Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geog ...
region of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
History
The first settlers, mostly Irish and Scottish Loyalists, came around 1825 to the shores of Lake Maskinongé, where they formed a community that was known as Lake Maskinongé Settlement by 1827, and later as the Mission of Lac-Maskinongé. In 1837, the name Saint-Gabriel-du-Lac-Maskinongé came in use but was changed to Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1840. This name refers to the angel
Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions ( Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...
and the geographic township of Brandon that was proclaimed in 1827 and in which it is located.
In 1851, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon was founded and the post office opened that same year. In 1855, the parish municipality was established with the same name.
In 1892, the main settlement on Lake Maskinongé separated from the parish municipality and became the Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (now known as the
Town of Saint-Gabriel).
On June 14, 2014, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.
Demographics
Population trend:
* Population in 2011: 2679 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.3%)
* Population in 2006: 2800
* Population in 2001: 2590
* Population in 1996: 2608
* Population in 1991: 2161
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1181 (total dwellings: 1598)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0.9%
* French as first language: 97.5%
* English and French as first language: 0.7%
* Other as first language: 0.9%
Education
The
Commission scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec. operates francophone public schools:
*
École secondaire Bermon
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 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 ...
in
JolietteJoliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.
See also
* List of municipalities in Quebec
References
External links
*
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon - MRC d'Autray
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Incorporated places in Lanaudière
Municipalities in Quebec