Saint-François, Laval
Saint-François (formerly Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest district of Laval, Quebec, Canada, after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.
Agriculture occupies most of the land area.
Geography
Located at the extreme east of Île Jésus (Laval), it is bounded on the:
- North by the Rivière des Mille Îles;
- South by the Rivière des Prairies;
- West by the Fleuve Saint-Laurent
- East by the neighbourhood of Duvernay.[1]
A residential agglomeration formed in the southeast of the neighbourhood. The construction of the A25 Bridge (now the Autoroute 25) that now links with Montreal has been controversial. Ecologists opposed it because the bridge would destroy a wetland where rare species live. All opposition is now moot because the bridge was under construction as of early 2008 and was finished mid-2011.
Demographics
In 2001, the population of St-François is estimated at 16,225, an almost stationary level compared to 1996. The population of St-François remains relatively young; 9.4% are seniors and the average age is 35.9 years old.
St-François is one of the most homogeneous districts on the linguistic level; whereas 88.5% of the population have French as mother tongue and more than 90% of them use that language at home.
90.5% are
86.3% of the households are owners (of a bungalow in 92,9% of the cases) and nearly 40% of the houses were built since 1981. The household size is one of the biggest in Laval with an average of three people. However, the number of single-parent families strongly increased since 1996 to reach 15,9% of total families.
St-François is, after
The ratio of female population strongly increased by 56.2 to 62.1% in St François and the unemployment rate moved back from 9% to 7%, a level higher than the average.
The working population concentrates especially in services sectors (76.5%) and the most important professional category is
Politics
Saint-Francois is part of the provincial electoral district of
Provincial (Quebec National Assembly)
- Bernard Lachance, Liberal (1973-1976)
- Guy Joron, Parti Québécois (1976-1981)
- Jean-Paul Champagne, Parti Québécois (1981-1985)
- Jean-Pierre Bélisle, Liberal (1985-1994)
- Lyse Leduc, Parti Québécois (1994-2003)
- Maurice Clermont, Liberal (2003-2008)
- Francine Charbonneau, Liberal (2008–present)
Federal (Canadian House of Commons)
- Vincent Della Noce, Laval EastDistrict
- Maud Debien, Bloc Québécois (1993-2000) Laval EastDistrict
- Carole-Marie Allard, Liberal (2000-2004) Laval EastDistrict
- Robert Carrier, Bloc Québécois (2004-2011) Alfred-PellanDistrict
- Rosane Doré Lefebvre New Democratic Party (2011–present)Alfred-PellanDistrict
Education
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools. All portions of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy.
See also
- List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
- List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
- List of former towns in Quebec
References
- ^ Interactive map of Laval from the official website Archived 2005-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes beside "Limite administrative".
- Commission scolaire de Laval. September 24, 2017.
- Commission scolaire de Laval. September 24, 2017.
- Commission scolaire de Laval. September 24, 2017.