Editing Pointe-Fortune, Quebec

{{use Canadian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Pointe-Fortune
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|settlement_type        = [[Municipality (Quebec)|Municipality]]
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|motto                  = ''La fortune aime les audacieux'' ("[[Fortune favours the bold]]")
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|map_caption            = Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
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|pushpin_label          = {{nowrap|Pte-Fortune}}
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in southern Quebec
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Canada]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Montérégie]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality|Vaudreuil-Soulanges]]
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|established_title1     = Constituted
|established_date1      = 28 August 1880
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|government_footnotes   = <ref name="mamrot">{{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-Fortune |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/71140/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=12 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1077 |title=Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec) |access-date=22 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618195301/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1077 |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|government_type        =
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Sandra Lavoratore
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Vaudreuil (federal electoral district)|Vaudreuil]]
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[Soulanges (provincial electoral district)|Soulanges]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="mamrot" /><ref name=cp21>{{cite web |title=Pointe-Fortune, Village (VL) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Pointe%2DFortune&DGUIDlist=2021A00052471140&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=12 May 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude         =
|area_total_km2         = 9.54
|area_land_km2          = 8.09
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|population_total       = 582
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 71.9
|population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
|population_blank1      = {{increase}} 0.3%
|population_blank2_title= Dwellings
|population_blank2      = 283
|population_note        =
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = −4
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0P 1N0]]
|area_code              = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
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|website                = {{Official URL}}
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'''Pointe-Fortune''' ({{IPA|fr|pwɛ̃t fɔʁtyn}}) is a [[Municipality (Quebec)|municipality]] in southwestern [[Quebec]], Canada, on the [[Ottawa River]] (Rivière des Outaouais) in [[Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality]], northwest of [[Montreal]]. The population at the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census]] was 582.

==Geography==
Pointe-Fortune is located on the right bank of the [[Ottawa River]] close to the [[Lake of Two Mountains]]. The locality borders the [[Ontario]] border, near the [[Carillon hydroelectric generating station]]. The municipality is located 65 km west of [[Montreal]]. Its [[territory]] is bounded to the west by the township of [[East Hawkesbury]] (Ontario) in the united counties of [[United Counties of Prescott and Russell|Prescott and Russell]], to the north by the bay of Rigaud, to the east and to the south by the city of [[Rigaud, Quebec|Rigaud]]. On the opposite shore of the lake of Two Mountains is the municipality of [[Saint-André-d'Argenteuil]], in the Regional County Municipality of [[Argenteuil Regional County Municipality|Argenteuil]], in the [[Laurentides]] region.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/search-recherche/productresults-resultatsproduits-eng.cfm?LANG=E&GEOCODE=2021A00052471140 | title=2021 Census of Population geographic summary: Pointe-Fortune, Village (VL) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, Quebec | date=9 February 2022 }}</ref> The total area of the municipality is 9.54km2, with 8.09km2 being terrestrial.<ref name="mamrot" />

Pointe-Fortune is in the [[Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands]] and its [[terrain]] is [[plain|flat]]. The [[altitude]] is 24m on the shore of the [[Lake of Two Mountains]] and rises to 48m at the southeastern end of the territory. The low ground levels create several [[Wetland|wetlands]] inland. The [[soil]] of Pointe-Fortune consists in the eastern part of a sector dating from the [[Cambrian]] composed of [[sandstone]], [[Conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]], [[limestone]] and [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] ([[Potsdam Sandstone|Potsdam sandstone]], Brador and Forteau formations) and, in its western part, of an area of [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] and sandstone from the Lower [[Ordovician]] (Beekmantown group and Romaine formation).

==History==
The area was part of the [[:fr:Seigneurie de Rigaud|Seigneury of Rigaud]], granted in 1732 to the brothers [[Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial|Pierre]] and [[François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil]]. Around 1750, they operated a [[trading post]] on a point in the [[Ottawa River]], which later became known as Pointe Fortune. The name "Fortune" could refer to Colonel William Fortune who had received a {{Convert|809|ha}} concession in nearby [[Brownsburg-Chatham|Chatham Township]] at the end of the 18th century, or to Joseph Fortune, an early 19th century militiaman and surveyor.<ref name="toponymie"/>

The municipality was formerly called Petites-Écorces and Petit-Carillon (referring to the larger [[Saint-André-d'Argenteuil|Carillon]] directly across the Ottawa River), but in 1851, the post office opened under the English name of Point Fortune (modified to its current name in 1954).<ref name="toponymie"/> In 1880, the Village Municipality of Pointe-Fortune was created out of territory ceded by [[Rigaud, Quebec|Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud]].<ref name=mairesduquebec/>In 2023, the village of Pointe-Fortune became a Municipality. <ref>{{Cite web| title=Avis juridiques | language=fr | trans-title=Legal notices | url=https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/avis_juridiques/2329.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722165815/https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/avis_juridiques/2329.pdf | archive-date=2023-07-22}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data - Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 
| footnote = 
| source = Statistics Canada<ref name="scpast">[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref>
| 1976 |367
| 1981 |369
| 1986 |400
| 1991 |413
| 1996 |451
| 2001 |457
| 2006 |507
| 2011 |542
| 2016 |580
| 2021 |582
}}}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Pointe-Fortune had a population of {{val|582|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|258|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|283|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:582-580}}|580|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|580|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|8.09|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|582|8.09|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
 |2021_population=582 | 2021_pop_delta=+0.3 | 2021_land_area=8.09 | 2021_pop_density=71.9
 |2021_median_age=50.0 | 2021_median_age_m=49.2 | 2021_median_age_f=50.4
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=283 | 2021_mean_hh_income=<!-- pending --> |2021_geocode=2021A0005247114 | 2021_access_date=2022-05-12
 |2016_population=580 | 2016_pop_delta=+7.0 | 2016_land_area=8.26 | 2016_pop_density=70.2
 |2016_median_age=47.9 | 2016_median_age_m=47.8 | 2016_median_age_f=48.0
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=285 | 2016_mean_hh_income=63,680 | 2016_access_date=2022-01-17
 |2011_population=542 |2011_pop_delta=+6.9 |2011_land_area=8.35 |2011_pop_density=64.9
 |2011_median_age=44.7 |2011_median_age_m=46.7 |2011_median_age_f=42.8
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=265 |2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A |2011_accessdate=2014-02-21
 |2006_population=507 | 2006_pop_delta=+10.9 | 2006_land_area=8.35 | 2006_pop_density=60.7
 |2006_median_age=44.8 | 2006_median_age_m=45.4 | 2006_median_age_f=44.4
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=241 | 2006_mean_hh_income=39,297 | 2006_access_date=2014-02-21
 |2001_population=457 | 2001_pop_delta=+1.3 | 2001_land_area=8.35 | 2001_pop_density=54.7
 |2001_median_age=43.0 | 2001_median_age_m=43.2 | 2001_median_age_f=42.6
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=242 |2001_mean_hh_income=46,997 | 2001_access_date=2014-02-21
 |notes= 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
}}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pointe-Fortune, Quebec<ref name="scpast" />
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|540}}
|
| 435
| {{increase}} 16.0%
| 80.56%
|
| 75
| {{decrease}} 28.6%
| 13.89%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 1.85%
|
| 20
| {{decrease}} 20.0%
| 3.70%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|505}}
|
| 375
| {{decrease}} 5.1%
| 74.26%
|
| 105
| {{increase}} 162.5%
| 20.79%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 25
| {{increase}} 25.0%
| 4.95%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|455}}
|
| 395	
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 86.81%
|
| 40
| {{decrease}} 33.3%
| 8.79%
|
| 0	
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 20
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 4.40%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|455}}
|
| 395	
| n/a
| 86.81%
|
| 60
| n/a
| 13.19%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
|}

==Attractions==
Macdonell-Williamson House,<ref>[http://www.mwhouse.ca/ Maison Macdonell-Williamson House]</ref> which owes its existence to the fur trade and the [[Voyageurs]], is located just west of the historical [[boundary marker]], which still stands and marked the division between Upper and Lower Canada.

The Parish of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Pointe-Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.<ref name="toponymie"/> The municipality was originally served by the Catholic parish of St. Francois Xavier, established in 1904, which eventually closed on December 24, 2014. The church was sold and is now privately owned.

==Local government==
List of former mayors:<ref name=mairesduquebec>{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Pointe-Fortune (village) 28.8.1880 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1224 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>
{{Div col}}
* John William Crosb (1880–1881, 1882–1883)
* Ernest A. Saint-Denis (1881–1882)
* George Augustus Barclay (1883–1884)
* André Roy (1884–1887)
* William Richard Hunsley (1887–1893)
* Joseph Séguin (1893–1895)
* John Middleton (1895–1899)
* William Brown (1899–1913, 1914–1917)
* Angus Victor Mc Lachlan (1913–1914)
* Eric Galt Brown (1917–1923)
* Joseph Elie Dicaire (1923–1927)
* Joseph Nephtalie Corbeil (1927–1933)
* Joseph Adelard Jean Marie Desjardins (1933–1936)
* Joseph Raoul Lafond (1936–1951, 1961–1964)
* Joseph Héliodore Oscar Labrie (1951–1959)
* Joseph-Paul-Réal Larocque (1959–1961)
* Joseph Wellie Leon Sabourin (1964–1969)
* Joseph Bernard Roméo Séguin (1969–1973)
* Joseph Raoul Juste Gérard Parson (1973–1979)
* Joseph Paul-Emile Roger Pharand (1979–1980)
* Joseph Denis Grégoire Labonté (1980–2001)
* Joseph Roger Gérard Normand Chevrier (2001–2005)
* David Eugene Doughty (2005–2009)
* Jean-Pierre Daoust (2009–2017)
* François Bélanger (2017–present)
{{Div col end}}

==Education==
[[Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs]] operates Francophone schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cstrois-lacs.qc.ca/commission-scolaire/les-ecoles-et-les-centres|title=Les écoles et les centres|publisher=[[Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs]]|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref>
* École de l'Épervière in [[Rigaud, Quebec|Rigaud]]<ref>"[http://www.cstrois-lacs.qc.ca/images/documents/2017-2018/Bassins_et_horaires_2017-2018.pdf Liste des bassins desservis par les écoles en 2017-2018]." [[Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs]]. Retrieved 30 September 2017.</ref>

[[Lester B. Pearson School Board]] operates Anglophone schools.<ref>"[http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf School Board Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001425/http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf |date=21 September 2017 }}." [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]]. Retrieved 28 September 2017.</ref>
* Soulanges Elementary School in [[Saint-Télesphore]] or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in [[Saint-Lazare, Quebec|Saint-Lazare]]

==See also==
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[List of municipalities in Québec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |50159}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://pointefortune.ca/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre = Pointe-Fortune
 | North = [[Saint-André-d'Argenteuil]]<br />''[[Ottawa River]]''
 | East = ''[[Ottawa River]]'' / [[Saint-André-d'Argenteuil]]
 | South = [[Rigaud, Quebec|Rigaud]]
 | West = {{flagicon|ON}} [[East Hawkesbury|East Hawkesbury, Ontario]]
}}
{{Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM|state=expanded}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Ottawa River]]