Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare is a 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. Geog ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Matawinie Regional County Municipality Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RC ...

Etymology

The name Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare honors Saint Marcellina, a catholic saint who lived in the 4th century. She was chosen because she was the elder sister of Ambrose, another saint which the neighboring municipality of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare was named after. Since the municipality of Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare was created from territories of Saint=Ambroise-de-Kildare, it made sense to name the municipality after her. The name Kildare honors the town of

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional ce ...

in Ireland, a town from which most of the first settlers of the municipality came from.

Demographics

Population

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 829 (total dwellings: 1019)

Language

Mother tongue:Statistics Canada 2021 Census
Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare community profile
/ref> * English as first language: 2.2% * French as first language: 95.3% * English and French as first language: 1.4% * Other as first language: 1.1%

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: * École de Sainte-Marcelline Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools: * Rawdon Elementary School in Rawdon *

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, french: École secondaire Joliette) 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 has about 265 ...

in JolietteJoliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.

References

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