Saint-Lin–Laurentides facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Saint-Lin–Laurentides
City
Ville de Saint-Lin–Laurentides
Route 335
Location within Montcalm RCM.
Saint-Lin–Laurentides Location in Central Quebec
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Montcalm
Settled	1807
Constituted	March 1, 2000
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)
• 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	15.6%
• Dwellings	9,615
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J5M
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 158 Route 335 Route 337

Saint-Lin–Laurentides is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality, which is a group of towns and municipalities working together. The city's official name uses a special dash, but its own website uses two hyphens. In 2021, about 24,030 people lived here.

Saint-Lin–Laurentides is famous as the birthplace of Wilfrid Laurier. He was a very important person who later became the Prime Minister of Canada. His childhood home is now a special place called a National Historic Site.

History of Saint-Lin–Laurentides

Church of St-Lin, 2009

The city of Saint-Lin–Laurentides was created on March 1, 2000. This happened when two smaller places, the Municipality of Saint-Lin and the Town of Laurentides, joined together.

Saint-Lin was first settled in 1807. Pioneers, who were early settlers, came from a place called Saint-Pierre-du-Portage. In 1828, the Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie Parish was started. A parish is like a local church area. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lin was formed. However, it was stopped two years later and became part of the larger county municipality. Its post office opened that same year. In 1855, the municipality was started again as Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaye. Carolus Laurier, who was the father of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, became its first mayor.

Laurentides was first known as the Village Municipality of Saint-Lin. It became its own official town in 1856. In 1883, it changed its name and became the Town of Laurentides. The local post office also opened in 1883.

People and Population

In the 2021 Census, Saint-Lin–Laurentides had a population of 24,030 people. These people lived in 9,289 homes. This was a 15.6% increase from its population in 2016, which was 20,786 people. The city has a land area of 118.29 square kilometers. This means about 203 people lived in each square kilometer in 2021.

Most people in Saint-Lin–Laurentides speak French as their first language.

• French as first language: 94.2%
• English as first language: 1.5%
• Both English and French as first language: 1.1%
• Other languages as first language: 2.5%

Home of Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Education

There are different school boards that manage public schools in Saint-Lin–Laurentides.

The Commission scolaire des Samares runs French-language public schools. These include:

• École de l'Aubier
• École des Trois-Temps, which has three parts:
  • pavillon de l'Arc-en-Ciel
  • pavillon de l'Oiseau-Bleu
  • pavillon Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier
• École du ruisseau

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board runs English-language public schools. The schools that serve students in Saint-Lin–Laurentides are:

• Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée (for most of the town)
• Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme (for a small part of the town)
• Joliette High School in Joliette (for all high school students in the town)

See also

In Spanish: Saint-Lin–Laurentides para niños