Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec

Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Municipality
Location within Argenteuil RCM.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Argenteuil
Settled	1800
Constituted	December 29, 1999
Government[2]
• Mayor	André Jetté
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area[2][3]
• Total	101.90 km^2 (39.34 sq mi)
• Land	97.78 km^2 (37.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	3,275
• Density	33.5/km^2 (87/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.7%
• Dwellings	1,551
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0V 1X0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-50	Route 327 Route 344
Website	www.saintandre dargenteuil.ca

Saint-André-d'Argenteuil

Carillon

Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located along the Ottawa River, just south of Lachute.

History

Carillon, being located at the foot of the Long-Sault rapids on the Ottawa River, has a long history. It started out as a trading post at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and then a relay station for voyageurs. Here in 1660, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and his companions saved New France from attack by the Iroquois during the Battle of Long Sault, according to tradition. In 1671, an officer of the Carignan Regiment, Philippe Carion (Carrion), obtained the area as a concession in the Montreal Island Seigneury from Dollier de Casson and established a trading post. But the name Carillon was reported in 1686 in the journal of Chevalier de Troyes.^[4]

Around 1800, settlers of Scottish origin settled at the confluence of the North River (Rivière du Nord) and Rouge River near the Ottawa River. In 1819, the post office with the English name of St. Andrews East (Frenchified to Saint-André-Est in 1978) was established here, having adopted the name of the patron saint of the Scottish settlers. Also here two years later in 1821, John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892, was born. In 1845, the Argenteuil Municipality was founded, but was abolished two years later. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil was formed.^[5]

In the nineteenth century, the timber industry was very active in this section of the Laurentian Mountains and the first paper mill in Canada was built on this land in 1803.^[5] From the 1830s onward, Carillon became the site of the Carillon Canal, built to facilitate military transport up the Ottawa River. It was enlarged in the 1870s to accommodate commercial boat traffic. Today it is a National Historic Site of Canada.^[6] In 1959, construction began on the Carillon Generating Station and dam, raising the Ottawa River water level by over 62 feet (19 m) at Carillon, flooding the rapids of Long-Sault and transforming them into calm water.^[7]

Carillon and Saint-André-Est became independent municipalities in 1887 and 1958 respectively, their territories being separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil. But on December 29, 1999, the Village Municipality of Saint-André-Est, the Village Municipality of Carillon, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil were rejoined into the new Municipality of Saint-André–Carillon, which was renamed on November 25, 2000, to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.^[8]

Demographics

Population trend:^[9]

• Population in 2011: 3275 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.7%)
• Population in 2006: 3097
• Population in 2001: 2867
• Population total in 1996: 2921
  • Carillon:258
  • Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: 1192
  • Saint-André-Est: 1471
• Population in 1991:
  • Carillon: 193
  • Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: 1061
  • Saint-André-Est: 1374

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1318 (total dwellings: 1551)

Mother tongue:^[10]

• English as first language: 4.8%
• French as first language: 94.0%
• English and French as first language: 0.3%
• Other as first language: 0.9%

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.

Notable natives and residents

• Sir John Abbott, third Canadian Prime Minister
• Gilbert Rozon, founder of Just for Laughs
• Julia Grace Wales, peace activist

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 362818 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
3. "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
4. "Carillon (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
5. "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
6. "Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada, Cultural Heritage". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
7. "Canal" (in French). Village de Grenville. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
8. "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
10. "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

External links

• Media related to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil at Wikimedia Commons