Saint-Télesphore () is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, north of Rivière-Beaudette and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.
The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD. In addition to the village of Saint-Télesphore itself, the municipality also includes the community of Dalhousie or Dalhousie Station along the Canadian Pacific railway.
History Settlement began around 1800 with the arrival of Scottish, Irish, and English immigrants. At that time, the place was called Rivière-Delisle, Lac-Saint-François, or Rivière-au-Beaudet.
In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Télesphore was created, named after the parish that was formed one year earlier. In 1879, its post office opened.
On August 7, 2010, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.
Demographics
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 635 3.8% 84.1% 75 0.0% 9.9% 30 50.0% 4.0% 10 100.0% 1.3% 660 0.8% 86.8% 75 6.3% 9.9% 20 0.0% 2.6% 5 50.0% 0.7% 655 4.0% 85.6% 80 33.3% 10.5% 20 n/a% 2.6% 10 33.3% 1.3% 630 4.5% 82.4% 120 14.3% 15.7% 0 100.0% 0.0% 15 n/a% 2.0% 660 9.6% 85.2% 105 23.5% 13.6% 10 n/a% 1.3% 0 0.0% 0.0% 730 n/a 89.6% 85 n/a 10.4% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0%
Government
List of former mayors:
Camille Gourgon (1878–1883) Jean Baptiste Campeau (1883–1884, 1885–1886) Athanase Daou (1884–1885, 1886–1889) Joseph Pilon (1889–1893, 1897–1899, 1902–1905) Louis Charlebois (1893–1897) Joseph Antoine Moyse Leroux (1899–1902, 1917-1919) Joseph Moyse Beauchamp (1905–1909) François Xavier Cuillierier (1909–1913) Louis Sauvé (1913–1914) Zotique Dicaire (1914–1917) Joseph Alfred Théodule Pilon (1919–1923) Joseph Arthur Hyacinthe St. Denis (1923–1927) Joseph Alfred Louis Charlebois (1927–1939) Joseph Samuel Evariste Braseau (1939–1953) Joseph Arcade Napoléon Bruno St-Denis (1953–1959) Joseph-Elzéar-Rosario-Richard Gaston Pilon (1959–1963) Joseph Jean-Baptiste Rémi Sauvé (1963–1981, 1987–1999) Joseph Marcel Eléonore Descent (1981–1983) Robert Bourgon (1983–1987, 1999–2003) Joseph Albert Patrice Claude Cyr (2003–2009) Yvon Bériault (2009–2021) David Watson McKay (2021–present)
Education Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. École du Val-des-Prés Immaculée-Conception
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools."School Board Map ." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare
See also List of anglophone communities in Quebec List of municipalities in Quebec
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