Boileau, Quebec

Boileau
Municipality
Rural sector of Boileau
Coat of arms
Location within Papineau RCM
Boileau Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 45°55′N74°46′W / 45.917°N 74.767°W / 45.917; -74.767 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	Papineau
Constituted	March 8, 1882
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-Marc Chevalier
•  Federal riding	Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
•  Prov. riding	Papineau
Area [2] [3]
• Total	141.30 km2 (54.56 sq mi)
• Land	134.08 km2 (51.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	405
• Density	3/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	20.9%
• Dwellings	406
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0V 1N0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	boileau.ca

Little marina on the north end of Lake Papineau.

Boileau (French pronunciation: [bwalo] ) is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. The municipality was known as Ponsonby until 1993.

Geography

About 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of Montebello, the municipality is characterized by a relief ranging from 182 meters (597 ft) at Philisson Creek to 381 meters (1,250 ft) at the summit of Mont du Cimetière (Mount Cemetery). Sparsely populated, inhabited areas are the hamlets of Brookdale and Boileau and also around the Maskinongé Bay and Loup, Champagneur, and Cross Lakes. ^[4] Distance of Montreal is 155 Km, and Quebec is 402 Km, both are major cities of Canada. ^[5]

History

The area was first named Ponsonby on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795. ^[4] In all likelihood, it was named after a town in Cumberland County, England. It is also possible that it was named in honour of any of several noted persons called Ponsonby, including the Postmaster General of Canada of 1784, William Ponsonby (1744-1806). ^[6]

Settlers were attracted to the area by the nature's beauty and resources. They were generally from Ireland and England, or the nearby villages of Calumet and Grenville. In 1876, the Township of Ponsonby was proclaimed. In 1880, the Parish of Sainte-Valérie was formed, and a year later the Boileau post office opened, named after the first postmaster, Perpetus Poissant dit Boileau. In 1882, the Township Municipality of Ponsonby was established. ^[6]

Because the village was better known as Boileau and Ponsonby was limited to purely administrative use, the municipal authorities, with the support of the majority of the population, were granted the official name change from Ponsonby to Boileau in 1993. ^[6]

Demographics

Canada census – Boileau community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	405 (+20.9% from 2016)	335 (-11.8% from 2011)	380 (-23.8% from 2006)
Land area	134.08 km2 (51.77 sq mi)	136.33 km2 (52.64 sq mi)	136.50 km2 (52.70 sq mi)
Population density	3/km2 (7.8/sq mi)	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)	2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi)
Median age	57.6 (M: 57.6, F: 56.4)	51.2 (M: 50.0, F: 52.6)	52.9 (M: 52.4, F: 53.7)
Private dwellings	406 (total)  199 (occupied)	407 (total)	425 (total)
Median household income	$54,400	$43,392	$46,038

References: 2021 ^[7] 2016 ^[8] 2011 ^[9] earlier ^{[10] [11]}

Historical census populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1986	212	—
1991	217	+2.4%
1996	228	+5.1%
2001	220	−3.5%
2006	499	+126.8%
2011	380	−23.8%
2016	335	−11.8%
2021	405	+20.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongue: ^[3]

• English as first language: 13.6%
• French as first language: 82.7%
• English and French as first language: 2.5%
• Other as first language: 1.2%

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

• Arundel Elementary School in Arundel ^[12]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute ^[13]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 274928". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 80115". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
4. "Ponsonby (Canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
5. "Boileau". www.quebecgetaways.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
6. "Boileau (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
7. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
8. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
9. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
10. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
11. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
12. "Arundel Elementary Zone Archived 2017-09-16 at the Wayback Machine ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
13. "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

External links

Media related to Boileau, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons