Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec

Not to be confused with Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, a former parish municipality of the same name that is now part of Lacolle, Quebec.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
Parish municipality
Parish Church, 150th Anniversary Park (1959-2009)
Parish Church, 150th Anniversary Park (1959-2009)
Flag of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
Flag
Coat of arms of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Diversité, Harmonie, Unité
(French for "Diversity, Harmony, Unity")
Location within Les Chenaux RCM
Location within Les Chenaux RCM
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is located in Central Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°29′N 72°39′W / 46.483°N 72.650°W / 46.483; -72.650[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMLes Chenaux
Settled1850s
ConstitutedDecember 30, 1858
Government
[2]
 • MayorLuc Dostaler
 • Fed. ridingSaint-Maurice—Champlain
 • Prov. ridingSaint-Maurice
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
130.62 km2 (50.43 sq mi)
 • Land128.29 km2 (49.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
6,121
 • Density47.7/km2 (124/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Increase 6.4%
 • Dwellings
2,678
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 3J0
Area code(s)819
Highways R-157
Websitewww.mont-carmel.org Edit this at Wikidata

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel[4] (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy mɔ̃ kaʁmɛl]) is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

History

Settlement began in the early 1850s. The parish was established in 1858 and the following year, the Parish Municipality of Notre Dame du Mont Carmel (orthography adjusted in 1969 to include hyphens) was formed out of territory ceded by the parish municipalities of Saint Maurice and Cap de La Magdeleine.[5] It was named after Mount Carmel in Israel due to its resemblance in topography. In 1866, the post office opened, originally called Valmont.[1]

Until December 31, 2001, the municipality was part of Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality (which was dissolved on that date), and transferred to Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel had a population of 6,121 living in 2,558 of its 2,678 total private dwellings, a change of 6.4% from its 2016 population of 5,751. With a land area of 128.29 km2 (49.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 47.7/km2 (123.6/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Government

The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Officially, mayoral elections in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel are on a non-partisan basis.

List of former mayors (the following list may be incomplete):[8]

  • François Thellend (1860–1861)
  • Michel Boisclair (1862–1863)
  • Noé Lamothe (1866–1867)
  • Alexandre McDougall (1870–1871)
  • Joseph Lamothe (1872–1874)
  • Étienne Leblanc (1875–1877)
  • David Rheault (1878–1882)
  • Pierre Lord (1882–1885)
  • Jean Forest (1886–1887)
  • Alexis Blanchette (1887–1890)
  • Joseph Rheault (1892–1893)
  • David Rheault (1893–1895)
  • Philippe Lord (1895–1900)
  • Alphonse Veilleux (1900–1903)
  • Louis Marchesseault (1903–1905)
  • Alexis Blanchette (1905–1910)
  • Oscar Lord (1910–1914)
  • Aimé Doucet (1914–1916)
  • Aldéric Lamothe (1916–1927)
  • Octave Lamothe (1927–1930)
  • Alphonse Désilets (1930–1931)
  • Alexandre Landry (1931–1951)
  • Julien D. Toupin (1951–1953)
  • Doris Bornais (1953–1955)
  • Ferdinand Brière (1955–1959)
  • Wellie Rheault (1959–1961)
  • Hector Bédard (1961–1964)
  • Benoît Dostaler (1964–1969)
  • Roland Cossette (1969–1975)
  • Léo-Paul Landry [9] (1975–1977)
  • François Brière (1977–1985)
  • Pierre Bouchard (1985–1993)
  • Richard Giguère (1993–1997)
  • André Landry [10] (1997–2005)
  • Pierre Bouchard (2005–2013)
  • Luc Dostaler[11] (2013–present)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44884". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 37235". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. ^ a b c d "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (Parish municipality) fr". Commission de toponymie Quebec. Quebec Government. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (paroisse) 16.3.1859 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ^ Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
  7. ^ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.
  8. ^ Denyse Fraser, Recreation Department of the Municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
  9. ^ Léo-Paul Landry is active in a number of historical societies, including Appartenance Mauricie : Société d'histoire régionale and Association des Juneau d'Amérique Inc. See: Official Website of Appartenance Mauricie : Société d'histoire régionale and Official Website of Association des Juneau d'Amérique Inc. Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ André Landry was elected to a four-year term as mayor in 1997. He was re-elected in 2001. See: Cindy Levesque, André Landry: sport et politique dans le sang, Le Nouvelliste, November 24, 2008
  11. ^ "Luc Dostaler élu à Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | Louise Plante | Des Chenaux". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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