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Lac-Sainte-Marie, Quebec

FieldValue
nameLac-Sainte-Marie
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineLac-Ste-Marie QC.JPG
image_captionmunicipal office and Sainte-Marie Lake
flag_size120x100px
shield_size120x100px
pushpin_mapCanada Western Quebec
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_labelLac-Ste-Marie
pushpin_map_captionLocation in western Quebec
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Quebec
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Outaouais
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
established_titleSettled
established_date1840s
established_title1Constituted
established_date1January 1, 1872
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameCheryl Sage Christensen
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Gatineau
area_footnotes
area_total_km2240.15
area_land_km2205.71
population_footnotes
population_total677
population_as_of2021
population_density_km23.3
population_blank1_titlePop (2016–21)
population_blank119.6%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2930
timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeJ0X 1Z0
area_code819
website

Lac-Sainte-Marie () is a municipality in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, 60 km north of Gatineau. It is named after the adjacent lake.

History

In 1840, the area was opened to settlement, and that same year the Saint-Nom-de-Marie Parish was founded. The municipality was formed in 1872. It was originally called Hincks, in honour of politician Sir Francis Hincks (1807-1885), who was then finance minister in the Macdonald cabinet. After this cabinet fell in 1873, Hincks’ name was replaced in popular usage by the name of the parish, and then by the name of the lake. In 1882, the post office opened, using the English name Lake St. Mary and renamed to Lac-Sainte-Marie in 1916.

In 1928 the village was flooded to create the Paugan hydroelectric dam. Ninety percent of the village had to be relocated to higher ground, including the church (St-Nom-de-Marie parish) located in the centre of the old town.

St-Nom-de-Marie parish was built in 1904-1905 and then moved to its actual site because of the Paugan dam construction, completed in 1929. Religious presence, however, dates back to 1840, the year the first chapel was built.

The submerged town attracted the attention of many tourists from the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau, and in 1975, Lac-Sainte-Marie became the official name, which paid tribute to a forgotten pioneer, Marie Léveillée, mother of Jean-Marie Léveillée who was the first settler in the area.

Demographics

| 1976 |363 | 1981 |432 | 1986 |521 | 1991 |462 | 1996 |492 | 2001 |488 | 2006 |647 | 2011 |611 | 2016 |566 | 2021 |677

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 374 (out of 930 total)

Mother tongue languages (2021):

  • French as first language: 74%
  • English as first language: 22%
  • English and French as first language: 2%

References

References

  1. {{mamrot. 83020
  2. "Lac-Sainte-Marie census profile". Statistics Canada.
  3. "Municipality of Lac-Sainte-Marie - St-Nom-de-Marie Church".
  4. [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  5. {{toponymie. 33337
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