Saint-Colomban | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Image Blank Emblem: | Saint-Colomban logo.png |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Blank Emblem Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Laurentides |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | La Rivière-du-Nord |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Xavier-Antoine Lalande |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Mirabel |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Argenteuil |
Area Total Km2: | 94.00 |
Area Land Km2: | 92.71 |
Population Total: | 17740 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 191.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016–2021 |
Population Blank1: | 10.7% |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J5K 1A1 |
Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Saint-Colomban (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ kɔlɔ̃bɑ̃/) is a city in the regional county municipality of La Rivière-du-Nord in Québec, Canada. It is situated in the Laurentides region of Québec and was named in honour of Saint Columbanus.
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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 92.71km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.[2]
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools: