La Prairie, Quebec
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La Prairie (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an off-island suburb (south shore) of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 26,406.
History
French Jesuits were the first Europeans to occupy the area, which was named La Prairie de la Magdelaine but was also called François-Xavier-des-Prés. The land was given to the Jesuits by Jacques de La Ferté and the Company of One Hundred Associates in 1647. It is in La Prairie that the story Kateri Tekakwitha took place.
In 1668, the site was named Kentaké, the Iroquois name for "at the prairie". In the beginning of modern Quebec history, the territory of La Prairie would be visited on numerous occasions by Iroquois and English settlers from New York, among others at the time of the Anglo-Iroquois expedition of Pieter Schuyler in 1691, who commanded two battles on August 11, 1691.
The close of the Seven Years' War led to the 1763 treaty ending the French and Indian War. New France, sparsely populated by indigenous peoples and descendants of French colonists, was ceded by France and divided into British colonies. The territory of La Prairie became part of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) within the British Empire.
In 1845, the village of La Prairie was established. One year later, La Prairie-de-la-Magdelaine was established. La Prairie was the seat of Laprairie County (1855-1980s),[1] which included the parishes of La Prairie, Notre-Dame, Ste-Catherine, St-Constant, St-Isidore, St-Jacques-le-Mineur, St-Mathieu and St-Philippe. In 1909, La Prairie obtained official city status.
Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub, as it was the point of transfer between Montreal ferries and the land route to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, gateway to Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. The first railway line in British North America, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, connected it with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on July 21, 1836;[2] the railway ran over Script error: No such module "convert".. The construction of a rail line between La Prairie and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu would greatly accelerate the commercial development of the village. River transport equally played an important role in La Prairie's history.
Geography
Climate
Like the rest of southwestern Quebec, La Prairie has hot summers and cold winters, for a generally temperate climate. Winters are cold and sometimes long (snow is usually present from mid-November to mid-April), with temperatures occasionally dipping below -30 °C, not counting the windchill. During snowstorms, snowfall frequently surpasses 40 centimeters. In the summer, temperatures sometimes exceed 30 °C.
Environment
In 2013, Grand Boisé conservation park is planned to be created and orchestrated by Nature-Action. The park would include Smithers' swamp, as well as, Hydro-Quebec's servitude area in which the western chorus frog, a vulnerable species in Quebec, is found in greatest numbers. There is a controversy involving the city housing development in that area which was supposed to be conserved integrally with high priority according to RCM of Roussillon 1990s' maps. Local environmental organisms, such as Vigile verte and Projet Rescousse, are denouncing the choice of that land for housing development. The debate is ongoing.
Demographics
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25,285 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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19,540 | Decrease 1.6% | 74.4% | 1,260 | Increase 27.3% | 4.8% | 465 | Increase 66.1% | 1.8% | 4,490 | Increase 72.0% | 17.1% | |||||
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19,860 | Increase 0.4% | 82.8% | 990 | Increase 7.0% | 4.1% | 280 | Increase 14.3% | 1.2% | 2,610 | Increase 34.2% | 10.9% | |||||
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19,780 | Increase 4.1% | 86.4% | 925 | Increase 25.0% | 4.0% | 245 | Increase 113.0% | 1.1% | 1,945 | Increase 17.5% | 8.5% | |||||
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19,010 | Increase 13.5% | 88.3% | 740 | Increase 2.1% | 3.4% | 115 | Decrease 25.8% | 0.5% | 1,655 | Increase 89.1% | 7.7% | |||||
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14,870 | n/a | 89.0% | 575 | n/a | 3.4% | 180 | n/a | 1.1% | 1,075 | n/a | 6.4% | |||||
| Native language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French | 19,540 | 74.4% |
| English | 1,260 | 4.8% |
| Both English and French | 465 | 1.8% |
| French and a non-official language | 290 | 1.1% |
| Spanish | 785 | 3.0% |
| Mandarin | 770 | 2.9% |
| Arabic | 465 | 1.8% |
| Romanian | 340 | 1.3% |
| Yue | 295 | 1.1% |
| Portuguese | 270 | 1.0% |
Infrastructure
The CIT Le Richelain provides commuter and local bus services.
Education
The town has three high schools: l'École de la Magdeleine, a public French school which offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme, Collège Jean de la Mennais, a private mixed French school and Saint-François-Xavier, a public French school.
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[5]
Gallery
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Church of La Nativité de la Sainte-Vierge in La Prairie
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City Hall
See also
- Saint Lawrence River
- Saint Jacques River (Roussillon)
- Brossard—La Prairie
- La Prairie (provincial electoral district)
- List of cities in Quebec
References
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- ↑ [1] Laprairie County, Quebec - Genealogy, accessed April 2018.
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- ↑ King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
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External links
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