Mille-Isles, Quebec

Mille-Isles
—  Municipality  —
Mille-Isles
Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W / 45.817°N 74.217°W / 45.817; -74.217Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W / 45.817°N 74.217°W / 45.817; -74.217
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
Regional county	Argenteuil
Settled	1850s
Incorporated	July 1, 1855
Government[1]
- Type	Municipality
- Mayor	Yvon Samson
- Federal riding	Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
- Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area[2]
- Land	60.53 km2 (23.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
- Total	1,480
- Density	24.5/km2 (63.5/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	J0R
Area code(s)	450
Website	www.mille-isles.ca

Mille-Isles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.

Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.^[3]

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.^[3]

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.^[3]

Demographics

Population:^[4]

• Population in 2006: 1480 (2001 to 2006 population change: 22.4 %)
• Population in 2001: 1209
• Population in 1996: 1157
• Population in 1991: 944

Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 608 (total: 831)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 28 %
• French as first language: 69 %
• English and French as first language: 1 %
• Other as first language: 2 %

References

1. ^ Ministère des Affaires Municipales, Régions et Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mille-Isles
2. ^ ^{a b} Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Mille-Isles community profile
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Mille-Isles (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=41163&Latitude=45,81667&Longitude=-74,21667&Zoom=1700. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census