Pain Court

Pain Court
Pain Court
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 42°24′35″N82°18′30″W / 42.40972°N 82.30833°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Municipality	Chatham-Kent
Settled	1780s
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	N0P 1Z0
Area code(s)	519 and 226
NTS Map	040J08
GNBC Code	FDISB

Last updated March 14, 2024

Pain Court (pronounced pan corr by non-francophones; often incorrectly spelled Paincourt) is a historically French-speaking agricultural village in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in the municipality of Chatham-Kent.

It was established in 1854, as one of the earliest French-speaking settlements in southern Ontario. Pain Court was founded when English and French-speaking squatters from the Detroit, Michigan, area began to settle the indigenous lands along the lower Thames River in the region in the 1780s. It derived its name from the small loaves of bread which the impoverished parishioners offered to Roman Catholic missionaries.^[1]

History

By the 1820s in the nearby "Pain Court Block", one of the earliest French-speaking (Franco-Ontarian) communities in southern Ontario had developed. Named Pain Court (literally meaning "short bread") by Catholic missionaries in reference to the small loaves of bread which was all the impoverished parishioners could offer, the settlement was surveyed in 1829. In 1852 a chapel was built and two years later construction of a church commenced. It quickly became the cultural and educational centre of French-speaking Catholics in the area. By 1866 when a post office was established, a small village had developed.^[2]

Formerly within Dover Township of Kent County, in 1998 the area became part of the new Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Located in Pain Court, Laprise Farms Limited has become the largest producer of brussels sprouts in Canada as of 1998.^{[ citation needed ]}

Along with the annual Pain Court Truck and Tractor Pull, the community hosted the 2018 International Plowing Match.

Education

The Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (CSC) operates Francophone Catholic schools serving the community. It maintains its Chatham-Kent regional office in Pain Court.^[3]

Pain Court has an elementary and a secondary French-language (francophone) school. École Sainte-Catherine is a small elementary school located directly across the street from its sister school, École secondaire de Pain Court, a small high school with 270 students.^[4]

Wildlife

Just west of Pain Court, on the shores of Lake St. Clair, an Environment Canada National Wildlife Area (St. Clair NWA) provides a variety of migrating birds with wetland habitat of international importance. It is one of only 51 such sites in Canada.^[5]

Notable persons

Maurice Bossy (1929–2008), Canadian and provincial politician was educated in Pain Court.

Joseph Caron (b. 1947), the former Canadian diplomat, was raised in Pain Court.

Lawrence Raymond "Jerry" Gervais (1919–2002) was raised in Pain Court, and is the father of British comedian Ricky Gervais (b. 1961).

Arthur Pelkey (1884–1921), heavyweight boxer.

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References

↑ Ontario Heritage Trust Pain Court Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Historic Plaque of Pain Court
↑ "Bureau satellite de Chatham-Kent." Conseil scolaire catholique Providence . Retrieved on December 15, 2014. "Adresse: 14, rue Notre Dame C.P. 70 Pain Court Ontario N0P 1Z0 Canada"
↑ Ecole secondaire de Pain Court / Pain Court Secondary School Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
↑ St. Clair National Wildlife Area

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[1] Ontario Heritage Trust Pain Court Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Historic Plaque of Pain Court

[3] "Bureau satellite de Chatham-Kent." Conseil scolaire catholique Providence . Retrieved on December 15, 2014. "Adresse: 14, rue Notre Dame C.P. 70 Pain Court Ontario N0P 1Z0 Canada"

[4] Ecole secondaire de Pain Court / Pain Court Secondary School Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

[5] St. Clair National Wildlife Area

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