In 2021, Statistics Canada counts a population of 2,031 people and 978 private dwellings. The area of the municipality is 109.28 square km, the population density is 18.6 people per square kilometer.[6]
In the heart of the village, as soon as the ice freezes in December, the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River becomes the world capital of Tommy Cod fishing. During Tommy Cod season, officially from 26 of December to the 14 of February, thousands of tourists come to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade for ice fishing and a small fishing village is built on the frozen waters of the Sainte-Anne River which then forms a link between the shores.[7]
The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade swamp is one of the last remaining large, treed swamps on the river. It extends along seven kilometres of shoreline in the St. Lawrence River's freshwater estuary. The swamp is home to several endangered species, including plants that are endemic to the freshwater estuary.[8][9]
Since 2008, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has participated in the restoration of 40 hectares of the Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade marsh, where 2,500 trees have been planted. In 2018, the project attempted to raise awareness among the local population of the richness of the environment and to encourage actions to protect it, including a conference on birds of prey, guided tour on the ornithology and entomology of the area, guided tour on the facilities favorable to wildlife, and school outings.[9]
On October 29, 1672, an area of 1.5 lieue (about 4.8 km) by 1 lieue (about 3.2 km) deep at the Sainte-Anne River was granted by Intendant Jean Talon as a seignory to Edmond de Suève and Thomas Tarieu de Lanouguère (or Lanaudière). An increase of 3 lieues was granted to Marguerite Denis, widow of Thomas Tarieu, by Governor Frontenac and Intendant Champigny on March 4, 1697. The islands were added to the seignory on April 6, 1697, and confirmed on October 30, 1700. The order of January 8, 1710, dismissed the co-seigneur François Chorel de Saint-Romain d'Orvilliers and granted the islands to Pierre-Thomas Tarieu de la Pérade, son of Thomas Tarieu and husband of Madeleine de Verchères, a Quebec heroine who, at 14 years of age, successfully defended her parents' fort against a band of Iroquois. Following another increase granted in April 1735 to Pierre-Thomas Tarieu, the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Seignory came to be named after him.[1][11]
In 1693, the Parish of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade was formed. In 1820, the post office opened. In 1845, the parish municipality was established, abolished two years later during provincewide municipal restructuring, and reestablished in 1855. In 1912, the village itself separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of La Pérade.[1]
Roman Catholic religious heritage
Procession of the Blessed Sacramentduring the celebrations of Corpus Christi[12][13]
During a religious ceremony, interior of the church of Sainte-Anne[14]
In May 1989, the village and parish municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. On December 31, 2001, it was transferred from the Francheville Regional County to the new Les Chenaux Regional County, following the creation of the new City of Trois-Rivières and the dissolution of the Francheville RCM.[1]
... De Gaulle spoke and declared that "in this locality full of life, full of youth, full of self-confidence," he felt "the spirit and soul of French Canada, the soul of Quebec, that is to say, of a country, a people, a piece of the French people who want to be themselves, to dispose of their destiny, and who marks it in every way." He concludes: "Well! You can be sure that you yourselves will know how to grant your wish, you will be what you want to be, that is, masters of yourself."
— Source: Le voyage de Charles De Gaulle au Québec du 23 au 26 juillet 1967, Fondation Lionel-Groulx.[16] Translate from french.
Built heritage
Construction of the Jeffrey-Alexandre-Rousseau bridge over the Sainte-Anne River 2001
^ abcde"Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 16 November 1989. Retrieved 18 October 2024. ... the importance of the Sainte-Anne River, coupled with the presence of islands, bridges and canals as well as the local activity focused almost exclusively on the watercourse and its tributaries have earned the place the title of Canadian Venice.
^"Mayor and Council Members". Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (in French). Municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
^"Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal". 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024. The Basilica's heritage tells a story, the collective story of our ancestors who made the dream of one of the most important neo-Gothic architectural works a reality.
^"Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Municipality, census population". Gouvernement of Canada. Statistics Canada. 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024. In 2021, the enumerated population of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (Municipalité), was 2,031, which represents a change of 0.6% from 2016. This compares to the provincial average of 4.1% and the national average of 5.2%.
^Guy-Paul Brouillette (1933-2018) (16 July 2004). "Association of Outfitters of the Sainte-Anne River Inc" (in French). Inventory of ethnological resources of intangible heritage Quebec. Retrieved 31 October 2024. Fishing for small channel fish, also called tomcod, is a traditional activity in the Mauricie region practiced for several centuries by the Iroquois and the inhabitants of the French colony. In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, it began in February 1938.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Bernard Tardif; Gildo Lavoie; Yves Lachance (7 December 2005). "Québec Biodiversity, Atlas Threatened or Vulnerable Species"(PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec. Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. p. 62. Occurrences of threatened or vulnerable species are concentrated in southern Quebec, reflecting their range type.
^ ab"The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Swamp". Nature Conservancy Canada. 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024. The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade swamp is one of the last, large, treed swamps on the river. It extends along seven kilometres of shoreline in the St. Lawrence River's freshwater estuary.
^"Statue (The Education of the Virgin)". Heritage directory cultural of Quebec (in French). Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec. 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024. Work of Mathias Zens (1839-1921), sculpted, painted, hand, gilded
^"Corpus Christi, Feast of the Blessed Sacrament"(PDF) (in French). 13 June 2017. p. 23. Retrieved 18 October 2024. ...the priest carried the Eucharist to in the middle of the streets and squares richly adorned with draperies and garlands. The Blessed Sacrament was sheltered under a sumptuous canopy carried by four notables.
^"Celebrating the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ Celebrating (Corpus Christi)"(PDF). 2005 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Liturgy office England & Wales. p. 16. Retrieved 18 October 2024. It will normally begin immediately after the celebration of a Mass. It should normally go from one church to another, but may return to the same church where it began.
^"Church of Saint Anne" (in French). Directory of heritage cultural of Quebec. 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024. Includes photos of the ancient high altar, the paschal candlestick, the statue (The Education of the Virgin), the tabernacle
^"Columbarium of the Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade cemetery". 1995-2023 Généalogie Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French). 1995–2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024. Between Boul. De Lanaudière and rue Sainte-Anne, this place contains 14 photos and 28 names
^Jean Bruchési, M.S.R.C (1945). "Madeleine de Verchères and Chicaneau. The Notebooks of Ten"(PDF). Erudit. Les Éditions La Liberté. Retrieved 18 October 2024. And, as she had seen her father and mother welcome passing guests to the Verchères manor, she opened, with as much grace and generosity, to all those who presented themselves, the doors of the manor of Sainte-Anne, enlarged four years after her marriage and whose ruins can still be seen between the national road and the river.
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