Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is a municipality and village in the
Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the
Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is the northernmost community in the Laurentides region, about from
Mont-Laurier
Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto ...
. The village itself is located at the northern terminus of
Quebec Route 309
Route 309 is a provincial highway located in the Outaouais region in western Quebec. It starts at the junction of Autoroute 50 in the Buckingham sector, in the city of Gatineau's east end. It runs mostly parallel to the Du Lièvre River and en ...
, on the south shore of Lake Tapani.
History
Settlement began around 1870. In 1916, the Parish of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac was formed, and the following year, the first school was built. Also in 1917, the Township of Décarie was established, and incorporated as a township municipality in 1920. It was named in honour of
Jérémie-Louis Décarie
Jérémie-Louis Décarie, (August 30, 1870 – November 5, 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec.
Born in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Quebec, the son of Daniel-Jérémie Décarie and Philomène Leduc, Déca ...
.
The township municipality used to extend to the
Lièvre River
The Lièvre River (french: Rivière du Lièvre; ) is a river in western Quebec which flows south from the Mitchinamécus reservoir and empties into the Ottawa River at Masson-Angers. The river is long and drains an area of . The river's name is ...
, but the south-eastern portion was ceded in 1928 to the then newly created Municipality of Mont-Saint-Michel.
In 1950, the village itself separated from the township to form the Village Municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac.
On December 30, 1976, the township and village municipalities merged to form the current Municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac.
Demographics
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 299 (total dwellings: 422)
Mother tongue:
* French as first language: 95.65%
* English as first language: 2.61%
* English and French as first language: 0.87%
* Other as first language: 0.87%
Local government
List of former mayors:
* Aimé Lachapelle (...–2013)
* Annick Brault (2013–2021)
* Jocelyne Lafond (2021–present)
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ...
References
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Designated places in Quebec
Incorporated places in Laurentides
Municipalities in Quebec