Charlemagne

• Name — Charlemagne • Type — City • Flag Size — 120x100px • Shield Size — 100x80px • Image Map — Charlemagne Quebec location diagram.png • Map Caption — Location within L'Assomption RCM • Pushpin Map — Canada Central Quebec • Pushpin Label Position — top • Pushpin Caption — Location in central Quebec • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Lanaudière • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — L'Assomption • Established Title — Settled • Established Date — 1870 • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — November 13, 1906 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Normand Grenier • Leader Title1 — Fed. riding • Leader Name1 — Repentigny • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — L'Assomption • Area Total Km2 — 2.31 • Area Land Km2 — 2.17 • Population Total — 6302 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 2906.2 • Population Blank1 Title — Change 2016–21 • Population Blank1 — 6.6% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 3,217 • Time Zone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Time Zone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — J5Z • Area Codes — 450, 579 Charlemagne (pron) is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec on the north shore of the Rivière des Prairies, 24 km northeast of the city of Montreal’s downtown core, at the mouth of the L'Assomption River. As of 2021, the population was 6,302.

In 1870, a paper mill was built at the mouth of the L'Assomption River by the L'Assomption Lumber Company and led to the founding of the place. On November 13, 1906, the Village Municipality of Laurier was formed when it separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint Paul L'Ermite (now Le Gardeur, a sector of Repentigny). Five months later in April 1907, the municipality was renamed to Charlemagne. Both names were a tribute to Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier. On October 11, 1969, Charlemagne changed its statutes to become a city (ville).

In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Charlemagne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, an increase of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 2.17 km2, it had a population density of 2904.1 /km2 in 2021. • Canada Census mother tongue - Charlemagne, Quebec • Census — Total — French — English — French & English — Other • Year — Responses — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % • 5,535 — 2.8% — 94.86% — 90 — 63.6% — 1.54% — 25 — 150.0% — 0.43% — 185 — 32.1% — 3.17% • 5,385 — 3.1% — 96.33% — 55 — 15.4% — 0.98% — 10 — n/a% — 0.18% — 140 — 250.0% — 2.50% • 5,560 — 0.5% — 98.15% — 65 — 8.3% — 1.15% — 0 — 0.0% — 0.00% — 40 — 20.0% — 0.71% • 5,590 — n/a — 98.07% — 60 — n/a — 1.05% — 0 — n/a — 0.00% — 50 — n/a — 0.88%

Charlemagne is the birthplace and childhood hometown of singer Céline Dion, known for the song "My Heart Will Go On" from the 1997 film Titanic; the town council named one of its main streets after her without the recognition of a Quebec commission. Additionally, the town erected a sculpture on Dion's behalf. Charlemagne is also the birthplace of politician Camille Laurin.