Arundel, Quebec
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Arundel is a township municipality in Quebec, Canada, located Template:Convert south of Mont Tremblant.
Arundel was settled by Scottish and Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century who established subsistence farming operations and worked the forests in winter.
Today most of the land is reserved for agricultural use despite strong growth in the region. Much of Arundel borders the Rouge River.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Arundel had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref>
Population trend:<ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census</ref>
- Population in 2021: 578 (2016 to 2021 population change: 2.7%)
- Population in 2016: 563
- Population in 2011: 604
- Population in 2006: 601
- Population in 2001: 555
- Population in 1996: 533
- Population in 1991: 555
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 290 (total dwellings: 402)
Mother tongue:
- French as first language: 44%
- English as first language: 54%
- Other as first language: 2%
Education
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the English-language school board of the town. Schools serving the town:
- Arundel Elementary School<ref>"Arundel Elementary Zone Template:Webarchive." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.</ref>
- Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts<ref>"SAINTE AGATHE HIGH SCOOL ZONE Template:Webarchive"Template:Sic. Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 - See text description of boundaries in: About Us" as well as the Elementary zone map Template:Webarchive - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.</ref>
Activities
The Loisirs Arundel Cross Country trail is the best thing to do during the winter. You go through the golf course and some farms. The trail is adjacent to the Red River.
See also
References
External links
- Canton Arundel Website
- Tweedsmuir Village History
- Laurentian regional website
- Historic Knox Church
- Rouge River Valley
- Loisirs Arundel Homepage