Papineauville is a town and municipality in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa ...

region of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. It is the seat of the

Papineau Regional County Municipality Papineau is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Papineauville. Subdivisions There are 24 subdivisions within the RCM: Demographics Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census In 2016, the popu ...

. In 2001 its population was 2247. The municipality is bordered on the north side by the

Petite-Nation River The Petite-Nation River is a river in western Quebec, Canada, that flows from the Laurentian Mountains to empty into the Ottawa River near Plaisance, Quebec. The river is in length. This river's French name refers to the Algonquin people that i ...

and on the south side by Pentecost Bay of the

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

History

The Parish of Sainte-Angélique was formed in 1851, and the parish municipality with the same name was created in 1855. It was named after Angélique-Louise Cornud, wife of

Denis-Benjamin Papineau Denis-Benjamin Papineau (November 13, 1789 – January 20, 1854) was joint premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1846 to 1848. His joint premiers for Canada West during this period were William Henry Draper and Henry Sherwood. ...

, who donated land for the construction of the church and the rectory. Also in 1855, a post office was established with the name Papineauville. This may be named in honour of one of two persons named Papineau:

Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau (October 16, 1752 – July 8, 1841) was a civil law notary, notary, seigneurial system of New France, seigneur, and political figure in Lower Canada. Between 1773 and 1775, he worked as a surveyor. Papineau was also a horticu ...

(1752–1841), father of

Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau (October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the ''seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower ...

, who in 1801 bought the lordship of the Petite-Nation where the town formed; or Denis-Benjamin Papineau (1789–1854), brother of Louis-Joseph and husband of Angélique-Louise, and considered the founder of this place. In 1896, the Village Municipality of Papineauville separated from Sainte-Angélique. Its first mayor was

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight fo ...

. On November 29, 2000, the Village Municipality of Papineauville and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Angélique were reunited and merged into the new Municipality of Papineauville. The name Sainte-Angélique now identifies the sector of Papineauville which corresponds to the territory of the former parish municipality. On January 1, 2002, about of the Presqu'île Peninsula in the Ottawa River was transferred to the municipality of Plaisance.

Demographics

Mother tongue: * English as first language: 2.1% * French as first language: 95.2% * English and French as first language: 1.4% * Other as first language: 1.2%

Local government

List of former mayors: * André Blais (2005–2009) * Gilles Clément (2009-2013) * Christian Beauchamp (2013–2021) * Paul-André David (2021-present)

Education

The community is served by the French school board

Commission Scolaire au Coeur des Vallees Commission or commissioning may refer to: Business and contracting * Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered ** Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another ...

including École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau.

References

External links

Web site
(French language only) {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Outaouais