Lac-Delage
City in Quebec, Canada
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Lac-Delage (French pronunciation: [lak dəlaʒ]) is a town in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located on the eponymous Lake Delage.
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Lac-Delage | |
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 Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM | |
  Lac-Delage Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°58′N 71°24′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Jacques-Cartier |
| Constituted | February 11, 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guy Rochette |
| • Fed. riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Chauveau |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.11 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 771 |
| • Density | 486.9/km2 (1,261/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  20.8% |
| • Dwellings | 316 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418, 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
History
The town saw its beginning in the 1950s when summer visitors came to the lake, which was originally called Lake Larron. It was renamed to Lake Delage by then Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis in honour of Cyrille-Fraser Delâge. Duplessis also granted the development of the resort and town.[1] On February 11, 1959, the City of Lac-Delage was incorporated out of territory ceded by the Municipality of Stoneham and the Municipality of Lac Saint-Charles.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Delage had a population of 771 living in 308 of its 316 total private dwellings, a change of 20.8% from its 2016 population of 638. With a land area of 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 488.0/km2 (1,263.8/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 1.3%
- French as first language: 92.9%
- English and French as first languages: 1.9%
- Other as first language: 2.6%
Government
Lac-Delage forms part of the federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and has been represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Lac-Delage is part of the Chauveau electoral district and is represented by Sylvain Lévesque of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18% | 98 | 36% | 191 | 33% | 178 | 8% | 45 | 0% | 0 | |
| 2019 | 30% | 155 | 25% | 129 | 31% | 160 | 6% | 31 | 5% | 24 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 38% | 150 | 24% | 95 | 17% | 70 | 15% | 61 | |
| 2014 | 49% | 194 | 19% | 78 | 8% | 31 | 23% | 92 | |
Municipal council
- Mayor: Alexandre Pelletier
- Councillors: Frédéric Paré-Campeau, Alexandre Morin, Véronique Bélanger, France Ouellet, Karine C.-Chalifour, Thibaud Dezutter
