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Sainte-Sophie
Sainte-Sophie is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. History The new Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was created on May 2, 2000, when the old Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was merged with the Village Municipality of New Glasgow. Demographics Population trend: * Population in 2021: 18,080 (2016 to 2021 population change: 15.2%) * Population in 2016: 15,690 (2011 to 2016 population change: 17.3%) * Population in 2011: 13,375 (2006 to 2011 population change: 29.2%) * Population in 2006: 10,355 (2001 to 2006 population change: 15.5%) * Population in 2001: 8966 * Population in 1996: 8691 ** Sainte-Sophie: 8534 ** New Glasgow: 157 * Population in 1991: ** Sainte-Sophie: 7377 ** New Glasgow: 167 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 7,211 (total dwellings: 7,490) Education The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. * École primaire du Joli-Bois * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission Scolaire De La Rivière-du-Nord
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) was a francophone school district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Its headquarters are in Saint-Jérôme. " ''Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord''. Retrieved on December 7, 2014. "Centre administratif I 995, rue Labelle Saint-Jérôme (Québec) J7Z 5N7" and "Centre administratif II 795, rue Melançon Saint-Jérôme (Québec) J7Z 4L1" It comprises several primary schools and high schools across municipalities in the region. The commission is overseen by a board of elected s. Schools ...
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Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel is a suburb of Montreal, located on the North Shore in southern Quebec. Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74. Prior to 2002, Mirabel was not only a city but also comprised the Mirabel Regional County Municipality. The city is home to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport. History Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were (with their individual founding dates in brackets): Saint-Augustin (1855); Saint-Benoît (1855); Saint-Hermas (1855); Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville (1855); Sainte-Scholastique (1855); Saint-Canut (1857); Sainte-Monique (1872), and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix (1959). Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique but renamed Mirabel in 1973, the city was planned to become a vast transportation and industrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-du-Nord (electoral District)
Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography The district consists of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. It includes the communities of Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte and Saint-Colomban The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Laurentides—Labelle, Joliette, Montcalm, Terrebonne and Mirabel. History The electoral district was created in 2003: 83.3% of the population of the riding came from Laurentides, 9.3% from Berthier—Montcalm and 7.4% from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel ridings. In the 2012 electoral redistribution, the riding lost Saint-Colomban to Mirabel. Member of Parliament This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec
Saint-Hippolyte is a municipality within La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian mountains about 45 km north of Montreal. The name comes from Saint Hippolytus. Part of the town was formerly known as Abercrombie-Est. Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Piedmont, Prévost and some other communities in the Laurentians. Origin of the name The municipality of Saint-Hippolyte's original name was Abercrombie. The name was pick to honor James Abercrombie, british commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of Carillon. The municipality changed its name to the current Saint-Hippolyte in 1951. The name was chosen to honor Hippolyte Moreau, titular canon of the Cathedral of Montreal (1854-1880) and vicar general (1873-1880). It was his resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrebonne, Quebec
Terrebonne () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the North Shore region of the Montreal area, north of Laval across the Rivière des Mille-Îles. This city is divided in three sectors, namely Lachenaie, La Plaine and Terrebonne. In the past, these sectors were distinct cities, but, on 22 August 2001, they merged under the name of ''Terrebonne''. According to the 2021 Canadian Census Terrebonne has a population of 119,944, making it Montreal's third largest suburb and the largest city on the North Shore. History The town of Lachenaie, which was founded in 1683 by Lord Charles Aubert de Lachenaye, is the oldest of the three towns that were merged. Some natives were already present on this territory at the time. The colonisation really started in 1647 when Lachenaie was merged with the Repentigny Seigniory. Louis Lepage de Ste-Claire, priest, canon, and the son of René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, acquired the Seigniory of Terrebon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Codes 450 And 579
Area codes 450, 579 and 354 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, as well as the rest of the Montérégie region southward to the border with New York state. Among the cities in the numbering plan area are Laval, Longueuil, Terrebonne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard, Repentigny, Saint-Jérôme, Granby, Blainville and Saint-Hyacinthe. Area code 450 is also shared by several small communities in an adjacent part of Ontario: some landline customers in Chute-à-Blondeau (East Hawkesbury), near Pointe-Fortune have +1-450-451-xxxx numbers from the Rigaud exchange. History Area code 514 served the entire Montreal area for over half-a-century. However, by the mid-1990s, it was on the verge of exhaustion because of Montreal's rapid growth and Canada's inefficient system of number allocation. All competitive local exchange carriers in Canada are allocated blocks of 10,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of J Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is J. Postal codes beginning with J are located within the Canadian province of Quebec. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Western and Northern Quebec Northern Quebec (french: le nord du Québec) is a geographic term denoting the northerly, more remote and less populated parts of the Canadian province of Quebec.Alexandre Robaey"Charity group works with Indigenous communities to feed Northern Queb ... - 159 FSAs Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Communicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality (Quebec)
The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec. Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec, which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec. Local municipalities All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring ones. Many such cases have had their names changed, or merged with the identically named nearby municipality since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. The area is the traditional territory of the Algonquin First Nation. French Canadians began settlement in the first half of the 19th century, establishing an agricultural presence throughout the valleys. During the 20th century, the area also became a popular tourist destination, based on a cottage and lake culture in the summer, and a downhill and cross-country ski culture in the winter. Ski resorts include Saint-Sauveur and Mont Tremblant. The Laurentides offer a weekend escape for Montrealers and tourists from New England to Ontario, and with the building of a major highway through the area in the 1970s ( Autoroute 15), the area has experienced much growth. Its largest city is Saint-Jérôme, in its extreme southeast, with a 2011 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality
La Rivière-du-Nord (''The Rivière-du-Nord'' or ''The River of the North'') is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Jérôme. It is named for the river that runs through it, the Rivière du Nord. Its population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 128,170. Subdivisions There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Prévost * Saint-Colomban * Saint-Jérôme ;Municipalities (2) * Saint-Hippolyte * Sainte-Sophie Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** * External Routes ** None See also * List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec This is a list of the regional county municipalities (RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of Quebec, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentian Regional High School
Laurentian Regional High School (french: École secondaire Laurentian Regional) is an English secondary school in Lachute in the region of Laurentides, Québec, Canada. It contains classes for grades seven through eleven, and is run by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It serves Lachute, Boileau, Brownsburg-Chatham, Gore, Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Harrington, Lac-des-Seize-Îles, Mille-Isles, Morin-Heights, Namur, Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Prévost, Saint-Andre-d'Argenteuil, Saint-Colomban, Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Sainte-Adèle, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel, Sainte-Sophie, Wentworth, Wentworth-Nord, almost all of Montcalm, northern sections of Mirabel, sections of Saint-Adolph-d'Howard, and a portion of Chénéville. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalgamated. Laurenval School Board, Laurentian School Board and Laurentienne School Trustees were merged, and the English sector of the other school boards of the Laval, Laurentides and Lanaudière administrative regions joined to form the new administrative entity. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the third largest Anglophone school board in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Service area The service area, over large, includes the City of Laval and the Laurentides and Lanaudière regions. Wards 11-19 serve portions of Laval. Communities in Ward 1: Communities in Ward 2: * Estérel *Mille-Isles *Morin-Heights *Saint-Sauveur *Sainte-Adèle *Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson *Wentworth * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
