Hemmingford

Both municipalities are locally referred to collectively as Hemmingford. The two share many things, such as the cost of the volunteer fire department and both hold their councils and offices in the same building in the village. The village of Hemmingford is surrounded by the Township of Hemmingford. The centre of the village is at the intersection of Route 219 and Route 202. The postal code for both the town and village of Hemmingford is J0L 1H0.

• Name — Hemmingford • Type — Village municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Canada • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Quebec • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Montérégie • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — Les Jardins-de-Napierville • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — January 1, 1878 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Drew Somerville • Leader Title1 — Federal riding • Leader Name1 — Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Huntingdon • Area Total Km2 — 1.08 • Area Land Km2 — 1.07 • Population Total — 829 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 775.6 • Population Blank1 Title — Pop (2016-21) • Population Blank1 — 9.8% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 403 • Time Zone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Time Zone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — J0L 1H0 • Area Codes — 450 and 579 • Custom Label Sec1 — Highways • Custom Label Sec2 — Census profile • Custom Data Sec2 — 2468010 • Custom Label1 Sec2 — MAMROT info • Custom Data1 Sec2 — 68010 • Custom Label2 Sec2 — Toponymie info • Custom Data2 Sec2 — 28437

One of the earliest inhabitants of the place was Frederick Scriver, a Loyalist who settled there around 1800. Consequently, the place was known for nearly 30 years as Scriver Corners. On January 1, 1878, the Village Municipality of Hemmingford was founded when it separated from the township. It took the name of the surrounding township, which in turn was named after Hemingford Abbots, in Huntingdonshire, England.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hemmingford had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 1.07 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. • Canada Census Mother Tongue - Hemmingford (village), Quebec • Census — Total — French — English — French & English — Other • Year — Responses — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % • 355 — 6.6% — 43.83% — 395 — 25.4% — 48.76% — 20 — 0.0% — 2.47% — 40 — 0.0% — 4.94% • 380 — 13.4% — 50.33% — 315 — 8.7% — 41.72% — 20 — n/a% — 2.65% — 40 — 14.3% — 5.30% • 335 — 25.6% — 46.85% — 345 — 21.1% — 48.25% — 0 — 100.0% — 0.00% — 35 — n/a% — 4.90% • 450 — n/a — 60.40% — 285 — n/a — 38.26% — 10 — n/a — 1.34% — 0 — n/a — 0.00%

List of former mayors: • Robert Wood (1878–1881) • William Ray (1881–1890) • John F. Scriver (1890–1907) • Robert W. Blair (1907–1909, 1917–1925, 1927–1928) • George William Keddy (1909–1912) • James Mc Canse (1912–1917) • Thomas George Mc Clatchie (1925–1927, 1928–1931) • Wilfrid Lacasse (1931–1941) • Léo Fortin (1941–1965) • Joseph Walter Bernard Smith (1965–1967) • Henry Alister Darby Somerville (1967–1973) • Maurice Patenaude (1973–1993) • Mario Fortin (1993–1997) • Claude Mailloux (1997–2001) • Andrew Merlin Somerville (2001–present)