L'Île-d'Orléans is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.

The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 6,938 —     1996 6,892 −0.7% 2001 6,779 −1.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 6,862 +1.2% 2011 6,711 −2.2% 2016 7,082 +5.5%
Source: Statistics Canada

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		7,020		6,860	5.9%	97.72%		70	6.7%	1.07%		15	50.0%	0.21%		75	66.7%	1.07%
2011		6,610		6,480	0.9%	98.03%		75	6.3%	1.13%		10	81.8%	0.15%		45	57.1%	0.68%
2006		6,780		6,540	1.6%	96.46%		80	220.0%	1.18%		55	175.0%	0.81%		105	600.0%	1.55%
2001		6,705		6,645	0.7%	99.11%		25	37.5%	0.37%		20	0.0%	0.30%		15	40.0%	0.22%
1996		6,780		6,695	n/a	98.75%		40	n/a	0.59%		20	n/a	0.29%		25	n/a	0.37%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec