Candiac | |
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| Ville de Candiac | |
 Candiac town hall in 2025 | |
 Flag  Seal  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Mon innocence, ma forteresse (French for "My innocence, my fortress") | |
 Location within Roussillon RCM | |
  Candiac Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates:45°23′N73°31′W / 45.38°N 73.52°W /45.38; -73.52[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Roussillon |
| Constituted | January 31, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Normand Dyotte |
| • Federal riding | La Prairie |
| • Prov. riding | La Prairie |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.70 km2 (7.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 17.27 km2 (6.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[5] | |
• Total | 22,997 |
| • Density | 1,331.3/km2 (3,448/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  9.3% |
| • Dwellings | 8,960 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-15 A-30 A-930 |  R-132 R-134 |
| Website | candiac |
Candiac (French pronunciation:[kɑ̃djak]) is asuburb ofMontreal, in theCanadian province ofQuebec; it is located on theSouth Shore of theSaint Lawrence River oppositeMontreal nearLa Prairie. The population as of theCanada 2021 Census was 22,997.
Candiac was created January 31, 1957, when the government of Quebec accepted the request of a Canadian-European investors group, theCandiac Development Corporation. The investors had collected over $4.5 million and bought 2,500 acres (10 km2) of land from farmers and the neighbouring towns.
In its early days, Candiac was home to 320 people who mostly lived near the St. Lawrence River. Most of the inhabitants were either farmers orMontrealers who owned a second residence in Candiac.
Candiac was named after the birthplace ofLouis-Joseph de Montcalm, who was born in 1712 at Château de Candiac inVestric-et-Candiac, nearNîmes, inFrance. Montcalm died at theBattle of the Plains of Abraham atQuebec City while fighting for theKingdom of France in theAnnus Mirabilis of 1759.
Montcalm's heritage and the first mayor, Jean Leman, family's coat of arms were the inspiration for Candiac'scoat of arms. The colour red symbolizes charity and justice, two very important values. It is also present in the Leman's coat of arms and is said to honour Montcalm's legacy. The silver cross is a typical French-Canadian symbol that reminds citizens of their French heritage. The stars were taken from the Leman's coat of arms and the towers from Montcalm's. The crown symbolizes the Château de Candiac and the maple leaves symbolize Canada.
The floral emblem of Candiac is theCampanula carpatica, better known as White Clips.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Candiac had a population of22,997 living in8,731 of its8,960 total private dwellings, a change of9.3% from its 2016 population of21,047. With a land area of 17.27 km2 (6.67 sq mi), it had a population density of1,331.6/km2 (3,448.9/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
Canada census – Candiac community profile
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| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Candiac, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French | English | French & English | Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 | 22,550 | 15,680 |  3.2% | 69.5% | 2,130 | 6.6% | 9.4% | 560 | 60.0% | 2.5% | 3,685 | 61.6% | 16.3% | |||||
2016 | 21,045 | 16,200 | 2.3% | 77.0% | 2,280 | 19.1% | 10.8% | 350 | 14.8% | 1.7% | 2,280 | 37.8% | 10.8% | |||||
2011 | 19,705 | 15,830 | 21.6% | 80.3% | 1,915 | 12.6% | 9.7% | 305 | 117.9% | 1.6% | 1,655 | 51.8% | 8.4% | |||||
2006 | 15,945 | 13,015 | 28.9% | 81.6% | 1,700 | 8.6% | 10.7% | 140 | 20.0% | 0.9% | 1,090 | 31.3% | 6.8% | |||||
2001 | 12,670 | 10,100 | 5.6% | 79.7% | 1,565 | 14.7% | 12.4% | 175 | 25.0% | 1.4% | 830 | 27.7% | 6.6% | |||||
1996 | 11,720 | 9,565 | n/a | 81.6% | 1,365 | n/a | 11.7% | 140 | n/a | 1.2% | 650 | n/a | 5.6% | |||||
TheExo Le Richelain sector provides commuter and local bus services.Commuter trains provided by Exo link Candiac toLucien-L'Allier station in downtownMontréal.
The City of Candiac has four (4) main municipal buildings: the Hotel de Ville (city hall), Centre Roméo-V.-Patenaude (renovated in 2005), Centre Frank-Vocino (the old library, now the Ideal Club meeting area), and Centre Claude-Hébert (the new restored library).
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TheSouth Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[9]
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