Val-des-Lacs

Val-des-Lacs
Municipality
Motto:  Au coeur de la nature (In the heart of nature)
Location within Les Laurentides RCM
Val-des-Lacs Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°11′N74°21′W / 46.183°N 74.350°W / 46.183; -74.350 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Les Laurentides
Constituted	February 6, 1932
Government [2]
• Mayor	Patricia Lacasse
•  Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
•  Prov. riding	Bertrand
Area [2] [3]
• Total	131.60 km2 (50.81 sq mi)
• Land	126.70 km2 (48.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	750
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.8%
• Dwellings	822
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0T 2P0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.municipalite. val-des-lacs.qc.ca

Val-des-Lacs (French pronunciation: [valdelak] ; meaning "Valley of Lakes") is a municipality of 750 peoples in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend: ^[4]

• Population in 2021: 750 (2016 to 2021 population change: 0.8%)
• Population in 2016: 744
• Population in 2011: 721
• Population in 2006: 778
• Population in 2001: 685
• Population in 1996: 627
• Population in 1991: 495
• Population in 1986: 483
• Population in 1981: 425
• Population in 1976: 400
• Population in 1971: 330
• Population in 1966: 274
• Population in 1961: 374
• Population in 1956: 388
• Population in 1951: 420
• Population in 1941: 399

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 391 (total dwellings: 822)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 4.7%
• French as first language: 93.3%
• English and French as first language: 0.7%
• Other as first language: 2.7%

Val-des-Lacs municipal hall

Education

Sainte Agathe Academy (of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels. ^[5]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 64781". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 78100". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
3. Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Val-des-Lacs census profile
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
5. "About Us." Saint Agathe Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. See Elementary zone map Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine and Secondary zone map Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.

External links

• Media related to Val-des-Lacs at Wikimedia Commons