Saint-Colomban, Quebec
Saint-Colomban 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.
History
The first European settlers arrived in Saint-Colomban in 1819 and the municipality of Saint-Colomban was officially founded in 1855. In 1857, part of Saint-Colomban was amputated to create the municipality of Saint-Canut.In 2009 Saint-Colomban's status was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality. One year later, in 2010, Saint-Colomban gained city status.
Demographics
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, it had a population density of in 2021.Education
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.- École à l'Orée-des-Bois
- École de la Volière
- École des Hautbois
- École Mer-et-Monde
- The primary schools Bellefeuille and Prévost in Saint-Jérôme serve other sections
- École secondaire Émilien-Frenette and École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, both in Saint-Jérôme
- Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute
- Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute