Saint-François, Quebec

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Saint-François (before Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers.

Agriculture occupies most of the land area. Located at the extreme east of Jesus island (Laval), it is bounded on the:

• North by the Rivière des Mille Îles;
• South by the Rivière des Prairies;
• West by the neighbourhood of Auteuil
• South by the neighbourhood of Duvernay.

A residential agglomeration formed in the southeast of the neighbourhood. Construction of a bridge (future Quebec Autoroute 25) that would link with Montreal has been controversial. Ecologists oppose it because the bridge would destroy a wet microclimate where rare species live.

Facts about St. Francois :

• The population in 2001 was 16,225
• 49.60% of the population were men and 50.40% women.
• 90.39% spoke French at home, English 4.07% and other language 5.54%.
• 40.37% were bilingual (French and English).
• 87.28% were born in the province of Quebec.
• 48.86% of immigrants were from Haiti.
• 10.63% of the population were black.
• 86.27% were owners of their house.
• 59.43% of workers who reside in St. Francois didn't work in Laval.
• 94.86% were Christian

[edit] External links

• City of Laval, official website
• Saint Francis Mission - Catholic Encyclopedia article on the historic Jesuit mission