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Saint-Gabriel, Quebec

City in Quebec, Canada

46°18′N 73°23′W / 46.300°N 73.383°W / 46.300; -73.383^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionLanaudièreRCMD'AutraySettled1825ConstitutedDecember 17, 1892Government

^[2]

• MayorGaétan Gravel • Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé • Prov. ridingBerthierArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total12.90 km² (4.98 sq mi) • Land2.81 km² (1.08 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[3]

• Total2,844 • Density1,012.3/km² (2,622/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

0.6% • Dwellings

1,578Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

J0K 2N0

Area code(s)450 and 579Highways

R-347

R-348

Saint-Gabriel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡabʁijɛl]) is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. It is located on the shores of Lake Maskinongé, in the shadows of the Laurentian Mountains.

History

The first settlers were Loyalists, Irish, and Scottish, arriving around 1825 to the shores of Lake Maskinongé, where they formed a community that was known as Lake Maskinongé Settlement by 1827, and later as the Mission of Lac-Maskinongé. In 1837, the name Saint-Gabriel-du-Lac-Maskinongé came in use but was changed to Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1840. This name refers to the angel Gabriel and the geographic township of Brandon that was proclaimed in 1827 and in which it is located.^[4]

In 1851, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon was founded and the post office opened that same year. In 1855, the Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Parish Municipality was established ^[4] and the town of Saint-Gabriel remained part of this parish municipality until 1892, when it separated and became the Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. In 1967, it changed its status and name to Ville de Saint-Gabriel by then Mayor Yvan Comeau.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Gabriel had a population of 2,803 living in 1,366 of its 1,502 total private dwellings, a change of 6.2% from its 2016 population of 2,640. With a land area of 2.81 km² (1.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 997.5/km² (2,583.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:^[6]

Population in 2011: 2844 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.6%)
Population in 2006: 2828
Population in 2001: 2775
Population in 1996: 2862
Population in 1991: 2710

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 3.5%
French as first language: 96.1%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 0.4%

Education

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:

Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée^[7]
Joliette High School in Joliette^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Saint-Gabriel (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 52080". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Gabriel census profile
^ ^a ^b "Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^ "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
^ "Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.