| Carignan | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | "Honneur et patrie" (French for, "Honor and homeland") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.45°N -91°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Government Type: | Carignan City Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Patrick Marquès |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beloeil—Chambly |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Chambly |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 65.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 62.07 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 11740 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 189.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 24.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 4375 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J3L |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Carignan (pronounced as /fr/) is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, about 27km (17miles) from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 11,740.
Carignan was originally the Village Municipality of Chambly. The village of Chambly was established in 1855, less than 10 years after the municipality of Chambly. In 1965 it was renamed Carignan[5] to honour the Carignan-Salières Regiment.
The current city of Carignan was created on July 1, 1855 on a territory known as Chambly. The original name of Carignan was Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly and it kept this name for more than a century. On June 6, 1871, a large part of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly broke apart (as well as an important section of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville) to form the new town of Saint-Basile-le-Grand. Finally, on December 31, 1965, the name Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly was changed to become the new city of Carignan.
Carignan is made up of small urban blocks surrounded by agricultural land where the main crops grown are corn, wheat and soybeans. The municipality borders the Acadia and Richelieu Rivers and these merge, creating a small delta. At their tip, one of the city's four islands: Goyer Island (formerly Grande Isle since it is the largest). Also, Demers Island and Île Aux Lièvres Between the islands, there are channels containing unique flora and fauna. Unusual fact, the municipality is cut (to the east and west) by the city of Chambly in two non-contiguous portions: there is a discontinuity of 1.8 km on the chemin de la Grande-Ligne and 3 km by the Richelieu River.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carignan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 62.07km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Population trend:[7]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11,740 | 24.1% | |
| 2016 | 9,462 | 18.8% | |
| 2011 | 7,966 | 7.3% | |
| 2006 | 7,426 | 25.5% | |
| 2001 | 5,915 | 5.4% | |
| 1996 | 5,614 | 4.2% | |
| 1991 | 5,386 | 12.6% | |
| 1986 | 4,784 | 5.3% | |
| 1981 | 4,544 | 26.8% | |
| 1976 | 3,585 | 7.3% | |
| 1971 | 3,340 | 12.3% | |
| 1966 | 2,975 | 22.7% | |
| 1961 | 2,424 | 16.9% | |
| 1956 | 2,073 | 46.6% | |
| 1951 | 1,414 | 24.9% | |
| 1941 | 1,132 | 17.2% | |
| 1931 | 966 | 8.3% | |
| 1921 | 1,054 | 4.9% | |
| 1911 | 1,005 | 8.2% | |
| 1901 | 929 | 3.0% | |
| 1891 | 958 | 3.0% | |
| 1881 | 988 | 22.8% | |
| 1871 | 1,279 | 28.4% | |
| 1861 | 1,787 | N/A |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 9,755 | 83.1% | |
| English only | 590 | 5.0% | |
| Both English and French | 210 | 1.8% | |
| Other languages | 1,045 | 8.9% |
The CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan provides commuter and local bus services.