Mille-Isles, Quebec

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Mille-Isles
Municipality
Location within Argenteuil RCM.
Location within Argenteuil RCM.
Mille-Isles is located in Central Quebec
Mille-Isles
Mille-Isles
Location in central Quebec.
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Argenteuil
Settled 1850s
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2]
 • Mayor Michel Boyer
 • Federal riding Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
 • Prov. riding Argenteuil
Area[2][3]
 • Total 61.70 km2 (23.82 sq mi)
 • Land 60.82 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,629
 • Density 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 10.1%
 • Dwellings 912
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0R 1A0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 329
Website www.mille-isles.ca

Mille-Isles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.

Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.[4]

History

The municipality is named after the old Mille-Isles Seigneury, which originally straddled the Mille Îles River (the seigneury uses the old spelling, whereas the river uses the modern word that substitutes a circumflex for the "s"). In 1683, the seigneury was granted to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (circa 1638-1688), who was governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1714, it was inherited by Charles-Gaspard Piot de Langloiserie (circa 1655-1715) and Jean Petit (1663-1720), husbands of Marie-Thérèse Dugué and Charlotte Dugué respectively, daughters of the first lord. In 1752, additional land in the extreme north-west of the Mille-Isles Seigneury was given to Eustache Lambert Dumont and it is within this part that the municipality is located.[4]

The first settlers were from Ireland and arrived around 1850. The municipality was officially founded in 1855, following separation from the parish of Saint-Jérôme.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 1629 (2006 to 2011 population change: 10.1%)
  • Population in 2006: 1480
  • Population in 2001: 1209
  • Population in 1996: 1157
  • Population in 1991: 944

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 679 (total dwellings: 912)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 28%
  • French as first language: 69%
  • English and French as first language: 1%
  • Other as first language: 2%

See also

References

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  1. Reference number 41163 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mille-Isles
  3. 3.0 3.1 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Mille-Isles census profile
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  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census