Carignan, Quebec
Carignan is a suburban municipality (Quebec)|municipality] in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, about from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 11,740.
Carignan was originally the Village Municipality of Chambly. The village of Chambly was established in 1855, less than 10 years after the municipality of Chambly. In 1965 it was renamed Carignan to honour the Carignan-Salières Regiment.
History
The current city of Carignan was created on July 1, 1855 on a territory known as Chambly. The original name of Carignan was Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly and it kept this name for more than a century. On June 6, 1871, a large part of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly broke apart to form the new town of Saint-Basile-le-Grand. Finally, on December 31, 1965, the name Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly was changed to become the new city of Carignan.Geography
Carignan is made up of small urban blocks surrounded by agricultural land where the main crops grown are corn, wheat and soybeans. The municipality borders the Acadia and Richelieu Rivers and these merge, creating a small delta. At their tip, one of the city's four islands: Goyer Island. Also, Demers Island and Île Aux Lièvres Between the islands, there are channels containing unique flora and fauna. Unusual fact, the municipality is cut by the city of Chambly in two non-contiguous portions: there is a discontinuity of 1.8 km on the chemin de la Grande-Ligne and 3 km by the Richelieu River.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carignan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.Population trend:
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2021 | 11,740 | 24.1% |
| 2016 | 9,462 | 18.8% |
| 2011 | 7,966 | 7.3% |
| 2006 | 7,426 | 25.5% |
| 2001 | 5,915 | 5.4% |
| 1996 | 5,614 | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 5,386 | 12.6% |
| 1986 | 4,784 | 5.3% |
| 1981 | 4,544 | 26.8% |
| 1976 | 3,585 | 7.3% |
| 1971 | 3,340 | 12.3% |
| 1966 | 2,975 | 22.7% |
| 1961 | 2,424 | 16.9% |
| 1956 | 2,073 | 46.6% |
| 1951 | 1,414 | 24.9% |
| 1941 | 1,132 | 17.2% |
| 1931 | 966 | 8.3% |
| 1921 | 1,054 | 4.9% |
| 1911 | 1,005 | 8.2% |
| 1901 | 929 | 3.0% |
| 1891 | 958 | 3.0% |
| 1881 | 988 | 22.8% |
| 1871 | 1,279 | 28.4% |
| 1861 | 1,787 | N/A |
Mother tongue language
| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 9,755 | 83.1% |
| English only | 590 | 5.0% |
| Both English and French | 210 | 1.8% |
| Other languages | 1,045 | 8.9% |