Notre-Dame-des-Prairies () is a town 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. Geogr ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Joliette Regional County Municipality Joliette () is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Joliette. The municipality has a land area of 417.41 km2. At the 2021 census it had a population of 71,124. Subdivisions There are 10 s ...

. 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 G ...

, 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 t ...

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 conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...

, 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 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, including: * École des Prairies ** pavillon Dominique-Savio ** pavillon Monseigneur-Jetté The

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...

operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée *

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, ) 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 had about 265 students. Attendance boundary Ar ...

Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
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References

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History

Demographics

Education

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