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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Elgin
| settlement_type    = [[Municipality (Quebec)|Municipality]]
| image_skyline      = Elgin QC.jpg
| image_caption      = Elgin town hall
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| image_blank_emblem = Elgin-logo750_(Elgin,_Quebec)_revised_Oct,2015.gif
| blank_emblem_size  = 100x80px
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_map          = Elgin Quebec location diagram.PNG
| map_caption        = Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM
| pushpin_map        = Canada Southern Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_label      = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec
| coordinates        = {{coord|3=type:adm3rd_dim:20000_region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| 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  = [[Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Saint-Laurent]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1  = July 1, 1855
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| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot|69050}}</ref><ref>{{CanRiding|ID=864|name=Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec}}</ref>
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Deborah Stewart
| leader_title1      = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1       = [[Salaberry—Suroît]]
| leader_title2      = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2       = [[Huntingdon (provincial electoral district)|Huntingdon]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="sc2021">{{cite web |title=Elgin, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Elgin&DGUIDlist=2021A00052469050&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 69.51
| area_land_km2      = 69.35
| area_water_km2     = 
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="sc2021"/>
| population_total   = 389
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 5.6
| population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;<small>(2016-21)</small>
| population_blank1  = {{decrease}} 1.3%
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2  = 206
| 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|J0S 2E0]]
| area_code          = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
| blank_name         = Highways<ref name="toponymie"/>
| blank_info         = {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}}
| blank1_name        = 
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}}
'''Elgin''' is a rural municipality in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. The population as of the [[2021 Canadian census]] was 389. It is located southwest of [[Huntingdon, Quebec|Huntingdon]] and bounded by the [[Trout River (Quebec)|Trout]] and [[Châteauguay River|Châteauguay rivers]] and the [[Canada–United States border]].

==History==
The Municipality of the Township of Elgin was formed in 1855, with the present town hall being built in 1869. Its small fields and many stone houses attest to the first [[Scotland|Scottish]] settlers who began arriving in the early 19th century. It was named in honour of [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]], who had become popular with French Canadians for passing the [[Rebellion Losses Bill]] in 1849 to compensate the victims of the [[Rebellions of 1837–1838|1837 Uprising]].<ref name="toponymie"/>

In 2009, the township municipality changed statutes to become a regular municipality.<ref name="toponymie"/>

==Geography==
The municipality is situated on the border with the [[United States]], 14 kilometres south-west of Huntingdon, Quebec. It is one of the two southernmost communities in Quebec, along with [[Hinchinbrooke, Quebec|Hinchinbrooke]], with their [[tripoint]] with New York on the Châteauguay River being the southernmost point in the province.

===Communities===
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:<ref name="toponymie"/>
*'''Trout River''' (<small>{{coord|44|59|52|N|74|19|00|W|name=Trout River, Elgin, QC|type:city_region:CA-QC}}</small>) &ndash; a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] situated on [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]], just north of the U.S. border. Includes Canada & US Customs border crossing.

===Lakes & rivers===
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:<ref name="toponymie"/>
*'''[[Trout River (Quebec)|Trout River]]''' (<small>{{coord|45|04|24|N|74|11|07|W|name=Trout River, Elgin, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}</small>) &ndash; runs along the municipality's Western and Northern border.
*'''[[Châteauguay River]]''' (<small>{{coord|45|01|56|N|74|11|08.9|W|name=Châteauguay River, Elgin, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}</small>) &ndash; delineates the municipality's Eastern border.

==Demographics==

===Population===
{{Canada census
 |location = Elgin
 |2021_population=389 | 2021_pop_delta=-1.3  | 2021_land_area=69.35 | 2021_pop_density=5.6
 |2021_median_age=54.0 | 2021_median_age_m=52.8 | 2021_median_age_f=56.0
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=206 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=175 |2021_mean_hh_income=57,200 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00052469050 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=394 | 2016_pop_delta=-1.7 | 2016_land_area=69.61 | 2016_pop_density=5.7
 |2016_median_age=52.4 | 2016_median_age_m=52.1 | 2016_median_age_f=52.6
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=221 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=176 | 2016_mean_hh_income=46,848 | 2016_access_date=2023-10-11
 |2011_population=401 |2011_pop_delta=-12.4 |2011_land_area=69.62 |2011_pop_density=5.8
 |2011_median_age=50.8 |2011_median_age_m=50.8 |2011_median_age_f=51.0
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=196 |2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A |2011_access_date=2014-02-09
 |2006_population=458 | 2006_pop_delta=+2.0 | 2006_land_area=69.53 | 2006_pop_density=6.6
 |2006_median_age=47.4 | 2006_median_age_m=47.0 | 2006_median_age_f=47.8 
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=200 | 2006_mean_hh_income=40,190 | 2006_access_date=2014-02-09
 |2001_population=449 | 2001_pop_delta=+0.2 | 2001_land_area=69.52 | 2001_pop_density=6.5
 |2001_median_age=42.3 | 2001_median_age_m=42.2 | 2001_median_age_f=42.3
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=209 |2001_mean_hh_income=52,382 | 2001_access_date=2014-02-09
 |notes= 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
}}

{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data - Elgin, Quebec
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
|cols        = 3
|footnote    = 
|source      = Statistics Canada<ref name="scpast">[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]] census</ref>
| 1921 |693
| 1931 |662
| 1941 |637
| 1951 |539
| 1956 |497
| 1961 |495
| 1966 |427
| 1971 |454
| 1976 |524
| 1981 |455
| 1986 |436
| 1991 |469
| 1996 |448
| 2001 |449
| 2006 |458
| 2011 |401
| 2016 |394
| 2021 |389
}}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Elgin, 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|405}}
|
| 155
| {{decrease}} 8.8%
| 38.27%
|
| 210
| {{decrease}} 22.2%
| 51.85%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 2.47%
|
| 30
| {{increase}} 200.0%
| 7.41%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|450}}
|
| 170
| {{increase}} 3.0%
| 37.8%
|
| 270
| {{increase}} 14.9%
| 60.00%
|
| 0
| {{decrease}} 100.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 10
| {{decrease}} 77.8%
| 2.22%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|455}}
|
| 165	
| {{increase}} 43.5%
| 36.26%
|
| 235
| {{decrease}} 17.5%
| 51.65%
|
| 10	
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 2.20%
|
| 45
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 9.89%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|445}}
|
| 115	
| n/a
| 25.84%
|
| 285
| n/a
| 64.05%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
|
| 45
| n/a
| 10.11%
|}

==Local government==
List of former mayors:
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2023}}
* Noëlla Daoust (...–2005)
* Jean-Pierre Proulx (2005–2009)
* Deborah Stewart (2009–present)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Percy covered bridge2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[Powerscourt Covered Bridge]] over the [[Châteauguay River]]]]
A rural art and music centre offers a full summer program of professional entertainment and cultural events in a renovated old church, now named Kelso Hall. Run by community volunteers Kim Moss, Nora Quinn, and Cathleen Johnston, Kelso Hall has been host to comedian Lorne Elliott, classical string quartets, silent movies with piano accompaniment, slide-music presentations, exhibits of art, and more. (Since 2013, this project has been closed)

==See also==
* [[Jamieson Line Border Crossing]]
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[List of municipalities in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |402676}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://elgin.tk Elgin website]
*[http://powerscourt.tk Percy Covered Bridge, Powerscourt Quebec]

{{Geographic location
 | title  = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre = Elgin
 | North = [[Godmanchester, Quebec|Godmanchester]]
 | East = [[Hinchinbrooke, Quebec|Hinchinbrooke]]
 | South = {{Flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|NY}} [[Constable, New York|Constable]] {{!}} {{Flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|NY}} [[Burke (town), New York|Burke]]
 | West = [[Godmanchester, Quebec|Godmanchester]]
}}
{{Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality]]
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