| Howick | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.1833°N -124°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: | October 29, 1915 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Richard Raithby |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Huntingdon |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.96 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.96 |
| Population Total: | 850 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 885.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 9.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 366 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0S 1G0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Howick is the third smallest municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 850. Situated along the English River in the heart of the Châteauguay Valley, it is approximately 50 minutes southwest of Montreal and 20 minutes north of the Canada–United States border.
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
Around 1804, George Ellice, son of Lord Alexander Ellice, built a mill on the west bank of the English River, that became a settlement bearing his name: George's Mill. Circa 1833, the place was known in English as Howick (named after either Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, or his son Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, both known as Viscount Howick), but known in French as Village de la Fourche (French for "Village of the Fork" in refence to the nearby confluence of the Châteauguay and English Rivers).[3]
On October 29, 1915, the Village Municipality of Howick was established when it split off from the Parish Municipality of Très-Saint-Sacrement.[4]
On May 15, 2010, the village municipality changed statutes to become a regular municipality.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Howick, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 525 | 32.9% | 67.3% | 225 | 9.8% | 28.8% | 20 | 0.0% | 2.6% | 10 | 0.0% | 1.3% | ||||||||
| 395 | 9.2% | 62.7% | 205 | 32.3% | 32.5% | 20 | n/a% | 3.2% | 10 | 0.0% | 1.6% | ||||||||
| 435 | 38.1% | 72.5% | 155 | 35.4% | 25.8% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 10 | 33.3% | 1.7% | ||||||||
| 315 | 14.9% | 54.3% | 240 | 6.7% | 41.4% | 10 | 50.0% | 1.7% | 15 | n/a% | 2.6% | ||||||||
| 370 | n/a | 60.2% | 225 | n/a | 36.6% | 20 | n/a | 3.3% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | ||||||||
List of former mayors:[4]
The CIT du Haut-Saint-Laurent provides commuter and local bus services.