Saint-Jean-de-Matha is a

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located within the

Matawinie Regional County Municipality Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RC ...

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, in the

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region.

History

The territory was once part of the

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in the 18th century and was travelled by several coureur des bois for the

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as well as workers in the

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as it was located nearby rich forest lands of the Laurentians and the Haute Mauricie regions near the Saint-Maurice River. In the 1850s that the Saint-Jean-de-Matha Parish was made a municipality in 1855. While development was at first slow in the 19th century, the population grew rapidly as settlers arrived in Quebec or moved away from the regions closer to the

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as part of measures to develop new lands across the province

Demographics

Population

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1946 (total dwellings: 2496)

Language

Mother tongue:Statistics Canada 2006 Census
Saint-Jean-de-Matha community profile
/ref> * English as first language: 0.8% * French as first language: 97.2% * English and French as first language: 0.2% * Other as first language: 1.7%

Transportation

The main transportation link of the municipality is Quebec Route 131, Route 131 which travels throughout much of the Lanaudière region from

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southward towards Joliette and Lavaltrie in which it connects Autoroute 40 towards

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and Ottawa- Gatineau. Secondary Route 337 travels through more western towns of the Lanaudière region towards the northern Montreal suburbs of

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and

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located along Autoroute 25 just north of the east end of Laval. Railway service also exists since the late 19th century part of a Canada-wide development initiated by the first

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which help develop several small industries despite frequent departures by several locales towards the

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in the late 19th century.

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 Bernèche The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in

Saint-Charles-Borromée Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec ( 2021 Population 15,285) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage hom ...

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.

References

External links

*
Municipal website

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