Candiac is an off-island suburb of

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, in the Canadian province of

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; it is located on the south shore of the

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opposite

near La Prairie. The population as of the

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was 21,047.

History

Candiac was created January 31, 1957, when the government of Quebec accepted the request of a Canadian-European investors group, the ''Candiac Development Corporation''. The investors had collected over $4.5 million and bought of land from farmers and the neighbouring towns. In its early days, Candiac was home to 320 people who mostly lived near the St. Lawrence River. Most of the inhabitants were either farmers or Montrealers who owned a second residence in Candiac. Candiac was named after the birthplace of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, who was born in 1712 at Château de Candiac in Vestric-et-Candiac, near Nîmes, in

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. Montcalm died at the

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while fighting for the

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in the

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Coat of arms

Montcalm's heritage and the first mayor, Jean Leman, family's coat of arms were the inspiration for Candiac's

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. The colour red symbolizes charity and justice, two very important values. It is also present in the Leman's coat of arms and is said to honour Montcalm's legacy. The silver cross is a typical French-Canadian symbol that reminds citizens of their French heritage. The stars were taken from the Leman's coat of arms and the towers from Montcalm's. The crown symbolizes the Château de Candiac and the maple leaves symbolize Canada. The floral emblem of Candiac is the '' Campanula carpatica'', better known as White Clips.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Candiac 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.

Infrastructure

Transportation

The

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provides commuter and local bus services. Commuter trains provided by

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link Candiac to

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train station in downtown

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Municipal Buildings

The City of Candiac has four (4) main municipal buildings: the Hotel de Ville (city hall), Centre Roméo-V.-Patenaude (renovated in 2005), Centre Frank-Vocino (the old library, now the Ideal Club meeting area), and Centre Claude-Hébert (the new restored library).

Education

The

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previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
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" (St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.

References

External links

Ville de Candiac Website (French Only)
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Roussillon Regional County Municipality Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River Greater Montreal