Calixa-Lavallée
Calixa-Lavallée | |
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House in Calixa-Lavallée | |
Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM | |
Calixa-Lavallée Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°17′W / 45.750°N 73.283°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Marguerite-D'Youville |
| Constituted | July 24, 1878 |
| Named after | Calixa Lavallée[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Plouffe |
| • Federal riding | Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères |
| • Prov. riding | Verchères |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.80 km2 (12.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 32.20 km2 (12.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 509 |
| • Density | 15.8/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 2.7% |
| • Dwellings | 220 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
Calixa-Lavallée (French pronunciation: [kaliksa lavale]), named for the composer of the same name, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 509.
On December 6, 2014, Calixa-Lavallée changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[5]
History
Calixa-Lavallée was originally part of Verchères. This had been granted by Intendant Jean Talon to François Jarret, who thus became Sieur de Verchères, in 1672. It became an independent municipality in 1878 known as Sainte-Théodosie. It now forms part of the Sainte-Marguerite-d’Youville Pastoral Unit, which lies within the Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil.
According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, from 1946 onwards, the municipality took on a new name: Sainte-Théodosie-Calixa-Lavallée, some 100 years after the birth of the composer Calixa Lavallée, in his honour. Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891), baptised Calixte Pâquet dit Lavallée, is thought to have been born on Rang de la Beauce, on the outskirts of the municiaplity which, at that time, as not yet been established and was still part of Verchères, which explains why the records list Verchères as his official place of birth.
It was in 1974 that the municipality’s name was changed for the last time to simply Calixa-Lavallée, for a variety of reasons. Firstly, for the obvious purpose of simplification, but also because the similarity between the names Saint-Théodore and Sainte-Théodosie was causing frequent postal errors. Secondly, preparations were underway for the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the national anthem ‘O Canada’, composed by Calixa Lavallée. This anthem had been performed in public for the first time in 1880.
Demographics
Population
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 509 (-2.7% from 2016) | 523 (+3.8% from 2011) | 504 (-5.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 32.20 km2 (12.43 sq mi) | 32.21 km2 (12.44 sq mi) | 32.35 km2 (12.49 sq mi) |
| Population density | 15.8/km2 (41/sq mi) | 16.2/km2 (42/sq mi) | 15.6/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Median age | 47.6 (M: 47.6, F: 48.0) | 46.7 (M: 46.9, F: 46.2) | 44.0 (M: 44.5, F: 43.0) |
| Private dwellings | 220 (total) 212 (occupied) | 221 (total) | 200 (total) |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $76,032 | $77,326 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 546 | — |
| 1891 | 582 | +6.6% |
| 1901 | 532 | −8.6% |
| 1911 | 534 | +0.4% |
| 1921 | 500 | −6.4% |
| 1931 | 485 | −3.0% |
| 1941 | 491 | +1.2% |
| 1951 | 483 | −1.6% |
| 1956 | 458 | −5.2% |
| 1961 | 459 | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 447 | −2.6% |
| 1971 | 387 | −13.4% |
| 1976 | 389 | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 436 | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 458 | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 448 | −2.2% |
| 1996 | 467 | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 495 | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 533 | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 504 | −5.4% |
| 2016 | 523 | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 509 | −2.7% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021
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510
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495 | 2.0% | 97.1% | 5 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 5 | n/a% | 1.0% | 10 | 0.0% | 2.0% | |||||
2016
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525
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505 | 2.0% | 96.2% | 5 | n/a% | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 | 100.0% | 1.9% | |||||
2011
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500
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495 | 6.6% | 99.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 | n/a% | 1.0% | |||||
2006
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530
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530 | 7.1% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2001
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495
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495 | 7.6% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |||||
1996
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470
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460 | n/a | 97.9% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 10 | n/a | 2.1% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 9748". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Calixa-Lavallée". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VERCHÈRES--LES PATRIOTES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Calixa-Lavallée, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Modifications Aux Municipalités du Québec. Institut de la statistique du Québec. December 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census