Notre-Dame-des-Prairies is a town in the Lanaudière

Lanaudière

Lanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population of 429,053 inhabitants.-Geography:...

 region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality

Joliette Regional County Municipality, Quebec

300px|rightJoliette is a regional county municipality in southwest-central Quebec, Canada. The regional county seat is Joliette. The municipality has a land area of 416.285 km² and a 2006 census population of 58,354 inhabitants....

. It is a suburb of Joliette, located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River

L'Assomption River

The Assomption River is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, is over 200 km long, and has a drainage basin of 4220 km². Its source is the Mont Tremblant massif...

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History

In 1950, the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies was established. The name refers to the prairies or planes of the Saint-Lawrence Lowlands that characterize the landscape. In 1957, the municipality was formed by separating from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée. In 2005, the municipality changed statutes and became the City of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 8230 (2001 to 2006 population change: 12.5 %)
• Population in 2001: 7316
• Population in 1996: 6837
• Population in 1991: 6465

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3570 (total dwellings: 3662)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.6 %
• French as first language: 97.6 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 1.8 %