Saint-Lin–Laurentides | |
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Ville de Saint-Lin–Laurentides | |
![]() Route 335 | |
![]() Location within Montcalm RCM. | |
Coordinates: 45°51′N73°46′W / 45.850°N 73.767°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | Montcalm |
Settled | 1807 |
Constituted | March 1, 2000 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mathieu Maisonneuve |
• Federal riding | Montcalm |
• Prov. riding | Rousseau |
Area | |
• City | 118.80 km2 (45.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi) |
• Urban | 17.29 km2 (6.68 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [3] | |
• City | 24,030 |
• Density | 203.2/km2 (526/sq mi) |
• Urban | 19,963 |
• Urban density | 1,154.6/km2 (2,990/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 9,615 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways [4] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Saint-Lin–Laurentides is a small city located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Its official name uses an en dash; however, the city's own website uses the two-hyphen version of its name: Saint-Lin-Laurentides. In the Canada 2021 Census its population was 24,030.
Saint-Lin was the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, whose paternal home is now a National Historic Site of Canada.
Saint-Lin–Laurentides was formed on 1 March 2000, when the Municipality of Saint-Lin and the Town of Laurentides were merged. [5]
Saint-Lin was first settled in 1807 when pioneers from Saint-Pierre-du-Portage (now L'Assomption) arrived. In 1828, the Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie Parish was founded. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lin was established, but was abolished 2 years later in 1847 when it was absorbed into the county municipality. That same year, its post office opened. In 1855, the municipality was reestablished as Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaye, with Carolus Laurier, father of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as first mayor. [5]
Laurentides was originally the Village Municipality of Saint-Lin, which became an incorporate entity in 1856. In 1883, it changed name and statutes and became the Town of Laurentides. Also that year, the local post office opened. [6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Lin—Laurentides had a population of 24,030 living in 9,289 of its 9,615 total private dwellings, a change of
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 12,379 | — |
2006 | 14,159 | +14.4% |
2011 | 17,463 | +23.3% |
2016 | 20,786 | +19.0% |
2021 | 24,030 | +15.6% |
Mother tongue:
The Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:
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