Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval


Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is a city in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City.
The city is named in honor of Brigid of Kildare in memory of the Irish origin of the first settlers. The name Laval comes from the situation of Sainte-Brigitte in the seigneury of Beaupré, whose first owner was François de Laval, bishop of Quebec.
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History

Settlement began in the area in the 1830s, by Irish people who had fled their country because of food shortage. In 1837, a mission was established. In 1850, French Canadians began to settle there, and in 1855, its post office opened. In 1863, the Parish of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval was formed. On February 11, 1875, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval was created out of territory ceded from the Parish Municipalities of Ange Gardien and Chateau Richer.
On September 10, 1988, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a regular municipality, and again on December 8, 2012, to become a city.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval 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.
Mother tongue :
  • French as first language: 97.1%
  • English as first language: 0.8%
  • English and French as first languages: 0.8%
  • Other as first language: 1.0%

Government

Due to the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval was redistricted to the nearby riding of Montmorency—Charlevoix, which is represented by Gabriel Hardy of the Conservative Party since 2025.
Before that, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval formed part of the federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and was represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party between 2015 and 2025. Provincially, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is part of the Montmorency electoral district and is represented by Jean-François Simard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.

Administration

2026 administration:
  • Mayor: Mathieu Thomassin
  • District #1: Jean-Philippe Lemieux
  • District #2: Sylvie Lajoie
  • District #3: Diane Thibault
  • District #4: Marcel Jean
  • District #5: Carl Thomassin
  • District #6: Christian Paquet