Venise-en-Québec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Venise-en-Québec (French pronunciation: [vəniz ɑ̃ kebɛk], lit. 'Venice in Quebec') is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located at the north end of Lake Champlain in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,899.
Venise-en-Québec | |
|---|---|
Venise-en-Québec in 2025 | |
 Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM | |
  Venise-en-Québec Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°05′N 73°08′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Le Haut-Richelieu |
| Constituted | January 1, 1950 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Landry |
| • Federal riding | Brome—Missisquoi |
| • Prov. riding | Iberville |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
| • Land | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 1,899 |
| • Density | 144.7/km2 (375/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  16.2% |
| • Dwellings | 1,173 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-202  R-227 |
| Website | veniseenquebec |
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Venise-en-Québec community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,899 (+16.2% from 2016) | 1,634 (+5.6% from 2011) | 1,547 (+17.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) | 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi) | 13.24 km2 (5.11 sq mi) |
| Population density | 144.7/km2 (375/sq mi) | 123.5/km2 (320/sq mi) | 116.9/km2 (303/sq mi) |
| Median age | 59.2 (M: 60.0, F: 58.8) | 58.2 (M: 58.2, F: 58.3) | 55.1 (M: 54.1, F: 56.2) |
| Private dwellings | 1,173 (total) | 1,099 (total) | 1,036 (total) |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $53,931 | $49,988 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 173 | — |
| 1956 | 197 | +13.9% |
| 1961 | 264 | +34.0% |
| 1966 | 291 | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 502 | +72.5% |
| 1976 | 628 | +25.1% |
| 1981 | 810 | +29.0% |
| 1986 | 791 | −2.3% |
| 1991 | 934 | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 1,108 | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 1,243 | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 1,319 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 1,547 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 1,634 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 1,899 | +16.2% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Venise-en-Québec, 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 % | |||||
2021 |
1,895 |
1,720 | 18.2% |
90.8% | 110 |  0.0% |
5.8% | 25 | 150.0% |
1.3% | 40 |  11.1% |
2.1% | |||||
2016 |
1,625 |
1,455 | 7.8% |
89.5% | 110 | 8.3% |
6.8% | 10 | 60.0% |
0.6% | 45 | 0.0% |
2.8% | |||||
2011 |
1,540 |
1,350 | 16.4% |
87.7% | 120 | 41.2% |
7.8% | 25 | n/a% |
1.6% | 45 | 30.8% |
2.9% | |||||
2006 |
1,310 |
1,160 | 10.5% |
88.6% | 85 | 39.3% |
6.5% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 65 | 44.4% |
5.0% | |||||
2001 |
1,245 |
1,050 | 7.1% |
84.3% | 140 | 47.4% |
11.3% | 10 | 66.7% |
0.8% | 45 | n/a% |
3.6% | |||||
1996 |
1,105 |
980 | n/a | 88.7% | 95 | n/a | 8.6% | 30 | n/a | 2.7% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
