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L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté (CD) - Quebec

Data quality

Data quality note(s): L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté (CD) - Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.3%.

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 - Population, 2016 and 2011 censuses

Population, 2016 and 2011 censuses

Provincial population rank
79 of 98
National population rank
236 of 293
  • In 2016, the enumerated population of L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) was 17,798, which represents a change of -3.9% from 2011. This compares to the provincial average of 3.3% and the national average of 5.0%.
  • The land area of L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) is 2,100.02 square kilometres and the population density was 8.5 people per square kilometre.
  • In 2016, there were 8,023 private dwellings occupied in L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté), which represent a change of -1.0% from 2011.

Figure 1.2 Population in the last 10 years, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté)

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Population in the last 10 years, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté)

Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 10 years, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté)

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 10 years, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté)

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Population Change (in percentage) for L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) and higher level geographies, 2011 to 2016

Population Change (in percentage) for L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) and higher level geographies, 2011 to 2016

Population and dwelling counts

L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) – Neighbouring census divisions, population change, 2011 to 2016

Table 1 L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté) – Neighbouring census divisions, population change, 2011 to 2016
Census division (CD) name CD type Population
2016 2011 % change
Montmagny Census division - Montmagny, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 22,698 22,877 -0.8
Kamouraska Census division - Kamouraska, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 21,073 21,492 -1.9
Charlevoix Census division - Charlevoix, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 12,997 13,338 -2.6

Quebec – Census divisions with the highest population growth, population change, 2011 to 2016

Table 2 Quebec – Census divisions with the highest population change, 2011 to 2016
Census division (CD) name CD type Population
2016 2011 % change
Mirabel Census division - Mirabel, Territoire équivalent TÉ 50,513 41,957 20.4
La Jacques-Cartier Census division - La Jacques-Cartier, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 43,485 36,929revised r 17.8
La Rivière-du-Nord Census division - La Rivière-du-Nord, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 128,170 115,165 11.3
Montcalm Census division - Montcalm, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 52,596 48,378 8.7
La Côte-de-Beaupré Census division - La Côte-de-Beaupré, Municipalité régionale de comté MRC 28,199 26,172 7.7

Quebec – Census divisions with the lowest population change, 2011 to 2016

Table 3 Quebec – Census divisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2011 to 2016
Census division (CD) name CD type Population
2016 2011 % change
La Haute-Gaspésie MRC 11,316 12,088 -6.4
La Haute-Côte-Nord MRC 10,846 11,546 -6.1
Avignon MRC 14,461 15,246 -5.1
Les Basques MRC 8,694 9,142 -4.9
Témiscouata MRC 19,574 20,572 -4.9

Symbols:

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not applicable
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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
r
revised
E
use with caution

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

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