Candiac () is a suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec; it is located on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal near La Prairie. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 22,997.
History Candiac was created January 31, 1957, when the government of Quebec accepted the request of a Canadian-European investors group, the Candiac Development Corporation. The investors had collected over $4.5 million and bought 2,500 acres (10 km²) of former farmland, mostly from local farmers.
In its early days, Candiac was home to 320 people who mostly lived near the St. Lawrence River. Most of the inhabitants were either farmers or Montrealers who owned a second residence in Candiac.
Candiac was named after the birthplace of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, who was born in 1712 at Château de Candiac in Vestric-et-Candiac, near Nîmes, in France. Montcalm was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and died the following day in Quebec City while fighting for France during the Seven Years' War in 1759.
Coat of arms Montcalm's heritage and the first mayor, Jean Leman, family's coat of arms were the inspiration for Candiac's coat of arms. The colour red symbolizes charity and justice, two very important values. It is also present in the Leman's coat of arms and is said to honour Montcalm's legacy. The silver cross is a typical French-Canadian symbol that reminds citizens of their French heritage. The stars were taken from the Leman's coat of arms and the towers from Montcalm's. The crown symbolizes the Château de Candiac and the maple leaves symbolize Canada.
The floral emblem of Candiac is the Campanula carpatica, better known as White Clips.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Candiac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Candiac, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 15,680 3.2% 69.5% 2,130 6.6% 9.4% 560 60.0% 2.5% 3,685 61.6% 16.3% 16,200 2.3% 77.0% 2,280 19.1% 10.8% 350 14.8% 1.7% 2,280 37.8% 10.8% 15,830 21.6% 80.3% 1,915 12.6% 9.7% 305 117.9% 1.6% 1,655 51.8% 8.4% 13,015 28.9% 81.6% 1,700 8.6% 10.7% 140 20.0% 0.9% 1,090 31.3% 6.8% 10,100 5.6% 79.7% 1,565 14.7% 12.4% 175 25.0% 1.4% 830 27.7% 6.6% 9,565 n/a 81.6% 1,365 n/a 11.7% 140 n/a 1.2% 650 n/a 5.6%
Infrastructure
Transportation The Exo Le Richelain sector provides commuter and local bus services. Commuter trains provided by Exo link Candiac to Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montréal.
Municipal Buildings The City of Candiac has four (4) main municipal buildings: the Hotel de Ville (city hall), Centre Roméo-V.-Patenaude (renovated in 2005), Centre Frank-Vocino (the old library, now the Ideal Club meeting area), and Centre Claude-Hébert (the new restored library).
Education
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board " (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
See also Brossard—La Prairie La Prairie (provincial electoral district) List of anglophone communities in Quebec List of cities in Quebec Rivière de la Tortue (Delson) Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec
References
External links
Ville de Candiac Website (French Only)