Laflèche, Quebec
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Laflèche (originally known as Mackayville) is a neighbourhood in the
Neighbourhood
Laflèche is primarily a densely populated residential neighbourhood. It is largely low-income, and similar to
Laflèche is reputed for its small house built with tar up
The oldest house of the neighborhood is on Duke street. It was built at the end of the 19th century.
History
Laflèche is a neighbourhood that was built mostly between 1930 and 1960. During the beginning of the 20th century, the territory was part of the Saint-Antoine de Longueuil Parish. Originally known as St-Lambert Heights, the name of the land was changed to Mackayville in honour of a Montreal notary who managed the development of the land in the 1920s.
With the opening of
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway had a tram stop in Mackayville at the corner Grande-Allée and Edouard. The building, which eventually became a Perette convenience store, still exists today.
Mackayville became an independent city in 1947 at the same time as neighbouring Ville Jacques-Cartier. Mackayville got its first sewer in 1956.
The city changed its name to Laflèche on March 5, 1959. It later merged with the city of St. Hubert in October 1971, when its population was about 15,000.
Throughout the 1970s, Laflèche was nicknamed petit Saint-Henri de la Rive-Sud (the little
Demographics
In
Language
From
Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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French | 13,560 | 78.9% |
English | 1,340 | 7.8% |
Both English and French | 160 | 0.9% |
Other languages | 2,130 | 12.4% |
Government
The
Mayors
Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended |
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J. W. Gendron | 1947 | 1949 |
Lucien Tapin | 1949 | 1953 |
Édouard Charruau | 1953 | 1957 |
Paul Provost | 1957 | 1962 |
Henri Cyr | 1962 | 1963 |
Alexandre Girard | 1963 | 1965 |
Gérard Philipps | 1965 | 1971 |
Absorbed by Saint-Hubert | 1971 |
Education
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[3]
Geographic Location
Laflèche is bordered by
References
- ^ Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ [1] Statistics Canada 2006 Census: Census tracts
- ^ King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
External links
- Marigot.ca Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Laporte Socioeconomic data