Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the
Joliette Regional County Municipality.
History
In 1803, the geographic township of Kildare was proclaimed, named after
Kildare,
Ireland
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. At the time, the land was granted as title deeds or as payment for professional services. For example, the Lord of Lavaltrie entrusted the central portion to Mr. Vondevelden to pay for his surveying fees. As for the northern portion, Major Beauchamp Colclough, Crown Commissioner and Land Agent, granted land to English soldiers in 1822. He intended to establish the Town of Kildare, but his dismissal delayed the development of the place.
The first inhabitants came from Saint-Paul, Saint-Elizabeth, Lanoraie, and Berthier. Among the early settlers were also many Irish families, who cleared much land, built an English school, built a chapel, and a Protestant cemetery.
In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Jacques-de-Kildare was founded, which was renamed a year later to Saint-Philippe-de-Kildare. It was renamed again to its present name in 1839 since the Anglican, Methodist, and Catholic pioneers all had a devotion to
St. Ambrose of Milan.
In 1847, the municipality was first incorporated but was soon abolished. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare was formed, with Charles Laporte as first mayor and D. Maigret as first treasury-secretary.
In 1956, the parish municipality lost part of its territory when the
Municipality of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare was formed.
On December 6, 2014, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.
Demographics
Population
Language
Mother tongue (2021):
* English as first language: 0.7%
* French as first language: 98.1%
* English and French as first language: 0.5%
* Other as first language: 0.7%
Economy
Average income per family is $56,807. 88.20% of residents are home owners, whereas 11.8% of residents are renters. The major sectors of employment are: agriculture, sales/service/retail commerce, transportation, health care, and financial institutions.
Culture
The
French-Canadian soap opera TV series ''
Terre Humaine'' was filmed in the municipality and set in the parish of Sainte-Marie des Anges, a fictional recreation of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare.
Education
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
* École Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix
The
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
* Joliette Elementary School in
Saint-Charles-Borromée
*
Joliette High School in
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 ...
Sports
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare doesn't have any notable sporting facility. Most activity are therefore practiced in nearby
Saint-Charles-Borromée.
Notable people
*Aimé Pelletier (1914-2010), Montreal-based surgeon, who developed a parallel career as a well-known Quebec novelist, under the
pen name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...
of
Bertrand Vac.
[Philip Fine]
Montreal surgeon led parallel life as writer
''The Globe and Mail
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'', October 13, 2010; www.theglobeandmail.com
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
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Incorporated places in Lanaudière
Municipalities in Quebec