St-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba
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St-Pierre-Jolys (formerly ''Rivière-aux-Rats''/Rat River, ''St-Pierre''/St. Pierre) is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the Canadian province of
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, located southeast of
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on Highway 59 near the Rat River. It is surrounded by the
Rural Municipality of De Salaberry De Salaberry () is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in western Canada. The administratively separate village of St-Pierre-Jolys and St. Malo Provincial Park lie within the geographical borders of the municipality. The municipa ...
, and the nearest communities to it are Steinbach, St. Malo,
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and Niverville. Agriculture is the dominant industry: primarily dairy farming and livestock. Being important sectors for the life of the community, the local businesses, services, and hospitality are strong. Tourism is also important to the village: the former
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is now part of the
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, and St. Pierre-Jolys hosts several popular festivals, such as ''la Cabane à Sucre'' (maple syrup festival) in April; ''le Festival Chantecler'', a celebration of Francophone arts; and the signature St-Pierre-Jolys Frog Follies and Ag Fair (''les Folies Grenouilles et Foire Agricoles''), a village fair featuring the Canadian frog jumping competition. There are 3 schools, a hospital, and a sizable
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detachment in the village. Bilingual St-Pierre-Jolys has collaborated with the nearby St. Malo on several ventures, including a trade show and a
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league. The dramatic sequences for the 2012 documentary ''
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'' were shot there.


History

Part of the 19th-century
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linking
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with
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(now MN), the area was initially settled by francophone people of
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and Québécois heritage. English settlers later came as well, in smaller numbers. Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot and Mr. Joseph Dubuc both helped with St. Pierre's founding. The
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-born Father Jean-Marie Jolys started a parish and encouraged many Quebec families to move here. The name "Jolys" was added to "St. Pierre" around 1922 to recognize the 40 years of Father Jolys as parish priest of St. Pierre. The Roman Catholic faith has been inextricably linked to the settlement's growth. A former convent of the
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is now the village museum. Though the post office opened in 1879, St. Pierre-Jolys was only incorporated as a village in 1947. A unique part of the area's history was the establishment of a
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camp that held German soldiers captured during
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. Located 6 miles south of St. Pierre in 1943, the camp held about 200 prisoners working on a
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farm.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, St-Pierre-Jolys had a population of 1,305 living in 508 of its 518 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,170. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


Notable people

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Raymonde Gagné Raymonde Gagné (; born January 7, 1956) is a Canadian politician and academic who has served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada since May 12, 2023. She was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Manitoba on March 18, 2016. Background P ...
, senator *
Rich Gosselin Richmond "Rich" Gosselin (born April 25, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the Swiss-A League. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft by the ...
, hockey player *
Mariette Mulaire Mariette Mulaire is a Canadian businesswoman serving as the managing director of the World Trade Centers Association since 2022. She has been an executive director at the Bank of Canada since 2018. Mulaire is a Franco-Manitoban and a proponent ...
, businesswoman


See also

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Franco-Manitoban Franco-Manitobans () are French Canadians or Francophone Canadians, Canadian francophones living in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 40,975 residents of the province stated that ...
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List of francophone communities in Manitoba This is a list of francophone communities in Manitoba, i.e., municipalities and neighbourhoods with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The provincial average of Manitobans whose mother tongue is French is ...


References


External links

* {{Authority control Saint Pierre Urban municipalities in Eastman Region, Manitoba Manitoba communities with majority francophone populations