# Clarenceville, Quebec

Clarenceville (French pronunciation:; formerly Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville) is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,154. The name Clarenceville was adopted to mark the visit to Canada in 1787 by Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, who became King in 1830 as William IV. Some parts of the municipality have no drinking water system or sewers.

## History

Originally part of New France the area was named Seigneurie de Foucault and settled after 1727. The land was transferred to British rule after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. The area was leased to Colonel Henry Caldwell in 1774 and called Caldwell's Manor, then sold in 1842 to Joseph Frederic Allard and renamed Allard's Manor. In 1822, the name was changed to Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, briefly Clarenceville, after William, the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), third son of King George III, who later became William IV. The name was changed again in October 2022, to the Municipality of Clarenceville.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clarenceville had a population of 1,154 living in 538 of its 732 total private dwellings, a change of 4.6% from its 2016 population of 1,103. With a land area of 63.06 km$^2$ (24.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.3/km$^2$ (47.4/sq mi) in 2021.

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1861 | 1,761 | — |
| 1871 | 1,250 | −29.0% |
| 1881 | 1,186 | −5.1% |
| 1891 | 1,138 | −4.0% |
| 1901 | 999 | −12.2% |
| 1911 | 908 | −9.1% |
| 1921 | 648 | −28.6% |
| 1931 | 598 | −7.7% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1941 | 651 | +8.9% |
| 1951 | 439 | −32.6% |
| 1956 | 377 | −14.1% |
| 1961 | 462 | +22.5% |
| 1966 | 456 | −1.3% |
| 1971 | 558 | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 501 | −10.2% |
| 1981 | 591 | +18.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1986 | 579 | −2.0% |
| 1991 | 918 | +58.5% |
| 1996 | 980 | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 1,073 | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 1,106 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 1,056 | −4.5% |
| 2016 | 1,103 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,154 | +4.6% |

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clarenceville, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2021 | 1,155 | 805 | 8.1% | 69.7% | 260 | 7.1% | 22.5% | 25 | 150.0% | 2.2% | 50 | 23.1% | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,100 | 745 | 12.0% | 67.7% | 280 | 6.7% | 25.5% | 10 | 33.3% | 0.9% | 65 | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| 2011 | 1,045 | 665 | 15.8% | 63.6% | 300 | 33.3% | 28.7% | 15 | 50.0% | 1.4% | 65 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
| 2006 | 1,105 | 790 | 35.0% | 71.5% | 225 | 41.6% | 20.4% | 30 | 20.0% | 2.7% | 60 | 20.0% | 5.4% |
| 2001 | 1,070 | 585 | 41.0% | 54.7% | 385 | 13.5% | 36.0% | 25 | 0.0% | 2.3% | 75 | 16.7% | 7.0% |
| 1996 | 975 | 415 | n/a | 42.6% | 445 | n/a | 45.6% | 25 | n/a | 2.6% | 90 | n/a | 9.2% |

## Notable people

* Carrie Derick (1862 – 1941), noted botanist and geneticist, was the first woman full professor at a Canadian university. She was born in Clarenceville.