Piedmont
Municipality
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Piedmont is located in Central Quebec
Piedmont
Piedmont
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°54′N 74°08′W / 45.9°N 74.13°W / 45.9; -74.13[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLaurentides
RCMLes Pays-d'en-Haut
ConstitutedSeptember 22, 1923
Government
[2]
 • MayorClément Cardin
 • Federal ridingLaurentides—Labelle
 • Prov. ridingBertrand
Area
[2][3]
 • Total24.70 km2 (9.54 sq mi)
 • Land24.36 km2 (9.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total3,476
 • Density142.7/km2 (370/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 17.8%
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0R 1K0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Websitewww.piedmont.ca

Piedmont is a small municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains of the administrative region of Laurentides. It is located along the North River and Autoroute 15 and Route 117, north of Montreal.

Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Prévost and some other nearby communities in the Laurentians.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2021: 3476 (2016 to 2021 population change: 17.8%)
  • Population in 2016: 2950 (2011 to 2016 population change: 8.4%)
  • Population in 2011: 2721 (2006 to 2011 population change: 14.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 2386 (2001 to 2006 population change: 12.4%)
  • Population in 2001: 2122
  • Population in 1996: 1862
  • Population in 1991: 1462

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1822 (total dwellings: 2385)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 5.5%
  • French as first language: 88.4%
  • English and French as first language: 2.2%
  • Other as first language: 3.3%

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 48955". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 77030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Piedmont, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  5. ↑ "MORIN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "maps zone/171 - WEB SAINTE ADELE.pdf SAINTE ADÈLE ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
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