Coteau-du-Lac is a small
town in southwestern Quebec
, Canada
.
It is on
the north shore of the St. Lawrence River
in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County
Municipality
.
The name
of the town comes from the old French word Coteau which
meant "cluster of homes" and from its location on the north shore
of Lac
Saint-François
. The National historic site of the
Coteau-du-Lac
canal
is the location of the first canal lock system in North
America. The city has an
industrial park.
As of the
2001 census, the town had a total
population of 5,573, but the city estimates the current population
to be above 6,500.
Demographics
Population
Population trend
| Census |
Population |
Change (%) |
| 2006 |
6,346 |
13.9% |
| 2001 |
5,573 |
12.4% |
| 1996 |
4,960 |
18.3% |
| 1991 |
4,193 |
N/A |
Language
Mother tongue language (2006)
| Language |
Population |
Pct (%) |
| French only |
5,960 |
95.59% |
| English only |
140 |
2.25% |
| Both English and French |
45 |
0.72% |
| Other languages |
90 |
1.44% |
References
- Parks Canada Website
- Coteau-du-Lac Official Website
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006
census
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