Sainte-Julienne


Sainte-Julienne is a community and municipality in Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montcalm Regional County Municipality. According to the 2021 Canadian census, the community has a population of 11,173. It is home to the now-closed Sainte-Julienne Aerodrome.

History

Around 1840, the first settlers arrived from Lachenaie, Saint-Sulpice, and Saint-Jacques-de-l'Achigan. The place was known as Village Beaupré until 1870, after Joseph-Édouard Beaupré, who built the first sawmill on the site and donated the land for the construction of the chapel. In 1848, the parish of Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon was created, named in honour of Juliana Falconieri, while Rawdon refers to its location within the geographic township of Rawdon. In 1853, its post office opened.
In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon was established, with Joseph-Édouard Beaupré as first mayor.
In 1910, telephone service was installed, followed by electricity in the village centre in 1913.
In 1967, the municipal name was shortened to just Sainte-Julienne, and in 1998, its status changed from parish municipality to municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Julienne 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

operates Francophone public schools:
  • École secondaire de Sainte-Julienne
  • École de Sainte-Julienne
  • * pavillon des Boutons-d'Or
  • * pavillon des Explorateurs
  • * pavillon Notre-Dame-de-Fatima
  • * pavillon des Virevents
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools: