| Hinchinbrooke | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.05°N -80°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mark Wallace |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Huntingdon |
| Area Total Km2: | 149.66 |
| Area Land Km2: | 148.36 |
| Population Total: | 2187 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 14.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 4.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1177 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0S 1A0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Hinchinbrooke (or Hinchinbrook until 1993) is a rural community in southern Quebec, Canada, in the Châteauguay Valley, in the MRC de Le Haut-Saint-Laurent. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 2,187.
Its first settlers were Irish who arrived around 1820. The parish was called Saint-Patrice-de-Hinchin(g)brook(e), or in English St. Patrick Hinchinbrook, named after an ancient country estate in Huntingdon, England (but without the "g" since it was not pronounced). In 1845, the Township Municipality of Hinchinbrooke was founded, but merged into the Municipality of Beauharnois Number Two on September 1, 1847 (along with Dundee, Hemmingford, Godmanchester, St. Anicet, Russeltown, and Ormstown). It was reestablished on July 1, 1855.[1]
Since the 1980 dissolution of Huntingdon County, Hinchinbrooke is within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality.
Long written as Hinchinbrook, the spelling was officially corrected to Hinchinbrooke in 1993. On November 5, 2011, the township municipality changed statutes and became a regular municipality.
The municipality is situated along the Canada–United States border. It is one of the two southernmost communities in Quebec, along with Elgin, with their tripoint with New York on the Châteauguay River being the southernmost point in the province.
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Hinchinbrooke, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 915 | 2.7% | 43.57% | 1,045 | 8.7% | 49.76% | 40 | 14.3% | 1.90% | 90 | 18.2% | 4.29% | ||||||||
| 940 | 10.9% | 42.15% | 1,145 | 7.5% | 51.35% | 35 | 75.0% | 1.57% | 110 | 50.0% | 4.93% | ||||||||
| 1,055 | 7.0% | 44.70% | 1,065 | 0.0% | 45.13% | 20 | 55.6% | 0.85% | 220 | 76.0% | 9.32% | ||||||||
| 1,135 | 29.0% | 47.89% | 1,065 | 21.4% | 44.94% | 45 | 28.6% | 1.90% | 125 | 4.2% | 5.27% | ||||||||
| 880 | n/a | 36.82% | 1,355 | n/a | 56.69% | 35 | n/a | 1.46% | 120 | n/a | 5.02% | ||||||||
The primary industries in Hinchinbrooke are agriculture, with dairy cattle and apple farming being the most prevalent sub-sectors.
List of former mayors:[1]
The Powerscourt Covered Bridge over the Châteauguay River was originally built in 1861, and is now a National Historic Site of Canada.[2]
Sir William Hales Hingston, physician and mayor of Montreal from 1875 to 1877, was born in Hinchinbrooke.