L'Ancienne-Lorette

L'Ancienne-Lorette () is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002, as part of a 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, but, after a 2004 referendum, it was reconstituted as a separate city on January 1, 2006.

Its history dates to 1674, when a group of Wendat (Huron) fleeing war with the Haudenosaunee settled there under the protection of the French. It was founded as a mission village by the Jesuits. The Wyandot left after a few decades, and French settlers took over the land.

History The Jesuit missionary Pierre Chaumonot in 1674 founded a settlement here when he built a chapel for the Wendat (Huron). Following his third and final trip to the shrine of Loreto in Italy, Chaumonot was cured of a terrible headache. In gratitude, he placed the colony under the patronage of Our Lady of the Annunciation, but it is still commonly called Lorette.

In 1697, the Wendat left the village in search of better land for hunting and fishing. Afterward the site became known in French as Vieille-Lorette ("Old Loreto") or Ancienne-Lorette ("Former Loreto"). A new location became known as Nouvelle-Lorette ("New Loreto") or Jeune-Lorette ("Young Loreto"). That site roughly corresponds to the Loretteville of today. A year later in 1698, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation was established.

In 1948, the place was incorporated as the village municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. In 1967, it gained town status and took back its original name, L'Ancienne-Lorette, to distinguish itself from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Lac-Saint-Jean region.

Until 1971, L'Ancienne-Lorette was the gateway to Quebec's International Airport. It used to be known as L'Ancienne-Lorette Airport. In 1971 the rural section of the town that included the airport was annexed by Sainte-Foy.

On January 1, 2002, L'Ancienne-Lorette was merged with Quebec City as part of a province-wide municipal reorganization and became part of the Laurentien borough of that city. After a 2004 referendum, it regained independent city status on January 1, 2006.

Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Ancienne-Lorette had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

According to the Canada 2021 Census:Statistics Canada 2021 Census - L'Ancienne-Lorette community profile Population: 16,970 % Change (2016–2021): +2.6 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 7,314 (total dwellings: 7,516) Area (km2): 7.72 km2 Density (persons per km2): 2,197.0 Mother tongue: English as first language: 1.1% French as first language: 94.2% English and French as first language: 0.8% Other as first language: 3.5%

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Population in 2021: 16,970 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.6%) Population in 2016: 16,543 Population in 2011: 16,745 Population in 2006: 16,516 Population in 2001: 15,929 Population in 1996: 15,895 Population in 1991: 15,242 Population in 1986: 13,747 Population in 1981: 12,935 Population in 1976: 11,694 Population in 1971: 8,304 Population in 1966: 5,691 Population in 1961: 3,961 Population in 1956: 3,464 Population in 1951: 2,516

In 2021, L'Ancienne-Lorette was 94.3% White, 1.6% Black, 1.2% Latin American and 1% Arab.

Economy Quebecair Express, prior to its disestablishment, had its headquarters in the city."World Airline Directory." Flight International. 30 March - 5 April 2004. 58.

Notable people Félix Auger-Aliassime (raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette), Canadian professional tennis player, junior singles and doubles US Open champion Patrice Bergeron, retired NHL hockey centre Mario Marois, NHL defenceman, principally for the Quebec Nordiques Antoine Plamondon (ca. 1804–1895), artist Évelyne Viens, Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player

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