Colombier, Quebec

History

While some logging took place in the middle of the 19th century, real impetus to its development was due to the economic crisis of the 1930s, when government authorities encouraged resettlement of the unemployed by opening the area for agriculture. In 1932, Saint-Marc-de-Latour was formed with the construction of a sawmill. In 1935, the Parish of Sainte-Thérèse-des-Colombiers was formed. Also that year, pioneers set up 20 camps and built the road along the Saint Lawrence River. In 1937, the post office opened, then designated as Rivière-Colombier, named after the Colombier River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence that flows through the municipality.

In 1946, the Municipality of Colombier was formed, named after the river, which in turn was named after Charles-Roger des Colombiers (1628-1687), fur trader, citizen and alderman of Quebec, who had been granted a fief in that territory in 1677.

Demographics

| 1951 |1374 | 1956 |1495 | 1961 |1619 | 1966 |1555 | 1971 |1337 | 1976 |1232 | 1981 |1213 | 1986 |1113 | 1991 |973 | 1996 |947 | 2001 |890 | 2006 |817 | 2011 |747 | 2016 |685 | 2021 |635

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 324 (total dwellings: 363)

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.4%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.6%

References

References

1. "Colombier (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Municipalité de Colombier".
3. [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]] census
4. {{mamrot. 95050
5. {{SCref. (2021)