| Les Cèdres | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.3°N -77°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | March 9, 1985 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Bernard Daoust |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Soulanges |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 88.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 77.63 |
| Population Total: | 7184 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 92.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2810 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J7T 1A1 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 7,184. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
There is an extensive rapid on the St. Lawrence River at this location.[4] During the American Revolution, the Battle of the Cedars was fought in the vicinity. In 1959-1960 Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.
This location was already notable in the late 17th century because of the large rapids on the St. Lawrence River, marked by tall cedars (French: les cèdres) that grew there in abundance. Hence, the location was originally known as Cedars Rapids, or as mentioned by cartographer Deshayes in 1695, as Rapide du des Cèdres. Subsequently, it was also known as Coteau-des-Cèdres, Portage-du-Coteau-des-Cèdres, or just Les Cèdres. Numerous explorers and military expeditions passed there to portage around the rapids. It was first settled in 1715.
In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges was created (named in honour of Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil, Seigneur of Soulanges), followed by the Village Municipality of Soulange in 1852.
In 1967, the Village Municipality of Soulange was renamed to Les Cèdres. In 1985, Les Cèdres and Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges were merged to form the current Municipality of Les Cèdres.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Cèdres, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 5,855 | 9.2% | 86.7% | 550 | 17.0% | 8.1% | 85 | 6.3% | 1.3% | 225 | 66.7% | 3.3% | ||||||||
| 5,360 | 3.6% | 88.67% | 470 | 34.3% | 7.78% | 80 | 14.3% | 1.32% | 135 | 8.0% | 2.23% | ||||||||
| 5,175 | 11.3% | 90.47% | 350 | 27.3% | 6.12% | 70 | 41.7% | 1.22% | 125 | 78.6% | 2.19% | ||||||||
| 4,650 | 10.1% | 90.91% | 275 | 3.8% | 5.38% | 120 | 166.7% | 2.34% | 70 | 26.3% | 1.37% | ||||||||
| 4,225 | n/a | 91.25% | 265 | n/a | 5.72% | 45 | n/a | 0.97% | 95 | n/a | 2.05% | ||||||||
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):[5]
The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30, a Montreal Island bypass route, runs through this area to link up with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, a single-runway general aviation airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20 in the Les Cèdres area.
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[6]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Birchwood Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School in Saint-Lazare and St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt.[8]