Saint-Colomban () is a city in the regional county municipality of La Rivière-du-Nord in

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. It is situated in the

Laurentides The Laurentides (, ) is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian Mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 C ...

region of Québec and was named in honour of

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. The pioneer responsible for developing the village was the priest John Falvey, who constructed the parish and preached to the first parishioners. Saint-Colomban was also the birthplace of Mr. Justice Emmett Hall, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada widely considered to be one of the fathers of Medicare. St-Colomban QC 2

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Saint-Colomban had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

The

Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) was a francophone school district in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Its headquarters are in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Saint-Jérôme.Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme () ( 2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the North Shore sector of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its reso ...

serve other sections *

École secondaire Émilien-Frenette École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

and

École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme (EPSJ) is a public Francophone secondary school in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. It is a part of the Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Built in 1969. It serves sections of Saint-Jérôme, including Mirabel, ...

, both in Saint-Jérôme The

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...

operates English-language public schools: * Laurentian Elementary School in

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...

Laurentian Regional High School Laurentian Regional High School () is an English secondary school in Lachute in the region of Laurentides, Québec, Canada. It contains classes for grades seven through eleven, and is run by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It serves Lachute ...

in LachuteLAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE
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. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

Sources

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Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
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Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

External links

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Site officiel Saint-Colomban
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Site dedicated to Irish history of the original settlers
Incorporated places in Laurentides Cities and towns in Quebec Greater Montreal {{Quebec-geo-stub