Saint-Colomban, Quebec

Saint-Colomban
City
Saint-Colomban in winter
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Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM
St-Colomban Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°44′N 74°08′W / 45.73°N 74.13°W / 45.73; -74.13[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	La Rivière-du-Nord
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Xavier-Antoine Lalande
• Federal riding	Mirabel
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area [2][3]
• Total	94.00 km2 (36.29 sq mi)
• Land	92.71 km2 (35.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	17,740
• Density	191.4/km2 (496/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	10.7%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J5K 1A1
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-colomban.qc.ca

Saint-Colomban (French pronunciation: [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 17,740 living in 6,632 of its 6,807 total private dwellings, a change of 10.7% from its 2016 population of 16,019. With a land area of 92.71 km² (35.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 191.3/km² (495.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.^[5]

• 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

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:

• Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute^[6]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute^[7]

• (in French) Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• (in French) Commission de toponymie du Québec
• (in French) Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

• Media related to Saint-Colomban, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• (in French) Site officiel Saint-Colomban
• (in English) Site dedicated to Irish history of the original settlers

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