Saint-Jacques, Quebec
Saint-Jacques is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Montcalm Regional County Municipality.
Saint-Jacques was founded in 1774 by Acadian settlers from Boston after the Great Upheaval of 1755.Demographics
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 4021
- Population in 2006: 3706
- Population in 2001: 3692
- Population total in 1996: 3815
- * Saint-Jacques Village: 2261
- * Saint-Jacques Parish: 1554
- Population in 1991:
- * Saint-Jacques Village: 2251
- * Saint-Jacques Parish: 1542
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1636
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.5%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 0.3%
Education
operates francophone public schools:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
