Lachute

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image_mapLachute Quebec location diagram.png
map_captionLocation within Argenteuil RCM
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coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Quebec
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Laurentides
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3Argenteuil
established_titleSettled
established_date1753
established_title1Constituted
established_date1April 30, 1966
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameBernard Bigras-Denis
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Argenteuil
area_footnotes
area_total_km2112.84
area_land_km2108.66
area_urban_footnotes
area_urban_km29.59
population_footnotes
population_total14100
population_as_of2021
population_density_km2129.8
population_urban_footnotes
population_urban11221
population_density_urban_km21169.8
population_blank1_titlePop 2016–2021
population_blank19.6%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
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timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeJ8H
area_codes450 and 579
blank_nameHighways

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Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, 82.2 km northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of the Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincial Highways Route 148, Route 158, and Secondary Highways 327 and 329.

Lachute is the seat of Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It also has a local airport: Lachute Airport. Its major industries include paper mills, lumber and various manufacturing plants. The population is just over 14,000 people.

History

Originally in the 17th century, "La Chute" identified a cataract or falls on the North River (Rivière du Nord) located about 24 km upstream from its confluence with the Ottawa River. In 1753, Antoine Brunet became the first francophone to settle in Lachute, temporarily. In 1796, Jedediah Lane, from Jericho, Vermont, bought several thousand acres of land on both sides of the North River, where Lachute is today. That same year, Hezekiah Clark and his family, also of Jericho, settled near the falls on the North River, followed by Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution. Two years later, the population of The Chute settlement (as it was then known by its English name) consisted of five families.

The village grew quickly; by 1803, 30 families were scattered on both banks of the North River, and by 1810, Lachute counted 83 families, including 211 children of school age. In 1804, a mill was built at the falls and the first general store opened in 1813. One year later, Sir John Johnson bought a large part of the Argenteuil Seigneury. Johnson built a sawmill and gave land for the construction of churches, helping to attract new settlers to Argenteuil. In 1825, Thomas Barron became the first judge, then the first mayor of Lachute. The Lachute post office was established in 1835.

From 1870 to 1880, Lachute went through another period of expansion, both in economic and social development; the railway linking Montreal and Ottawa was built through the centre of the small town. Industries were established: Félix Hamelin and Thomas Henry Ayers established a wool mill and Irishman James Crocket Wilson opened a paper mill.

In 1885, the Town of Lachute was incorporated with a population around 1300 persons, and in the same year, Lachute high school was founded. In 1901, electricity was brought to the town.

In 1966, Lachute and the Village of Ayersville merged, forming the Cité de Lachute. In 1971, during the construction of Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, a part of the Saint-Jérusalem Parish was added to Lachute. In 1981, Cité de Lachute became Ville de Lachute. In 2000, about 10 km2 of Mirabel's territory were annexed by Lachute. In 2002, the Service de police municipale de Lachute was transferred to the Sûreté du Québec.

The Expo Lachute Fair is the oldest fair in Quebec and the second-oldest in all of Canada, running from 1825 to the present. In 1917, the Argenteuil Agricultural Society purchased land to hold the Expo Lachute Fair permanently in Lachute. In 1917, the construction of the grandstand and the track was completed, with new cattle and horse barns being constructed as time and money allowed. The Fall Fair was changed to a Spring Fair in 1925 so that it could be deemed strictly a livestock show. Lachute was not always host to the exhibition; from 1825 to 1826, inhabitants of the county of York met in the then-bustling business centre of St. Andrews, to form a society called the County of York Agricultural Society, later changed to the Two Mountains Agricultural Society, and finally the Argenteuil Agricultural Society. Today, the Expo Lachute Fair is still popular. An annual agriculture fair is held in July and the Fall Derby is in September. The fairgrounds are also used for several other local events throughout the year.

Geography

Climate

|location = Lachute (1981–2010) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 10.5 |Feb record high C = 12.5 |Mar record high C = 20.5 |Apr record high C = 31 |May record high C = 32.2 |Jun record high C = 35 |Jul record high C = 34.4 |Aug record high C = 35.5 |Sep record high C = 32.5 |Oct record high C = 27.2 |Nov record high C = 20 |Dec record high C = 13.5 |year record high C = 35.5 |Jan high C = -6.1 |Feb high C = -3.5 |Mar high C = 2.3 |Apr high C = 11.3 |May high C = 18.8 |Jun high C = 23.8 |Jul high C = 26 |Aug high C = 24.9 |Sep high C = 20.0 |Oct high C = 12.4 |Nov high C = 4.9 |Dec high C = -2.5 |year high C = 11.0 |Jan mean C = -10.7 |Feb mean C = -8.6 |Mar mean C = -2.6 |Apr mean C = 6.0 |May mean C = 12.9 |Jun mean C = 18.0 |Jul mean C = 20.4 |Aug mean C = 19.3 |Sep mean C = 14.7 |Oct mean C = 7.7 |Nov mean C = 1.3 |Dec mean C = -6.5 |year mean C = 6.0 |Jan low C = -15.4 |Feb low C = -13.6 |Mar low C = -7.5 |Apr low C = 0.7 |May low C = 6.9 |Jun low C = 12.2 |Jul low C = 14.7 |Aug low C = 13.7 |Sep low C = 9.2 |Oct low C = 3.1 |Nov low C = -2.4 |Dec low C = -10.4 |year low C = 0.9 |Jan record low C = -37 |Feb record low C = -35 |Mar record low C = -30.5 |Apr record low C = -15 |May record low C = -6.7 |Jun record low C = -1.5 |Jul record low C = 3.5 |Aug record low C = 0 |Sep record low C = -5 |Oct record low C = -8.9 |Nov record low C = -20.6 |Dec record low C = -34.5 |year record low C = -37 |Jan precipitation mm = 91.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 69.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 72.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 87.5 |May precipitation mm = 96.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 115.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 100.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 103.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 107.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 110.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 106.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 90.1 |year precipitation mm = 1150.5 |source 1 = Environment Canada |date=July 2017

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lachute had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 108.66 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Lachute |2021_population=14,100 | 2021_pop_delta=+9.6 | 2021_land_area=108.66 | 2021_pop_density=129.8 |2021_median_age=50.4 | 2021_median_age_m=48.0 | 2021_median_age_f=52.8 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=6,862 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=6,531 |2021_mean_hh_income=56,400 |2021_geocode=2021A00052476020 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=12,862 | 2016_pop_delta=+2.5 | 2016_land_area=109.96 | 2016_pop_density=117.0 |2016_median_age=49.3 | 2016_median_age_m=47.0 | 2016_median_age_f=51.1 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=6,403 | 2016_mean_hh_income=44,681 | 2016_access_date=2022-01-26 |2011_population=12,551 |2011_pop_delta=+6.1 |2011_land_area=109.20 |2011_pop_density=114.9 |2011_median_age=47.1 |2011_median_age_m=45.6 |2011_median_age_f=48.4 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=5,991 |2011_mean_hh_income=40,516 |2011_access_date=2014-03-03 |2006_population=11,832 | 2006_pop_delta=+1.8 | 2006_land_area=108.67 | 2006_pop_density=108.9 |2006_median_age=44.8 | 2006_median_age_m=43.7 | 2006_median_age_f=45.9 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=5,449 | 2006_mean_hh_income=36,444 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-03 |2001_population=11,628 | 2001_pop_delta=+0.6 | 2001_land_area=108.65 | 2001_pop_density=107.0 |2001_median_age=42.1 | 2001_median_age_m=40.7 | 2001_median_age_f=43.7 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=5,245 |2001_mean_hh_income=31,979 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-03 |notes=

| title= Historical Census Data – Lachute, Quebec | percentages = | shading = off | align = none | cols = 3 | 1891 |1751 | 1901 |2022 | 1911 |2407 | 1921 |2592 | 1931 |3906 | 1941 |5310 | 1951 |6179 | 1956 |6911 | 1961 |7560 | 1966 |10215 | 1971 |12004 | 1976 |11928 | 1981 |11729 | 1986 |11586 | 1991 |11730 | 1996 |11493 | 2001 |11628 | 2006 |11832 | 2011 |12551 | 2016 |12862 | 2021 |14100 | footnote=Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes or mergers. | source = Statistics Canada

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Canada Census Mother Tongue – Lachute, QuebecCensusTotalYearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
11,8559.5%85.8%1,2752.7%9.2%410148.5%3.0%230
10,8301.2%86.8%1,3100.0%10.5%16523.1%1.3%150
10,7056.2%87.0%1,3107.3%10.7%13023.1%1.1%160
10,0404.3%87.1%1,21510.0%10.5%10013.0%0.9%170
9,6103.1%85.8%1,35023.1%12.1%11521.7%1.0%120
9,310n/a82.4%1,755n/a15.5%90n/a0.8%145
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Local government

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List of former mayors:

  • Daniel Mayer (...–2013)
  • Carl Péloquin (2013–2021)
  • Bernard Bigras-Denis (2021–present)

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:

Media

Notable people

References

References

  1. (9 February 2022). "Lachute, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  2. (9 February 2022). "Lachute, Quebec [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  3. "Lachute (Ville)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  4. "Lachute, d'hier à aujourd'hui". La ville de Lachute.
  5. "Expo Lachute Fair – Depuis 1825".
  6. [[Environment Canada]]—[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=lachut&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5594&dispBack=1]. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  7. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  8. "[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/159%20-%20WEB%20LAURENTIAN.pdf LAURENTIAN ELEMENTARY ZONE] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-09-16 ." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.)
  9. "[https://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/184%20-%20LAURENTIAN%20REGIONAL%20HS.pdf LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-12-14 ." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.)
  10. "Profile: John N. Lavis".
  11. {{mamrot. 76020
  12. {{toponymie. 114406

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