| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Motto: | À l'unisson ("At nature's tempo") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.9333°N -99°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1816 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | October 5, 1985 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Brent Montgomery |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 446.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 435.22 |
| Population Total: | 3382 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 15.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1204 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ɡabʁijɛl də valkaʁtje/) is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley. It has been home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.
In 1647, Robert Giffard de Moncel was granted the Saint-Gabriel seignory that became property of the Jesuits in 1667 and Crown property in 1800. Around 1816, John Neilson (1776-1848), together with Andrew Stuart and Louis Moquin, Quebec lawyers, obtained some 50 concessions in the Saint-Gabriel seignory. This marked the start of the Val-Cartier settlement that was intended to receive Irish and Scottish colonizers.[3]
In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was formed when it was detached from Sainte-Catherine(-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) and Charlesbourg. In 1845, the Municipality of Valcartier was created in 1845 but abolished in 1847. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was officially established in 1855, then divided in 1862 into two municipalities: Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.[3]
In 1985, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier were merged again to form the current municipality.[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204)
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier