Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Coordinates: 45°33′44″N 73°11′30″W / 45.56222°N 73.19167°W / 45.56222; -73.19167
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Mont-Saint-Hilaire
450 and 579
Highways
A-20 (TCH)

R-116
R-133
Websitewww.villemsh.ca

Mont-Saint-Hilaire (French pronunciation:

Canada 2011 Census was 18,200. The city is named after the Mont Saint-Hilaire
.

A significant deposit of the semi-precious mineral sodalite is located near Mont-Saint-Hilaire.

History

Manoir Rouville-Campbell, built by Major Thomas Edmund Campbell

Andrew Gault, in whose ownership it remained for 45 years. Gault then bequeathed the mountain to McGill University
before his death in 1958.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mont-Saint-Hilaire had a population of 18,859 living in 7,766 of its 7,917 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 18,585. With a land area of 44.08 km2 (17.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 427.8/km2 (1,108.1/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Transportation

Mont-Saint-Hilaire is served by the

Réseau de transport métropolitain's (RTM) Mont-Saint-Hilaire line
. Local bus service is provided by the RTM's Vallée du Richelieu sector.

In 1864, Canada's worst rail disaster occurred here when a passenger train passed a red signal and fell off an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River, killing around 99 people.

Attractions

Museum of Fine Arts in February 2022
  • The Gault Nature Reserve on Mont Saint-Hilaire includes over a thousand hectares of primeval forest. Owned by McGill University, the nature reserve is used for research and recreation.
  • The Museum of Fine Arts (Le Musée des beaux-arts) of Mont-Saint-Hilaire is the major art museum on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It was founded in 1993 to promote the work of regional artists
    Jean-Paul Lemieux and Nancy Petry.[10]
  • Art Station
  • Art centre Ozias Leduc
  • Manoir Rouville-Campbell
  • Saint-Hilaire church

Photo gallery

  • Residential area of rue du Grand Tronc, opposite the Saint-Hilaire train station (QC) in February 2022
    Residential area of rue du Grand Tronc, opposite the Saint-Hilaire train station (QC) in February 2022
  • Reception arch in front of the town hall of Saint-Hilaire
    Reception arch in front of the town hall of Saint-Hilaire
  • View of Mont Saint-Hilaire, the intersection of boulevard Honorius-Charbonneau and rue du Centre-Civique
    View of Mont Saint-Hilaire, the intersection of boulevard Honorius-Charbonneau and rue du Centre-Civique
  • Mont Saint-Hilaire (Quebec) seen from the train station parking lot in winter 2022.
    Mont Saint-Hilaire (Quebec) seen from the train station parking lot in winter 2022.
  • Wayside cross in Mont-Saint-Hilaire (corner of Chemin des Patriotes and rue de Lisbonne)
    Wayside cross in Mont-Saint-Hilaire (corner of Chemin des Patriotes and rue de Lisbonne)

Education

Pavillon Hertel de l'école Au-fil-de-l'eau-Pavillon de Mont-Saint-Hilaire.jpg

The town is home to 4 primary schools: Au-fil-de-l'eau (659 pupils), de l'Aquarelle (354 pupils) and de la Pommeraie (383 pupils) and Paul-Émile-Borduas. There are also 2 secondary schools, including Ozias-Leduc, with 1,480 students[11]and Collège Saint-Hilaire, a private high school that receives students from the region.[12]

The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[13]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 42205". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Mont-Saint-Hilaire
  3. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: CHAMBLY—BORDUAS (Quebec)
  4. ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
  5. ^ Charlotte Gray 'The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder' Random House, 2004
  6. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. 2011
    census
  8. ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
  9. ^ Le Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire website
  10. ^ Le Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire website
  11. ^ Public schools of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CSP
  12. ^ Collège Saint-Hilaire
  13. ^ 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.

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