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
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 Greate ...
, located along the eastern shores of the
L'Assomption River
The Assomption River (in French ''Rivière l'Assomption'', named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of . Its source is th ...
.
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
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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 2011: 8868 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.8%)
* Population in 2006: 8230
* Population in 2001: 7316
* Population in 1996: 6837
* Population in 1991: 6465
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0.6%
* French as first language: 97.6%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 1.8%
Education
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
* École des Prairies
** pavillon Dominique-Savio
** pavillon Monseigneur-Jetté
The
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 sc ...
operates anglophone public schools, including:
* Joliette Elementary School in
Saint-Charles-Borromée
*
Joliette High School in
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 Greate ...
Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
" 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 sc ...
. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.
See also
*List of cities in Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipality type of city (''ville'', code=V), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
Note that although the terms "city" and ...
References
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Incorporated places in Lanaudière
Cities and towns in Quebec