Saint-Colomban, Quebec

Saint-Colomban is a city in the regional county municipality of La Rivière-du-Nord in Québec, Canada. It is situated in the Laurentides region of Québec and was named in honour of Saint Columbanus.

The pioneer responsible for developing the village was the priest John Falvey, who constructed the parish and preached to the first parishioners.

Saint-Colomban was also the birthplace of Mr. Justice Emmett Hall, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada widely considered to be one of the fathers of Medicare.



Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Colomban had a population of $17,740$ living in $6,632$ of its $6,807$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $16,019$. With a land area of 92.71 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Education
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.
 * École à l'Orée-des-Bois
 * École de la Volière
 * École des Hautbois
 * École Mer-et-Monde
 * The primary schools Bellefeuille and Prévost in Saint-Jérôme serve other sections
 * École secondaire Émilien-Frenette and École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, both in Saint-Jérôme

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:
 * Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute
 * Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute