Elgin | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Image Blank Emblem: | Elgin-logo750_(Elgin,_Quebec)_revised_Oct,2015.gif |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100x80px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
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: | Deborah Stewart |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Huntingdon |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 69.51 |
Area Land Km2: | 69.35 |
Population Total: | 389 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 1.3% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 206 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0S 2E0 |
Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Elgin is a rural municipality in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 389. It is located southwest of Huntingdon and bounded by the Trout and Châteauguay rivers and the Canada–United States border.
The Municipality of the Township of Elgin was formed in 1855, with the present town hall being built in 1869. Its small fields and many stone houses attest to the first Scottish settlers who began arriving in the early 19th century. It was named in honour of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, who had become popular with French Canadians for passing the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849 to compensate the victims of the 1837 Uprising.
In 2009, the township municipality changed statutes to become a regular municipality.
The municipality is situated on the border with the United States, 14 kilometres south-west of Huntingdon, Quebec. It is one of the two southernmost communities in Quebec, along with Hinchinbrooke, 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 - Elgin, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
155 | 8.8% | 38.27% | 210 | 22.2% | 51.85% | 10 | n/a% | 2.47% | 30 | 200.0% | 7.41% | ||||||||
170 | 3.0% | 37.8% | 270 | 14.9% | 60.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 10 | 77.8% | 2.22% | ||||||||
165 | 43.5% | 36.26% | 235 | 17.5% | 51.65% | 10 | n/a% | 2.20% | 45 | 0.0% | 9.89% | ||||||||
115 | n/a | 25.84% | 285 | n/a | 64.05% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 45 | n/a | 10.11% |
List of former mayors:
A rural art and music centre offers a full summer program of professional entertainment and cultural events in a renovated old church, now named Kelso Hall. Run by community volunteers Kim Moss, Nora Quinn, and Cathleen Johnston, Kelso Hall has been host to comedian Lorne Elliott, classical string quartets, silent movies with piano accompaniment, slide-music presentations, exhibits of art, and more. (Since 2013, this project has been closed)