Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, near Mirabel
Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is an off-island suburb north-west of Montreal.Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74.Mirabel's population was...
, about 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) northwest of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
along Autoroute des Laurentides
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...
. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains
Laurentian mountains
The Laurentian Mountains are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166 metres at Mont Raoul Blanchard, north east of Quebec City in the Reserve Faunique des Laurentides. The Gatineau, L'Assomption, Lièvre,...
and its resorts.
The town is named after Saint Jerome
Jerome
Saint Jerome was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia...
(ca. 347 – September 30, 420), a church father best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
and Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
into Latin. His translation is known as the Vulgate
Vulgate
The Vulgate is a late 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It was largely the work of St. Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to make a revision of the old Latin translations...
.
History
The territory where the present city of Saint-Jérôme now stands was granted in 1752 by the marquis de la Jonquière, governor of New France, as the seignory of Augmentation des Mille-Iles (literally "enlargement" of the seignory of Mille-Iles). From the 1760s to the 1840s, the seignory was owned by the Dumont and Lefebvre de Bellefeuille families, living in the town of Saint-EustacheSaint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
, 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) to the south. The Dumont and the Lefebvre conceded the farmland to colonists coming mostly from the region lying north of Montreal. The emerging town was then known under the name of Dumontville. The Catholic parish of Saint-Jérôme was constituted on November 15, 1834 and the village itself was constituted on July 1, 1845 by governor Metcalfe.
Antoine Labelle was the parish priest of Saint-Jérôme for 22 years, from 1868 until his death, at 57 years of age, on January 4, 1891. He was called "the king of North, the apostle of colonization".
The opening of roads and the arrival of a railroad became essential with the development of the small communities in the Laurentians. These transportation routes for the movement of goods and people would ensure the establishment of trade and industry.
Labelle promoted the idea of a railroad towards the North beginning in 1869. The railway reached Saint-Jérôme in 1876, partly because a railway was seen as a way to meet the needs for firewood and construction materials for urban centres like Montreal and Quebec.
In 2002 Saint-Jérôme amalgamated with the municipalities of Bellefeuille (2001 census population 14,066), Saint-Antoine (2001 population 11,488) and Lafontaine (2001 population 9,477).
Saint-Jérôme is the seat of the judicial district
Judicial districts of Quebec
The province of Quebec is divided into 36 judicial districts by the , R.S.Q., chapter D-11. Each district has a seat where the courthouse is located, although some have more than one courthouse, service point, or itinerant court location....
of Terrebonne.
Public transportation
Saint-Jérôme is served by the Saint-JérômeSaint-Jérôme (AMT)
Saint-Jérôme is an intermodal bus and commuter train station in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada.It serves bus routes operated by the CIT Laurentides, a suburban transit agency, and by two intercity bus companies. In addition to loading areas for buses, it includes a train platform which is used by the...
[intermodal commuter rail station on the Agence métropolitaine de transport
Agence métropolitaine de transport
The Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
's Blainville–Saint-Jérôme Line. Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station in January 2007, with four trains in each direction each business day. The station is also served by bus routes operated by local transit agency, CIT Laurentides
CIT Laurentides
CIT Laurentides provides local bus service for the southern portion of the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, mainly the suburban area on the northwest side of Montreal...
, and the neighbouring transit agency CRT Lanaudière
CRT Lanaudière
The CRT Lanaudière is responsible for organising public transportation services throughout the administrative region of Lanaudière, northeast of Montreal, in central Quebec, Canada....
as well as three private intercity bus companies.
Industry
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Uniroyal, Dominion Rubber
- In 1911, first rubber industry in St-Jerome, shoes production
- In 1926, the industry is renamed Dominion Rubber.
- In the 1950s, 37,000 shoes where produced for all over the world.
- In 1966, the company is renamed UNIROYAL LTD.
- In 1968, the company changed its production for automobile parts, crashpad.
- In 1981, the company was sold to many cities like Woodbridge and Waterville.
- In 1994 the building was demolished.
Health
Hospital of St-Jerome
The Hospital of Saint-Jerome has been built in 1949 and its opening the following years.It offer cares services to the population of the Laurentide, Quebec, Canada
Visit the web site at: http://www.cdsj.org/
Le Centre de santé et de services sociaux (CSSS) de Saint-Jérôme .
Education
Saint-Jérôme is home to the Cégep de Saint-JérômeCégep de Saint-Jérôme
The CEGEP of Saint-Jérôme or Cégep de Saint-Jérôme in French is a post-secondary education school in the Laurentides region of the province of Quebec- History :...
, one of the Colleges of General and Vocational Education
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
located in the province. It is also home to a new Saint-Jérôme branch campus of the Université du Québec en Outaouais
Université du Québec en Outaouais
The Université du Québec en Outaouais is a branch of the Université du Québec located in Gatineau, Québec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6,017, of which 4,738 were undergraduates and 1,279 postgraduate students...
.
Attractions
- Roman Catholic cathedral, which includes a small museum
- Vieux-Palais modern art museum and public library
- Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides
- Statue of Antoine LabelleAntoine LabelleFrançois-Xavier-Antoine Labelle was a Roman Catholic priest and the person principally responsible for the settlement of the Laurentians...
, known as curé Labelle, who was principally responsible for the settlement of the Laurentians - Several summer festivals
- It is an important stop on the north-south trunk of the "route verte" cycling path which makes it possible for nature lovers who are also pedaling enthusiasts to make short trips or excursions lasting several days from as far south as Blainville, QuebecBlainville, QuebecBlainville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec and is located northwest of downtown Montreal.The idyllic setting and small town environment makes for a sharp contrast with the booming urban centre next door. Blainville sits right at the foot of the Laurentians, an ancient...
on the outskirts of Montreal and as far north as Mont-Tremblant, Quebec without ever sharing the road with a motorized vehicle. North of Saint-Jérôme, the trail is known as the "P'tit Train du Nord" linear parkParc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du NordThe ' is a multi-use recreational rail trail located in Quebec.It runs for between Saint-Jérôme and Mont-Laurier and is used for biking and hiking.-See also:* Laurentides* List of rail trails* List of rail trails in Canada-External links:...
and is also used as a cross-country ski trail in winter. - Melançon ArenaMelançon ArenaMelançon Arena is an indoor arena located in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. It was once home to the Saint-Jérôme Alouettes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League....
, an indoor arena
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 63,729 (2001 to 2006 population change: 6.9 %)
- Population in 2001: 59,614
- Saint-Jérôme: 24,583
- Bellefeuille: 14,066
- Saint-Antoine: 11,488
- Lafontaine: 9,477
- Population in 1996:
- Saint-Jérôme: 23,916
- Bellefeuille: 12,803
- Saint-Antoine: 10,806
- Lafontaine: 9,008
- Population in 1991:
- Saint-Jérôme: 23,384
- Bellefeuille: 10,883
- Saint-Antoine: 10,232
- Lafontaine: 7,365
The 2006 census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
found that 95.6% of residents spoke French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
as their mother tongue.
The next most common languages were English (1.4%) and Spanish (1.0%).
| Mother Tongue | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
59,795 | 95.58% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
855 | 1.37% |
| English and French | 315 | 0.50% |
| French and a non-official language | 45 | 0.07% |
| English and a non-official language | 25 | 0.04% |
| Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
630 | 1.01% |
| Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
205 | 0.33% |
| Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;... |
135 | 0.22% |
| Chinese | 90 | 0.14% |
| Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian language Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro... |
65 | 0.10% |
External links
- Ville de Saint-Jérôme, in FrenchQuebec FrenchQuebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
- Commission de toponymie du Québec - Saint-Jérôme, in FrenchQuebec FrenchQuebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
- Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, in FrenchQuebec FrenchQuebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
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