Saint-François, Quebec
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Saint-François (before Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers.
Agriculture occupies most of the land area. Located at the extreme east of Jesus island (Laval), it is bounded on the:
- North by the Rivière des Mille Îles;
- South by the Rivière des Prairies;
- West by the neighbourhood of Auteuil
- South by the neighbourhood of Duvernay.
A residential agglomeration formed in the southeast of the neighbourhood. Construction of a bridge (future 
Quebec Autoroute 25) that would link with Montreal has been controversial. Ecologists oppose it because the bridge would destroy a wet microclimate where rare species live.
Facts about St. Francois :
- The population in 2001 was 16,225
- 49.60% of the population were men and 50.40% women.
- 90.39% spoke French at home, English 4.07% and other language 5.54%.
- 40.37% were bilingual (French and English).
- 87.28% were born in the province of Quebec.
- 48.86% of immigrants were from Haiti.
- 10.63% of the population were black.
- 86.27% were owners of their house.
- 59.43% of workers who reside in St. Francois didn't work in Laval.
- 94.86% were Christian
[edit] External links
- City of Laval, official website
- Saint Francis Mission - Catholic Encyclopedia article on the historic Jesuit mission
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