Ville Jacques-Cartier
Ville Jacques-Cartier was a city located on the
History
Created at the same time as
in 1952.Jacques-Cartier grew extremely quickly, much too fast for its existing infrastructure. It lacked a
ran wildly in the streets. Houses were built as soon as the owner had the materials required to make one. The city had few or no laws on architectural integrity. This led to a mishmash of buildings, some of concrete, some of wood, some of brick, along its streets.Jacques-Cartier merged with the city of
Today, the western part of what used to be Jacques-Cartier is primarily low-income, highly populated, retail-oriented and completely built-up. The architecture in this area can be defined as a mishmash and non-uniform, as buildings were usually constructed when the property owners had enough money to build them. The eastern part, on the other hand, tends to be the opposite. It is by far less densely populated than its western counterpart and contains the industrial section of Longueuil. Recently built designer mansions and condominiums are plentiful (notably in the Collectivité-Nouvelle and Parcours du Cerf neighbourhoods), and the area is becoming increasing built up. The far northeast known as the Fatima neighbourhood (which borders the city of
During its 22 years of existence, Jacques-Cartier gave birth to some of the most well-known establishments of
Government
The
Mayors
Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended |
---|---|---|
Joseph-Rémi Goyette | 1947 | 1949 |
René Prévost | 1949 | 1954 |
Hector Desmarchais | 1954 | 1955 |
Julien Lord | 1955 | 1957 |
Joseph-Louis Chamberland | 1957 | 1960 |
Léo-Aldéo Rémillard | 1960 | 1963 |
Jean-Paul Tousignant (interim) | 1963 | 1963 |
Charles Labrecque (interim) | 1963 | 1963 |
Jean-Paul Vincent | 1963 | 1966 |
Roland Therrien | 1966 | 1969 |
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1948 | 13,000 | — |
1951 | 22,450 | +72.7% |
1961 | 40,807 | +81.8% |
1966 | 52,336 | +28.3% |
1969 | 66,820 | +27.7% |
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Jacques-Cartier was overwhelmingly
Education
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[4]
Location (1969)
See also
References
- ^ "Histoire Québec : Jacques-Cartier, une ville de pionniers, 1947-1969". Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
- ^ Luc Mercier, La galerie des maires, Société historique du Marigot, Longueuil, 1994, p. 53.
- ^ a b Pratt, Michel. "De la balkanisation des villes à leur fusion". Société historique et culturelle du Marigot. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ 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.