Mille-Isles
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Mille-Isles (French pronunciation: [mil il], lit. 'Thousand Islands') is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.
Mille-Isles | |
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Church in Mille-Isles | |
 Location within Argenteuil RCM | |
  Mille-Isles Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Argenteuil |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Howard Sauvé |
| • Federal riding | Les Pays-d'en-Haut |
| • Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.92 km2 (23.91 sq mi) |
| • Land | 58.73 km2 (22.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,721 |
| • Density | 29.3/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  9.8% |
| • Dwellings | 950 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-329 |
| Website | mille-isles |
Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.[4]
History
The municipality is named after the old Mille-Isles Seigneury, which originally straddled the Mille Îles River (the seigneury uses the old spelling, whereas the river uses the modern word that substitutes a circumflex for the "s"). In 1683, the seigneury was granted to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (circa 1638-1688), who was governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1714, it was inherited by Charles-Gaspard Piot de Langloiserie (circa 1655-1715) and Jean Petit (1663-1720), husbands of Marie-Thérèse Dugué and Charlotte Dugué respectively, daughters of the first lord. In 1752, additional land in the extreme north-west of the Mille-Isles Seigneury was given to Eustache Lambert Dumont and it is within this part that the municipality is located.[4]
The first settlers were from Ireland and arrived around 1850. The municipality was officially founded in 1855, following separation from the parish of Saint-Jérôme.[4]
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Mille-Isles, Quebec: (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1963–1991) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) |
−9 (16) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.7 (−43.1) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
−32.8 (−27.0) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−40 (−40) |
−41.7 (−43.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.6 (2.90) |
59.4 (2.34) |
64.4 (2.54) |
91.8 (3.61) |
92.8 (3.65) |
114.0 (4.49) |
97.6 (3.84) |
88.3 (3.48) |
99.2 (3.91) |
97.6 (3.84) |
102.8 (4.05) |
67.1 (2.64) |
1,048.7 (41.29) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 49.9 (19.6) |
37.5 (14.8) |
32.9 (13.0) |
4.8 (1.9) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.3 (0.5) |
16.4 (6.5) |
41.2 (16.2) |
184.1 (72.5) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 11.5 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 143.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 10.0 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 34.4 |
| Source: Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,721 (+9.8% from 2016) | 1,567 (-3.8% from 2011) | 1,629 (+10.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 58.73 km2 (22.68 sq mi) | 59.82 km2 (23.10 sq mi) | 60.82 km2 (23.48 sq mi) |
| Population density | 29.3/km2 (76/sq mi) | 26.2/km2 (68/sq mi) | 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Median age | 48.0 (M: 50.0, F: 46.0) | 46.6 (M: 47.9, F: 45.3) | 44.3 (M: 44.6, F: 43.9) |
| Private dwellings | 950 (total) 756 (occupied) | 907 (total) | 912 (total) |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $61,568 | $n/a |
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 16.9%
- French as first language: 77.6%
- English and French as first language: 2.3%
- Other as first language: 3.2%
Government
List of former mayors:
- Richard Cyr (... –2005)
- John Carson Collins (2005–2009)
- Yvon Samson (2009–2013)
- Michel Boyer (2013–2017
- Howard Sauvé (2017–present)
Education
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools:[12]
- École primaire Bellefeuille in Saint-Jérôme
- École secondaire Émilien-Frenette in Saint-Jérôme and École polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:
- Morin Heights Elementary School in Morin-Heights serves most of the town[13]
- Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme serves a portion of the town[14]
- Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[15]
