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Victoriaville
Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabaska, Saint-Victoire-d'Arthabaska and Victoriaville, the name of the last being used for the merged town. Description Victoriaville's size and location have earned it the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'', referring to the Bois-Francs region of the province. Victoriaville produces numerous hardwood products, including furniture, caskets, and hockey sticks. The town was home to the famous Victoriaville hockey company. The Parc-Linéaire Des Bois-Francs bike trail traverses Victoriaville. There are many paths for cyclists throughout the town, including ones leading to the summit of Mont Arthabaska, at the southern limits of the town. The Laurier Museum is located in the home of former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, which is desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoriaville (ice Hockey)
Victoriaville is a Canadian brand of ice hockey equipment owned by the Canadian Tire Corporation via its subsidiary INA International. The brand was created in Victoriaville, Quebec in 1945 by Henri Mailhot, who formed the company Mailhot & Frères, Inc. In 1952, Mailhot handed down the business to his sons, who ran it for the next two decades. During the 1960s, Victoriaville was the preeminent hockey stick in the National Hockey League and had approximately a 65 per cent share of the hockey stick market. In 1971, the Mailhot brothers sold the business to the Kendall Company of Massachusetts, which a year later was acquired by Colgate-Palmolive. The Victoriaville company became independent once again in 1981 when it was bought by Victor Farr. After a fire at the factory in 1987, Farr sold the business. The Victoriaville name went through multiple ownership changes, until it was acquired by the Forzani Group through its subsidiary INA in 2003. Forzani was taken over by Canadian Tir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Rayes
Alain Rayes (born December 11, 1971) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska in the House of Commons of Canada from the 2015 Canadian federal election until 2025. He was reelected in the 2019 and 2021 elections. He left the Conservative Party of Canada after Pierre Poilievre's leadership victory in 2022 and sat for the rest of his term as an Independent MP. From 2017 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022, Rayes served as Quebec lieutenant under Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole. Before federal politics, Rayes served for six years as the mayor of Victoriaville. Biography Alain Rayes is a native of Victoriaville, He is the eldest of four children of a family originally from Egypt. He earned a bachelor of mathematics, specialising in teaching computer science, and later a masters in educational administration. He began his career as a teacher before obtaining management positions, including Director of the Polyvalente Le Boisé Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cégep De Victoriaville
Cégep de Victoriaville is a post-secondary institution (CEGEP, or junior college) in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada. History The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created. Programs The CEGEP offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three-years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade. It was created in 1969 from the merger of a classical college (" collège classique" in French), Collège Sacré-Cœur, and the École du meuble et du bois ouvré (Furniture and woodworking school). The furniture and woodworking school is now known as the École nationale du meuble et de l'ébé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoriaville Airport
Victoriaville Airport is located near the town of Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada. Activity Victoriaville Airport is used by private airplanes. Cascades's Piaggio Avantis are based in Victoriaville. A Beech King Air B100 is used under the company CoopAir, by a few business in the Victoriaville area. The école de parachutisme de Victoriaville uses a Cessna 205 and a Piper Navajo PA31 for skydiving from May to October. A flight school operates a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 150 The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 22-23. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. In 19 .... References Transport in Victoriaville Registered aerodromes in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville
The Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville () is an annual international music festival held in Victoriaville, Quebec that showcases contemporary music. The festival is known for its small scale (usually no more than 20 performances per year), as well as its emphasis on unique collaborations between musicians. Several of these collaborations have been issued on records, on the Victo record label. Despite its location in rural Quebec, the festival has attracted several international artists every year, many of them coming back several times to play at the festival. This list includes John Zorn, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke (musician), Jim O'Rourke, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and The Ex (band), The Ex. Frequent collaborators also includes René Lussier, Fred Frith and Chris Cutler of Art Bears, Jean Derome, Cecil Taylor and Peter Brötzmann. See also *List of experimental music festivals *List of contemporary classical music fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality () is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville. Subdivisions There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyville * Kingsey Falls * Victoriaville * Warwick ;Municipalities (13) * Chesterville * Maddington Falls * Notre-Dame-de-Ham * Saint-Albert * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick * Saint-Samuel * Saint-Valère * Tingwick ;Parishes (4) * Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Séraphine * Saint-Rosaire * Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens ;Townships (1) * Ham-Nord Demographics Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census Attractions * Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska) * LaPierre Mill (Norbertville) * Laurier Museum (Victoriaville) * Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls) * Postes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadians, French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons is a record for the House. Laurier is best known for his compromises between English Canada, English and French Canada. Laurier studied law at McGill University and practised as a lawyer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1871 Quebec general election, 1871. He was then elected as a Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) in the 1874 Canadian federal election, 1874 federal election. As an MP, Laurier gained a large personal following among French Canadians and the Québécois people, Québà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Lefebvre
Eric Lefebvre is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on December 5, 2016. He represents the electoral district of Arthabaska as an independent, having been a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) caucus. Lefebvre served as a city councillor for Victoriaville's city council from 2001 to 2009. On Valentine's Day 2018, during question period, Lefebvre gave a tribute to all the spouses that supported MNA members and then proposed to his fiancée. After being announced as the Conservative candidate for Richmond—Arthabaska in the 45th Canadian federal election, Lefebvre resigned from the CAQ caucus to sit as an independent. Electoral record Federal Provincial Municipal Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick, Quebec
Warwick is a small town north east of Montreal, located in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Arthabaska county, Quebec, Canada. The town was incorporated in 1861 and named after Warwick, the town of the same name in England. Up until 2014 the town hosted Quebec's annual summer cheese festival, which showcases many of the locally produced artisanal cheeses. In 2014 the festival was moved to Victoriaville. Warwick also claims to be one of the possible birthplaces of poutine (fries with gravy and cheese curds). It is an industrial centre, with factories for agricultural machinery, washing-machines, overalls, cheese-boxes, and doors. Warwick is located on Quebec Route 116, Route 116. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Warwick 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. Government Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 819
Area codes 819, 873, and 468 are overlay telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for central and western Quebec, Canada, including the Quebec portion of the National Capital Region, and the Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coastlines of Quebec. Major cities in the territory include Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Drummondville, Shawinigan, Victoriaville, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Magog and Mont-Laurier. The incumbent local exchange carriers for the numbering plan area are Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Telus, as well as Télébec and other independent companies. From 1992 to 1997, Northwestel was also an incumbent carrier in 819, as it included former Bell Canada areas in the Northwest Territories. History Ontario and Quebec were the only Canadian provinces that received assignments of multiple area codes from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) when the original North American area codes were created in 1947. The eastern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie). Centre-du-Québec is not located in the geographic centre of Quebec, though it is approximately located in the centre of the southern portion of the province. Some consider the name Bois-Francs to be synonymous with the Centre-du-Québec region; others see it as being synonymous with Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, with its main city Victoriaville earning the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'' (capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of G Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is G. Postal codes beginning with G are located within the Canadian province of Quebec. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Canadian postal code#Forward sortation areas, Forward Sortation Area (FSA). Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Eastern Quebec There are currently 140 FSAs in this list. Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Communications in Quebec Quebec-related lists, Postal codes G Postal codes in Canada, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
