Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola () 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 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 D'Autray Regional County Municipality. Its territory is located on 33 of the Sorel Islands in the

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where it flows into

Lac Saint-Pierre Lake Saint Pierre (, ; ) is a lake in Quebec, Canada, a widening of the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel-Tracy and Trois-Rivières. It is located downstream, and northeast, of Montreal; and upstream, and southwest, of Quebec City. The end of t ...

, the largest of which are ''île Madame'', ''île aux Ours'', and ''La Grande Île''.

History

In 1895, the Parish of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola was formed, and named in honour of the founder of the

Jesuits The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

, Ignatius López de Loyola (1491-1556). In 1896, its post office opened and a year later, the parish municipality was established by separating from La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas. On October 31, 2012, it changed status from a parish municipality to a municipality.

Demographics

Population trend: * Population in 2011: 2086 (2006 to 2011 population change: 8.4%) * Population in 2006: 1925 * Population in 2001: 1880 * Population in 1996: 1883 * Population in 1991: 1827 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 885 (total dwellings: 945) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 97.7% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 2.3%

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 de l'Île Saint-Ignace - temporarily closed in 2016 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 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 ...

Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
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. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.

References

External links

Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola - MRC d'Autray

{{authority control Incorporated places in Lanaudière Municipalities in Quebec

History

Demographics

Education

See also

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