Saint-François (formerly Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval, Quebec, Canada, after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.
Agriculture occupies most of the land area.
Located at the extreme east of Île Jésus (Laval), it is bounded on the:
A residential agglomeration formed in the southeast of the neighbourhood. The construction of a bridge (future Autoroute 25) that will l...
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Saint-François (formerly Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval, Quebec, Canada, after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.
Agriculture occupies most of the land area.
Located at the extreme east of Île Jésus (Laval), it is bounded on the:
A residential agglomeration formed in the southeast of the neighbourhood. The construction of a bridge (future Autoroute 25) that will link with Montreal has been controversial. Ecologists opposed it because the bridge would destroy a wetland where rare species live. All opposition is now moot because the bridge is under construction as of early 2008 and will be finished late 2011.
In 2001, the population of St-François is estimated at 16.225, an almost stationary level compared to 1996. The population of St-François remains relatively young; 9,4% are seniors and the average age is 35.9 years old.
St-François is one of the most homogeneous districts on the linguistic level;...
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