Notre Dame De Lourdes, Manitoba
The community's name (English: Our Lady of Lourdes) is a reference to the Marian apparition that is said to have appeared before Saint Bernadette in Lourdes, France.
History
The site of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes lies in Ojibwa country. Canadian pioneer explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye traveled through the area in 1738 while seeking to establish a route to the western oceans.
The first settlers, from present-day Quebec, arrived in the 1880s. The post office was established in 1892 on 36-6-9W. Father Dom Benoît became the parish's first priest after arriving with French and Swiss immigrants. He also established a seminary of the Canons Regulaires with about 30 students but changes to the rules from Rome caused its dissolution.
A CNR railway point was established in 1912.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre Dame de Lourdes had a population of 756 living in 287 of its 296 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 744. With a land area of 2.83 km (1.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 267.1/km (691.9/sq mi) in 2021.
Notable people
- Rhayne Vermette, filmmaker
References
- ^ "2021 Census profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (May 8, 2013). "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 195) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada