
5.37% | |||||
2001 |
1,450 |
1,190 | 2.6% |
82.07% | 240 | 12.7% |
16.55% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 20 | 20.0% |
1.38% | |||||
1996 |
1,460 |
1,160 | n/a | 79.45% | 275 | n/a | 18.84% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 25 | n/a | 1.71% | |||||
Education
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served a portion of the municipality.[9]
