Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of 2021 was 42,410.<ref name="sc2021"/>

The historic downtown is a major touristic centre for the area.

Due to the presence of Lake St. Francis on the St. Lawrence River, St. Francis Bay in downtown, and of numerous rivers and canals all over the town, the city is nicknamed "The Venice of Quebec".Template:Citation needed

History

The actual city was founded in 1874, the first mayor was Moise Plante. The first settlers arrived in 1798. At that moment, the settlement was named Pointe-du-Lac (Lake Point). The colony was then renamed Saranac, then Sainte-Cécile. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was officially named in 1874 after Colonel Charles de Salaberry who served with the British army during the War of 1812. "Valleyfield" came from the Valleyfield Mills, a paper mill south of Edinburgh in Scotland.

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield, founded in 1892.

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is also the seat of the judicial district of Beauharnois since 1901.<ref>Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.</ref>

Merger

In 2002, the city of 26,170 amalgamated with the following communities<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (2001 Canada census figures):

Geography

Situated on Grande-Île, an island in the Saint Lawrence River, it is bordered at its western end by Lake Saint Francis, with the Saint Lawrence to the north and the Beauharnois Canal to its south. The Port of Valleyfield is on the canal.

Climate

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with warm summers and long, cold, and snowy winters.Template:Weather box

Demographics

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Canada Census mother tongue - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census</ref>
Amalgamated with Saint-Timothée and Grande-Île in 2002.
Census Total
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Attractions

The Musée de Société des Deux-Rives (MUSO), which covers the economic and cultural history of the region, is located in the city.

The city houses one of the 10 minor basilicas in Quebec. Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Cecilia, built in 1934–1935, is one of the largest churches in the country.

The city has been the site of the Valleyfield Regattas since 1938. The event takes place every year at the beginning of July over a three-day period in the heart of the city on Bay Saint-François. It is an international hydroplane competition, in which power boats achieve speeds of up to 225 km/h. Attracting over 130,000 visitors per year, it also includes other cultural activities.<ref>Home - Régates de Valleyfield</ref>

Government

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Nicholson Street with city hall in the centre

The city council is composed of the mayor and eight city councillors. The municipal elections are held every four years. Each councillor stands for his/her district.

City Council<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Function/district 2005-2009 2009-2013 2013-2017 2017-2021 2021-2025
Mayor Denis Lapointe Denis Lapointe Denis Lapointe Miguel Lemieux Miguel Lemieux
District 1 Denis Laître Denis Laître Denis Laître Lyne Lefebvre Lyne Lefebvre
District 2 Jean-Marc Rochon Jean-Marc Rochon Jean-Marc Rochon Jason Grenier Jean-Marc Rochon
District 3 Claude Reid Louise Sauvé Louise Sauvé Jean-Marc Rochon France Chenail
District 4 Robert Savard Robert Savard Jean-Luc Pomerleau France Chenail Stéphane Leduc
District 5 Roger Levert Jean-Jacques Leduc François Labossière Guillaume Massicotte Normand Amesse
District 6 Jacques Smith Jacques Smith Jacques Smith Jacques Smith Patrick Rancourt
District 7 Pierre-Paul Messier Pierre-Paul Messier Patrick Rancourt Patrick Rancourt Jean-François Giroux
District 8 Normand Amesse Normand Amesse Normand Amesse Normand Amesse Sophie Sirois-Perras

List of former mayors:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

  • Moise Laplante (1875–1878, 1880–1885, 1886–1890)
  • Alexander Anderson (1878–1880)
  • Zéphirin Boyer (1885–1886, 1890–1892)
  • John Hugh O'Sullivan (1892–1895)
  • Georges Madeiros Loy (1895–1899)
  • Narcisse Langevin (1899–1901)
  • Onésime Longtain (1901–1903)
  • Joseph Georges Henri Thibault (1903–1906)
  • James Alexander Robb (1906–1910)
  • Charles Ovide Ephrem Ostigui (1910–1912)
  • Noel Adélard Ostilly (1912–1916)
  • Stanislas Abraham Laroche (1916–1922)
  • Daniel Eusèbe Dion (1922–1924)
  • Joseph Donat Leboeuf (1924–1930)
  • Bernard Gustave Ludger Codebecq (1930–1932)
  • Olivier Philorum Billette (1932–1938)
  • Joseph Armand Larin (1938–1942)
  • Louis Major (1942–1944)
  • Joseph Abel Eugène Cauchon (1944–1948, 1960–1969)
  • Joseph Olivier Edmond Caza (1948–1954)
  • Joseph Mathias Louis Covignon (1954–1960)
  • Joseph-Henri Raphaël Barrette (1969–1975)
  • Marie Blanche Alberta Marcelle Besner-Trépanier (1975–1983)
  • Martinus Maria Petrus Mooijekind (1983–1987)
  • Joseph Eugène Gaetan Rousse (1987–1995)
  • Denis Lapointe (1995–2017)
  • Miguel Lemieux (2017–present)

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Education

  • 9 daycare facilities
  • 3 pre-kindergarten centres
  • 12 elementary schools (some with daycare services), of which one is English-language.
  • 1 high school
  • 1 adult education centre
  • 1 vocational training centre
  • 1 CEGEP: Collège de Valleyfield
  • 1 French-language university centre

Gault Institute

The Gault Institute was created by Andrew Frederick Gault. He created this school during the time that the Gault Cotton Mills were up and running. To heat the school at one time he used underground pipes connecting from the school to the Cotton Mills since at the time there was no electricity.

Notable people

See also

References

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