Lac-Supérieur
Lac-Supérieur | |
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 Lac-Supérieur in winter | |
 Location within Les Laurentides RCM | |
  Lac-Supérieur Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′N 74°28′W / 46.200°N 74.467°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Les Laurentides |
| Settled | 1881 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steve Perreault |
| • Fed. riding | Laurentides—Labelle |
| • Prov. riding | Labelle |
| Area | |
• Total | 386.25 km2 (149.13 sq mi) |
| • Land | 365.98 km2 (141.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,972 |
| • Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-21 |  4.4% |
| • Dwellings | 1,718 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Lac-Supérieur (French pronunciation: [lak sypeʁjœʁ]) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lake Superior (Lac Supérieur) in the Laurentian Mountains, due east of Mont Tremblant Resort. The community of Lac-Supérieur is just south of the lake, which itself is ringed with cottages. The entire northern portion of the municipality is mostly undeveloped and part of the Mont-Tremblant National Park.
History
The municipality was formed in 1881 and initially named Wolfe, in tribute to British General James Wolfe. Its first settlers were Canadians repatriated from California and the western United States.[4]
In 1944, the municipality was renamed to Saint-Faustin, the name of the parish founded in 1878 in what is now part of Mont-Blanc. In 1957, it was renamed again to its present name, a designation previously assigned to the post office which opened in 1913.[4]
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Lac-Supérieur, Quebec | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.4 (7.9) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5 (23) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.0 (−43.6) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
−35 (−31) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−38.0 (−36.4) |
−42.0 (−43.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 95.4 (3.76) |
77.0 (3.03) |
67.0 (2.64) |
75.3 (2.96) |
98.5 (3.88) |
105.8 (4.17) |
97.5 (3.84) |
109.7 (4.32) |
107.7 (4.24) |
105.2 (4.14) |
102.2 (4.02) |
88.8 (3.50) |
1,130 (44.49) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 25.5 (1.00) |
22.0 (0.87) |
30.1 (1.19) |
60.2 (2.37) |
97.2 (3.83) |
105.8 (4.17) |
97.5 (3.84) |
109.7 (4.32) |
107.5 (4.23) |
101.0 (3.98) |
71.4 (2.81) |
22.6 (0.89) |
850.5 (33.48) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 69.9 (27.5) |
55.0 (21.7) |
36.9 (14.5) |
15.2 (6.0) |
1.3 (0.5) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.1) |
4.2 (1.7) |
30.8 (12.1) |
66.2 (26.1) |
279.6 (110.1) |
| Source: Environment Canada based on the Saint-Donat weather station[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Historical census populations – Lac-Supérieur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[3][6][7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 996 (total dwellings: 1,718)[3]
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 5.6%
- French as first language: 91.1%
- English and French as first languages: 1.0%
- Other as first language: 2.0%
Local government
List of former mayors:[8]
- François Asselin (1881–1884, 1890–1902)
- Pierre Vanier (1884–1890)
- Calixte Forget (1902–1903)
- Manésippe Laurence (1903–1905)
- Pierre Bélanger (1905–1908, 1908–1910)
- F. R. Asselin (1908)
- Frédéric Sigouin (1910–1915, 1921–1933)
- Adjuteur Hébert (1915–1921)
- Cléophas Levert (1933–1937, 1939–1945)
- Alfred Daigle (1937–1939)
- Patrick Desjardins (1945)
- Théodore Legault (1945–1952, 1953–1955)
- Eddy Whelan (1952–1953)
- Léo Boivin (1955–1957)
- Onésime Grenier (1957–1961)
- Omer Racine (1961–1965)
- Jules Lauzon (1965–1979)
- Bernard Campeau (1979–1985, 1993–1997)
- André Desjardins (1985–1993)
- Monique Grenier (1997–2005)
- Gaétan Imbeau (2005–2009)
- Daniele Lagarde (2009–2013)
- Danielle St-Laurent (2013–2017)
- Steve Perreault (2017–present)
Education
Sainte Agathe Academy (of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels.[9]
References
- ↑ "Reference number 33361". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 78095". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Lac-Supérieur (Code 2478095) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- 1 2 "Lac-Supérieur (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ↑ "Saint-Donat". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ↑ Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
- ↑ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.
- ↑ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Lac-Supérieur (municipalité) 1.1.1881 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "About Us." Saint Agathe Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. See Elementary zone map Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine and Secondary zone map Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.
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