Cleveland, Quebec (original) (raw)

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Township municipality in Quebec, Canada

Cleveland
Township municipality
Location within Le Val-Saint-François RCMLocation within Le Val-Saint-François RCM
Cleveland is located in Southern QuebecClevelandClevelandLocation in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°40′N 72°05′W / 45.67°N 72.08°W / 45.67; -72.08[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Val-Saint-François
Constituted July 1, 1855
Named after George Nelson Cleveland[1]
Government[2]
• Mayor Pierre Grandmont
Federal riding Richmond—Arthabaska
Prov. riding Richmond
Area[2][3]
• Total 124.30 km2 (47.99 sq mi)
• Land 124.28 km2 (47.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total 1,609
• Density 12.9/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.2%
• Dwellings 687
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0B 2H0
Area code 819
Highways R-116 R-143 R-243
Website www.cleveland.ca

Cleveland is a township of about 1,600 people in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

It was named after George Nelson Cleveland, the first mayor.[1]

Historical Census Data - Cleveland, Quebec[4]

Year Pop. ±%
1991 1,609
1996 1,581 −1.7%
2001 1,564 −1.1%
2006 1,590 +1.7%
2011 1,609 +1.2%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cleveland had a population of 1,581 living in 588 of its 696 total private dwellings, a change of 2.6% from its 2016 population of 1,541. With a land area of 123.59 km2 (47.72 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km2 (33.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Mother tongue (2011)[3]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 1,050 68.0%
English only 455 29.4%
English and French 15 1.00%
Non-official languages 25 1.6%
  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 14122". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 42110". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. ^ a b c "Cleveland, Quebec (Code 2442110) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.