Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality (Upper Richelieu) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through it.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 92,889 —     1996 97,539 +5.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 100,753 +3.3% 2006 108,892 +8.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 114,344 +5.0% 2016 117,443 +2.7%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Richelieu 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		116,150		108,675	2.3%	93.6%		3,645	5.9%	3.1%		1,005	2.6%	0.9%		2,825	32.6%	2.4%
2011		113,245		106,260	5.8%	93.83%		3,875	15.5%	3.42%		980	41.0%	0.87%		2,130	25.7%	1.88%
2006		107,390		100,475	7.8%	93.56%		3,355	10.5%	3.12%		695	4.8%	0.65%		2,865	44.7%	2.67%
2001		99,630		93,170	2.9%	93.52%		3,750	2.5%	3.76%		730	7.0%	0.73%		1,980	37.0%	1.99%
1996		96,475		90,585	n/a	93.89%		3,660	n/a	3.79%		785	n/a	0.81%		1,445	n/a	1.50%

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