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Joliette High School
Joliette High School (JHS, french: École secondaire Joliette) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. it has about 265 students. Attendance boundary Areas assigned to Joliette High include, but are not limited to: " . Retrieved on September 5, 2017. * D'Autray RCM (almost all areas): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joliette
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages. Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière. It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863. The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city. Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Élisabeth, Quebec
Sainte-Élisabeth is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. Demographics Population trend: * Population in 2011: 1559 (2006 to 2011 population change: 8.3%) * Population in 2006: 1440 * Population in 2001: 1474 * Population in 1996: 1559 (or 1564 when adjusted for 2001 boundaries) * Population in 1991: 1508 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 601 (total dwellings: 628) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.75% * French as first language: 98.5% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0.75% Education Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including: * École Emmélie-Caron The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée * Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, french: École secondaire Joliette) is a public anglophone secondar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matawinie Regional County Municipality
Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (14) * Chertsey * Entrelacs * Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci * Rawdon * Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez * Sainte-Béatrix * Saint-Côme * Saint-Donat * Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie * Saint-Félix-de-Valois * Saint-Jean-de-Matha * Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare * Saint-Michel-des-Saints Saint-Michel-des-Saints is a municipality in the Matawinie Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Agriculture, forestry, recreation, and tourism have been the main activities found within this region. History In 1863, Thomas-Léandre B ... * Saint-Zénon ;Parishes (1) * Saint-Damien ;Unorganized Territory (12) * Baie-Atibenne * Baie-de-la-Bouteille * Baie-Obaoca * Lac-Cabasta * Lac-des-Dix-Milles * Lac-Devenyns * Lac-du-Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Thomas, Quebec
Saint-Thomas is a town in Joliette Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to January 22, 1992, it was in D'Autray Regional County Municipality. History Starting in 1790, the first few settler families arrived from the La Noraye Seignory and settled in the North and South concessions of the area, then called North Jersey. The origin of this name is not known but may be a phonetic deformation of Chertsey, the name of a neighboring district. In the 1830s, the parish of Sainte-Élisabeth became overcrowded and many of its inhabitants moved to North Jersey, forming a new village called Saint-Thomas-de-North-Jersey from 1838 onwards. That same year, the Parish of Saint-Thomas was formed on November 15. It was named in honour of Thomas-Léandre Brassard (1805-1891), pastor of Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Joliette at that time. By 1839, Saint-Thomas had 930 inhabitants. In 1845, the Municipality of Saint-Thomas-de-North-Jersey was formed when it separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre, Lanaudière, Quebec
Saint-Pierre is a village municipality in Joliette Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pierre 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: * Population in 2016: 276 (2011 to 2016 population change: -9.5%) * Population in 2011: 305 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.3%) * Population in 2006: 304 * Population in 2001: 293 * Population in 1996: 357 * Population in 1991: 358 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0% Education The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée * Joliette High School in Joliette [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Paul, Quebec
Saint-Paul is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. History Saint-Paul was born in the northeast of the former Lordship of Lavaltrie. The first settlers, mainly from Saint-Pierre-du-Portage (L’Assomption) and Saint-Sulpice, cleared the territory gradually. First along the L’Assomption River around 1748, then on the coast of the Ouareau River around 1750 and on the Saint-Pierre stream around 1765. The population grew rapidly. Then, the territory was known as Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie In 1855, the Parliament of United Canada passed the Lower Canada Municipalities and Roads Act to ensure the legal existence of many localities. That year, on July 1, a municipality was officially born under the name Conversion-de-Saint-Paul. In April 1922, the more urban sector of Conversion-de-Saint-Paul splitted away to form the new village municipality of Saint-Paul. That village changed its name seven years later to becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec
Sainte-Mélanie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the western shores of the L'Assomption River. History Sainte-Mélanie was formerly part of the territory of the Ailleboust Seignory, granted to Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil (1694-1785) in 1736. By 1800, Pierre-Louis Panet (1761-1812) was Lord of Ailleboust, whose daughter Charlotte-Mélanie Panet (1794-1872) may have been the source of the name Sainte-Mélanie, also a reference to Melania the Younger (383-439). Charlotte-Mélanie's husband, Marc-Antoine-Louis Lévesque (1782-1833), donated the land in 1814 for a chapel that was eventually built in 1830. The Parish of Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832, and four years later in 1836, the post office opened under the name Daillebout. The municipality officially started in 1845, was soon after abolished, and reestablished in 1855 as Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust. In 1881, the post of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. History In 1803, the geographic township of Kildare was proclaimed, named after the Kildare, town in Ireland. At that time, the land was granted as title deeds or as payment for professional services. For example, the Lord of Lavaltrie entrusted the central portion to Mr. Vondevelden to pay for his surveying fees. As for the northern portion, Major Beauchamp Colclough, Crown Commissioner and Land Agent, granted land to English soldiers in 1822. He intended to establish the Town of Kildare, but his dismissal delayed the development of the place. The first inhabitants came from Saint-Paul, Saint-Elizabeth, Lanoraie, and Berthier. Among the early settlers were also many Irish families, who cleared much land, built an English school, built a chapel, and a Protestant cemetery. In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Jacques-de-Kildare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lanaudière, Quebec
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River. Demographics Population trend: * Population in 2021: 3141 (2016 to 2021 population change: 12.9%) * Population in 2016: 2783 (2011 to 2016 population change: 7.2%) * Population in 2011: 2595 (2006 to 2011 population change: 17.9%) * Population in 2006: 2201 (2001 to 2006 population change: 1.1%) * Population in 2001: 2176 * Population in 1996: 2087 * Population in 1991: 2060 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1298 (total dwellings: 1352) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.8% * French as first language: 97.2% * English and French as first language: 0.8% * Other as first language: 1% Education Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including: * École Sainte-Bernadette The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Quebec
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is a suburb of Joliette, located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River. History In 1950, the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies was established. The name refers to the prairies or planes of the Saint-Lawrence Lowlands that characterize the landscape. In 1957, the municipality was formed by separating from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie. In 2005, the municipality changed statutes and became the City of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 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: * Population in 2016: 9273 (2011 to 2016 population change: 4.6%) * Population in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crabtree, Quebec
Crabtree is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the Ouareau River, a right tributary of the L'Assomption River. The most interesting local attraction is the ''Trou de Fée'' (lit. "Fairy Hole"), a cave on the west bank of the Ouareau River. History The area began to be populated at the end of the 18th century. In 1845, the first saw mills were built along the Ouareau River, but didn't survive for long as they were washed away by spring floods. The real impetus for the town's development came in 1905 when Edwin Crabtree bought land in what would become the centre of the municipality to build a paper mill. He founded the Edwin Crabtree and Sons Ltd. and built the mill also along the Ouareau River to take advantage of its hydraulic power. A year later, the post office opened under the name "Crabtree Mills". In 1912, the mill was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt within a year. Gradually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
