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- ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names" (PDF). Statistics Canada. April 2011. p. 7&8. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ The former Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality changed its name to "Marguerite-d'Youville" on February 12, 2011 but the 2011 census still retained the old name; the new name will be used in the 2016 census.
