Chertsey, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Chertsey is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Matawinie
in Quebec
, located in the administrative region of Lanaudière
.
The diocesan shrine Mary Queen of Hearts (Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs) is in Chertsey.
Lake Beaulac, the lake with the highest elevation in Lanaudière, was annexed by the municipality in 1991.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2391 (total dwellings: 4105)
Mother tongue:
Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec
300px|rightMatawinie is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population of the MRC according to the 2006 Census is 49,717-Municipalities:*Chertsey*Entrelacs*Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci*Rawdon...
in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, located in the administrative region of Lanaudière
Lanaudière
Lanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population of 429,053 inhabitants.-Geography:...
.
The diocesan shrine Mary Queen of Hearts (Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs) is in Chertsey.
Lake Beaulac, the lake with the highest elevation in Lanaudière, was annexed by the municipality in 1991.
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 5006 (2001 to 2006 population change: 21.7 %)
- Population in 2001: 4112
- Population in 1996: 3853
- Population in 1991: 2908
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2391 (total dwellings: 4105)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 3.2 %
- French as first language: 94.4 %
- English and French as first language: 0.8 %
- Other as first language: 1.6 %