Saint-Joseph-du-Lac () is a municipality in the

Laurentides The Laurentides (, ) is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian Mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 C ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality Deux-Montagnes () is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains. I ...

History

The territory of the municipality of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac was part of the Lac des Deux-Montagnes Seigneury for over a hundred years. This

seigneury A seigneur () or lord is an originally feudal system, feudal title in Ancien Régime, France before the French Revolution, Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. The seigneur owne ...

was granted on October 17, 1717, to the

Sulpician Order The Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice (; PSS), also known as the Sulpicians, is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men, named after the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, where it was founded. The members of the Society add t ...

of the Ecclesiastical Seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris, who already were lords of the

Island of Montreal The Island of Montreal (, ) is an island in southwestern Quebec, Canada, which is the site of a number of municipalities, including most of the city of Montreal, and is the most populous island in Canada. It is the main island of the Hochelag ...

. In 1783, the Sulpicians signed a total of 25 concessions. Over the next ten years, from 1782 to 1793, 81 lands on the Saint-Joseph side were granted to settlers. In 1803, Côte Saint-Joseph Road was extended northward to allow settlers to travel to Saint-Benoît. Around 1850, the inhabitants of the Saint-Joseph Concession started the process if obtaining a parish, which was formally established in 1853. Two years later on July 1, 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph was formed. It extended over a length of from

Lake of Two Mountains Lake of Two Mountains (French: ''Lac des Deux Montagnes'') is part of the river delta widening of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada, at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. Lake of Two Mountains has four outflows: Rivière des Mille Îl ...

to the limits of Saint-Benoît Parish, and a width of . The population at that time was 1020 people in about 180 families. In 1856, the post office opened, being identified as Saint-Joseph-du-Lac in order to distinguish it from the many other locations called Saint-Joseph. In time this name also came to be used for the entire municipality. In 1953, the southern portion of the municipality along Lake of Two Mountains separated from Saint-Joseph-du-Lac and became the Village Municipality of Pointe-Calumet. In the 1970s, Autoroute 640 was built through Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, putting economic pressure on the municipality. This led to new housing developments for Montreal commuters and a noticeable growth in population that had previously been stable for nearly 80 years. During the following two decades, several more new developments were built, including the Paquin, Brunet, and Parc Sectors.

Demographics

Population trend: * Population in 2021: 7,031 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.1%) * Population in 2016: 6,687 (2011 to 2016 population change: 7.9%) * Population in 2011: 6,195 (2006 to 2011 population change: 24.9%) * Population in 2006: 4,958 (2001 to 2006 population change: 1.6%) * Population in 2001: 4,882 * Population in 1996: 4,930 * Population in 1991: 4,312 * Population in 1986: 2,691 * Population in 1981: 2,272 * Population in 1976: 1,959 * Population in 1971: 1,954 * Population in 1966: 1,663 * Population in 1961: 1,532 * Population in 1956: 1,348 * Population in 1951: 1,463 * Population in 1941: 1,348 * Population in 1931: 1,118 * Population in 1921: 1,056 * Population in 1911: 1,099 * Population in 1901: 1,091 * Population in 1891: 1,153 * Population in 1881: 1,167 * Population in 1871: 1,292 * Population in 1861: 1,346 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,743 (total dwellings: 2,819) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 3.0% * French as first language: 93.0% * English and French as first language: 1.2% * Other as first language: 2.5%

Infrastructure

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac is served on Highway 344 by routes 80 and 81 of the

Exo Laurentides sector Exo Laurentides provides local bus service for the southern portion of the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, mainly the suburban area on the North Shore (Laval), northwest side of Montreal. The Laurentides sector provides bus, taxibus and p ...

from Terminus Saint-Eustache via the

Deux-Montagnes station Deux-Montagnes station is a future terminus station of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. REM service at the station is scheduled to begin in October 2025. The station will serve as the terminus of the ...

. The other end for both routes is in Pointe-Calumet.

Education

The

Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) is a former francophone school district in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. It comprises several primary schools and high schools across municipalities in the Laurentides reg ...

(CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools. * École Rose-des-Vents * École du Grand Pommier Secondary students are zoned to

École secondaire d'Oka École secondaire d'Oka (ESO) is a public Francophone secondary school in Oka, Quebec, operated by the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) is a former francophone ...

in Oka. 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 ...

is the area English school board. Several Anglophone schools in Deux-Montagnes serve this community: Mountainview Elementary School, Saint Jude Elementary School,Saint Jude Elementary School Zone Map
."

. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. and Lake of Two Mountains High School.Overview
" Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

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