LaSalle, Ontario

Town features

One of LaSalle's biggest events is the annual Strawberry Festival which takes place on the first weekend in June. The annual LaSalle Craft Beer Festival, put on by the Corporation of the Town of LaSalle, is another annual event that features different types of beer, from popular brands to smaller microbreweries.

LaSalle also has a bicycle trail network called the LaSalle Trail, which links up to neighbouring Windsor Trail network, allowing people to ride from Sandwich Secondary School to Windsor's Riverfront Trail. The town has expressed intention to connect LaSalle (and indirectly, Windsor) to the Chrysler Canada Greenway by constructing a link to the Trans Canada Trail near Oldcastle.

LaSalle's Brunet Park has a 2.6 km loop trail and is generally considered an easy route, which takes an average of 28 minutes to complete. With 40 km of paved trails in LaSalle, you can walk, jog or ride your bicycle throughout the town. There are 16 signs along the trails, with facts about LaSalle, Ontario and/or Canada.

The town also features the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex, home to the LaSalle Vipers, of the GOJHL and the LaSalle Sabres, of the OMHA. It is also home to the LaSalle Stompers, of the Ontario Soccer Association. The complex has multiple rooms for hosting of events, 2 arenas, an Olympic-sized pool and slide, outdoor skate park, splash pad, soccer fields, and baseball diamonds.

Education

The secular Anglophone school district is Greater Essex County District School Board. The Catholic Anglophone school district is Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board.

LaSalle has two secondary schools: Sandwich Secondary School and St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. Elementary schools include Sacred Heart Elementary School, Legacy Oak Trail Public School, LaSalle Public School, Sandwich West Public School, École Monseigneur Augustin Caron, and Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School.

The area Catholic secular school district is Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The zoned elementary school in that sector is École élémentaire Louise-Charron, and the zoned secondary school is École secondaire de Lamothe-Cadillac (formerly École secondaire Michel-Gratton).

The area Catholic Francophone school district is Conseil scolaire catholique Providence.

LaSalle Landing

LaSalle is currently revitalizing its waterfront with an initiative called the LaSalle Landing. The project will include an event centre, a retention pond, sport zone, water fountain, skate trail, boat launch and multiple new bridges. This project is projected to cost 48.5 million dollars. LaSalle will be using $4,500,000 from the Federal Gas Tax and $500 000 from the Pedestrian Safety Reserve to help pay for the project. LaSalle has taken on $12,000,000 of debt after being denied a grant through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

Communities

Besides the urban area proper of LaSalle itself, the town comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including Delisle's Corners, Heritage Estates, Lukerville, Oliver and River Canard.

Demographics

|1991|16628 |1996|20566 |2001|25285 |2006|27652 |2011|28643 |2016|30180 |2021|32721

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, LaSalle had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 64.96 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

• Jeff Burrows - member of rock band The Tea Party; grew up in LaSalle
• Stuart Chatwood - member of rock band The Tea Party; grew up in LaSalle
• Pete Craig - former MLB player
• Andy Delmore - former NHL player
• Jesse Divnich - Industry personality in video games; grew up in LaSalle
• David Finch - comic book artist
• Julia Hanes - para-athletics athlete
• Richie Hawtin - electronic musician; grew up in LaSalle
• Zack Kassian - NHL player
• Paul Lucier - Senator
• Jeff Martin - member of rock band The Tea Party; grew up in LaSalle
• Kylie Masse - competitive swimmer; a world champion and a world record holder in the 100 m backstroke; grew up in LaSalle
• Dalton Prout - former NHL player
• Amanda Reason - former world record holder and Olympic swimmer
• Marc Reaume- former NHL player
• Derek Wilkinson - former NHL player
• Luke Willson - former NFL tight end, Super Bowl Champion
• Andrew Gibson - NHL player with the Detroit Red Wings

References

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