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Saint-Jérôme
Ville de Saint-Jérôme
Downtown Saint-Jérôme
Downtown Saint-Jérôme
Flag of Saint-Jérôme
Coat of arms of Saint-Jérôme
Motto: 
Par notre volonté
Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM.
Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM.
Saint-Jérôme is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°47′N 74°00′W / 45.783°N 74.000°W / 45.783; -74.000[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLaurentides
RCMLa Rivière-du-Nord
Settled1834[2]
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 2002
Government
 • TypeSaint-Jérôme City Council
 • MayorMarc Bourcier
 • Federal ridingRivière-du-Nord
 • Prov. ridingSaint-Jérôme
Area
 • City
92.90 km2 (35.87 sq mi)
 • Land90.18 km2 (34.82 sq mi)
 • Urban
96.97 km2 (37.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • City
80,213
 • Density889.5/km2 (2,304/sq mi)
 • Urban
100,859
 • Urban density1,040.1/km2 (2,694/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 7.9%
 • Dwellings
38,776
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area codes450 and 579
Highways
A-15 (TCH)

R-117
R-158
R-333
Websitewww.vsj.ca

Saint-Jérôme (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒeʁom]) (2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the North Shore sector of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts via the Autoroute des Laurentides.

The town is named after Saint Jerome (ca. 347 – September 30, 420), a church father best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. His translation is known as the Vulgate.

History

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Cathedral of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

The territory where the present city of Saint-Jérôme now stands was granted in 1752 by the marquis de la Jonquière, governor of New France, as the seignory of Augmentation des Mille-Iles (literally "enlargement" of the seignory of Mille-Iles). From the 1760s to the 1840s, the seignory was owned by the Dumont and Lefebvre de Bellefeuille families, living in the town of Saint-Eustache, 25 kilometers (16 mi) to the south. The Dumont and the Lefebvre conceded the farmland to colonists coming mostly from the region lying north of Montreal. The emerging town was then known under the name of Dumontville. The Catholic parish of Saint-Jérôme was constituted on November 15, 1834, and the village was constituted on July 1, 1845, by governor Metcalfe.[5]

François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, a Roman Catholic priest who was the great "colonizer" (promoter of settlement) of the North of Montreal, was in charge of the pastoral administration of Saint-Jérôme in 1868 until his death, in 1891. Eight years after his arrival, he had a railway built linking Saint-Jérôme and Montreal.

Antoine Labelle was the parish priest of Saint-Jérôme for 22 years, from 1868 until his death, at 57 years of age, on January 4, 1891. He was called "the king of North, the apostle of colonization".

The opening of roads and the arrival of a railway became essential with the development of the small communities in the Laurentians. These transportation routes for the movement of goods and people would ensure the establishment of trade and industry.

Labelle promoted the idea of a railway towards the North beginning in 1869. The railway reached Saint-Jérôme in 1876, partly because a railway was seen as a way to meet the needs for firewood and construction materials for urban centres like Montreal and Quebec.

In 2002, Saint-Jérôme was amalgamated with the municipalities of Bellefeuille (2006 census population 15,866), Saint-Antoine (2001 population 11,488) and Lafontaine (2001 population 9,477).

Saint-Jérôme is the seat of the judicial district of Terrebonne.[6]

Geography

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Climate

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Saint-Jérôme has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with warm, rainy summers and cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Saint-Jérôme (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 11.5
(52.7)
12.0
(53.6)
23.9
(75.0)
31.0
(87.8)
34.0
(93.2)
35.6
(96.1)
35.6
(96.1)
35.6
(96.1)
33.0
(91.4)
28.3
(82.9)
22.2
(72.0)
20.0
(68.0)
35.6
(96.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −6.3
(20.7)
−3.7
(25.3)
1.8
(35.2)
10.5
(50.9)
18.2
(64.8)
23.2
(73.8)
25.6
(78.1)
24.5
(76.1)
19.4
(66.9)
11.7
(53.1)
4.4
(39.9)
−2.5
(27.5)
10.6
(51.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.4
(11.5)
−9
(16)
−3.3
(26.1)
−5.3
(22.5)
12.4
(54.3)
17.5
(63.5)
20.1
(68.2)
18.9
(66.0)
14.2
(57.6)
7.1
(44.8)
0.7
(33.3)
−6.9
(19.6)
6.4
(43.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −16.4
(2.5)
−14.2
(6.4)
−8.3
(17.1)
0.0
(32.0)
6.5
(43.7)
11.8
(53.2)
14.5
(58.1)
13.4
(56.1)
8.8
(47.8)
2.5
(36.5)
−3.1
(26.4)
−11.2
(11.8)
0.4
(32.7)
Record low °C (°F) −41.7
(−43.1)
−41.1
(−42.0)
−32.8
(−27.0)
−21.7
(−7.1)
−8.3
(17.1)
−1.7
(28.9)
2.8
(37.0)
0.0
(32.0)
−5.6
(21.9)
−11.7
(10.9)
−26.1
(−15.0)
−40
(−40)
−41.7
(−43.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 73.6
(2.90)
59.4
(2.34)
64.4
(2.54)
91.8
(3.61)
92.8
(3.65)
114.0
(4.49)
97.6
(3.84)
88.3
(3.48)
99.2
(3.91)
97.6
(3.84)
102.8
(4.05)
67.1
(2.64)
1,048.7
(41.29)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 23.8
(0.94)
21.9
(0.86)
31.5
(1.24)
86.9
(3.42)
92.8
(3.65)
114.0
(4.49)
97.6
(3.84)
88.3
(3.48)
99.2
(3.91)
96.3
(3.79)
86.4
(3.40)
25.9
(1.02)
864.7
(34.04)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 49.9
(19.6)
37.5
(14.8)
32.9
(13.0)
4.8
(1.9)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
1.3
(0.5)
16.4
(6.5)
41.2
(16.2)
184.1
(72.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 11.5 8.8 9.6 11.7 12.9 14.1 12.4 11.9 12.7 13.7 13.3 11.1 143.7
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) 2.0 2.6 4.8 10.9 12.8 14.1 12.4 11.9 12.7 13.4 10.7 3.1 111.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) 10.0 6.6 4.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.1 8.3 34.4
Source: Environment Canada[7]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1861705—    
18711,159+5.10%
18812,032+5.78%
18912,868+3.51%
19013,619+2.35%
19113,473−0.41%
19215,491+4.69%
19318,967+5.03%
194111,329+2.37%
195117,685+4.55%
195620,645+3.14%
196124,546+3.52%
196626,511+1.55%
197126,524+0.01%
197625,175−1.04%
198125,119−0.04%
198623,316−1.48%
199123,384+0.06%
199623,916+0.45%
200124,583+0.55%
200663,729+20.99%
201168,456+1.44%
201674,346+1.66%
202180,213+1.53%
Source: Statistics Canada[8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jérôme had a population of 80,213 living in 37,371 of its 38,776 total private dwellings, a change of 7.9% from its 2016 population of 74,346. With a land area of 90.18 km2 (34.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 889.5/km2 (2,303.7/sq mi) in 2021.[9]

Race and ethnicity

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Saint-Jérôme is mostly made up of European descents. As of the 2021 census the racial make up of Saint-Jérôme is:[10]

Religion

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According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Saint-Jérôme included:[11]

Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - St-Jerome, Quebec[8]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
79,065
72,975 Increase 6.18% 92.3% 1,290 Increase 18.35% 1.6% 915 Increase 88.66% 1.2% 3,270 Increase 45.33% 4.1%
2016
74,346
68,725 Increase 6.72% 92.4% 1,090 Increase 8.45% 1.5% 485 Increase 32.87% 0.7% 2,250 Increase 31.57% 3.0%
2011
67,675
64,395 Increase 7.68% 95.2% 1,005 Increase 17.54% 1.6% 365 Increase 15.88% 0.5% 1,710 Increase 7.55% 2.5%
2006
62,560
59,800 Increase 6.06% 95.6% 855 Increase 20.42% 1.4% 315 Decrease 5.9% 0.5% 1,590 Increase 120.8% 2.5%
2001
58,150
56,385 Increase 4.55% 97.0% 710 Decrease 10.69% 1.2% 335 Decrease 9.45% 0.6% 720 Increase 29.72% 1.2%
1996
55,630
53,930 n/a 97.2% 795 n/a 1.4% 370 n/a 0.7% 555 n/a 1.0%

The 2021 census found that 92.3% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue.

The next most common languages were English (1.6%) and Spanish (1.4%).[12]

Mother Tongue Population Percentage
French 72,975 92.3%
English 1,290 1.6%
English and French 915 1.2%
French and a non-official language 440 0.6%
English, French and a non-official language 90 0.1%
English and a non-official language 70 0.1%
Spanish 1,095 1.4%
Arabic 535 0.7%
Italian 130 0.2%
Haitian Creole 115 0.1%
Portuguese 105 0.1%
Russian 100 0.1%
Albanian 95 0.1%
Romanian 90 0.1%
Nepali 85 0.1%
Mandarin 55 0.1%
Kabyle 45 0.1%
Greek 40 0.1%
Swahili 40 0.1%

Economy

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Industry

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Uniroyal plant, built 1911–1930

Uniroyal, Dominion Rubber

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  • In 1911, the first rubber industry in Saint-Jérôme, shoe production
  • In 1926, the industry is renamed Dominion Rubber.
  • In the 1950s, 37,000 shoes were produced for all over the world.
  • In 1966, the company is renamed UNIROYAL LTD.
  • In 1968, the company changed its production for automobile parts, crashpad.
  • In 1981, the company was sold to many cities like Woodbridge and Waterville.
  • In 1994 the building was demolished.

Attractions

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Priest Labelle statue.

Sports

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Saint-Jérôme hosted the Quebec Games in winter 1987, which enabled it, among other things, to add bleachers to the physical education and sports recreation centre (CREPS) at École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, now the city's largest sports centre. In April 2007 and 2014, Saint-Jérôme hosted the Fred Page Cup championship, the junior hockey final for Eastern Canada, which brings together the champions of the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario, in addition to the host team. Since 2017, it has hosted the P'tit Train du Nord Marathon. Saint-Jérôme once had a semi-professional hockey team for a few seasons. The team was called the Pétroliers du Nord and was very popular with fans of high-calibre hockey, as well as rough play and fights. The city of Saint-Jérôme did not want to keep this team in its Rivière du Nord arena, so they moved to Laval. Now there is also a junior AAA hockey team, the Panthères de Saint-Jérôme. This team is often one of the powerhouses of the league and therefore attracts many spectators.[15]

The Saint-Jérôme Panthers are a junior AAA hockey team that was founded in 1990–1991, when the Laval-Laurentides region hosted this franchise. Since then, the Panthers first played in Saint-Antoine before moving to the Melançon Arena and finally, in 2016, settling at the Rivière-du-Nord Arena, where they play today. Since December 2018, the Rivière-du-Nord Arena has been home to the Pétroliers du Nord team of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). However, the team moved to the Colisée de Laval for the 2019–2020 season[16].

Built in 1952, the Melançon Arena has hosted a variety of events over the years, including wrestling and boxing galas, circus performances, motocross and skating competitions, as well as the exploits of the Saint-Jérôme Alouettes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Older residents will also remember the visits of the Quebec Remparts, with figures such as Guy Lafleur, Jacques Richard and André Savard, as well as the Quebec Games held in 1987. Mayor Marc Bourcier expressed his sadness at the closure, noting that, for reasons of safety and suitability for current and future needs, the municipality had no choice but to permanently close the building. Although the City of Saint-Jérôme secured the building's structure in 2022 to allow activities to continue temporarily, major repairs are still needed to bring the building up to standard, including repairs to the roof, which was severely damaged during a period of high winds in May 2022. The estimated cost of $10.5 million to maintain the integrity of the building, not including high operating costs, prompted the municipality to consider closure as the best option. According to Mr. Bourcier, a complete renovation to give the arena a new lease on life would require an investment of over $45 million. The City emphasised its duty to respect taxpayers' ability to pay and decided that closing the building was the most sensible decision at this time. The mayor pointed out that although the Melançon Arena had reached the end of its useful life, it had proudly served the people of Saint-Jérôme for 70 years[17].

The sports teams at Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, known as the Cheminots, are among the elite of college sports in Quebec. In particular, the AA women's hockey team dominated the league, winning the championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, before losing by one point to Dawson College in 2007. During this period, the team also won the Polar Bear Tournament, an international tournament held in Connecticut, United States, twice.

The Multisports Park is located at the end of Fillion Street and Ouimet Street, across from the Rivière-du-Nord Arena and near the École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme. In 2013, the first synthetic soccer and football fields were inaugurated.

Located at the end of Fillion Street, across from Multispors Park, the Rivière-du-Nord Arena was funded by the cities of Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, and Prévost. Inaugurated on 27 February 2016, it has hosted the St-Jérôme Panthers hockey team since autumn 2016, as well as the Saint-Jérôme Lions, the municipality's junior team. The arena is managed by the Régie intermunicipale de l'aréna Rivière-du-Nord, which brings together the cities of Prévost, Sainte-Sophie and Saint-Jérôme.

Government

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The city council (in French: Conseil municipal de Saint-Jérôme) is the governing body of the city. The council consists of the mayor and 12 councillors:

  • Marc Bourcier, mayor[18]
  • Ronald Raymond, District 1 councillor[18]
  • Stéphane Joyal, District 2 councillor[18]
  • Jacques Bouchard, District 3 councillor[18]
  • Dominic Boyer, District 4 councillor[18]
  • Carla Pierre-Paul, District 5 councillor[18]
  • Jean Désormeaux Jr., District 6 councillor[18]
  • Michel Gagnon, District 7 councillor[18]
  • Marc-Antoine Lachance, District 8 councillor[18]
  • André Marion, District 9 councillor[18]
  • Mario Fauteux, District 10 councillor[18]
  • Martin Pigeon, District 11 councillor[18]
  • Nathalie Lasalle, District 12 councillor[18]

Infrastructure

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Transportation

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Road

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Saint-Jérôme is served by Québec Autoroute 15, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, and Québec Route 117. In addition, Québec Routes 158 and 333 pass through the city.

Public transportation

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Train
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Saint-Jérôme is served by the Saint-Jérôme intermodal commuter rail station by Exo, the Greater Montreal Region's public transit system's Saint-Jérôme line (Line 12). Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station in January 2007, with four trains in each direction each business day.[19]

Since upgrades to the line were made in 2013, which included work to double the track between Sainte-Rose station and Saint-Martin Junction and install Automatic Train Control (ATC) between Parc station and the end of the line in Saint-Jérôme, all trains now serve the station. There are 13 departures towards Montreal during the week, and six departures on the weekends and holidays.[20]

Bus
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The station is also served by bus routes operated by Exo, the neighbouring transit agency Transport MRC de Joliette, as well as three private intercity bus companies.

Trails

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Saint-Jérôme is an important stop on the north-south trunk of the "route verte" cycling path which makes it possible for nature lovers who are also pedaling enthusiasts to make short trips or excursions lasting several days from as far south as Blainville on the outskirts of Montreal and as far north as Mont-Tremblant without ever sharing the road with a motorized vehicle. North of Saint-Jérôme, the trail is known as the "P'tit Train du Nord" linear park (rail trail)[21] and is also used as a cross-country ski trail in winter.

Health

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Saint-Jérôme Hospital, Health Centre (Quebec, Canada)

Institutional health care

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The Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Saint-Jérôme (Health and Social Services Centre of Saint-Jérôme or CSSS) is the non-profit body that operates three different types of a health care institution in the city: an acute-care hospital (the Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme), the CLSC and long-term care facilities. By its regional vocation, it serves the entire Laurentides region. The history of the CSSS of Saint-Jérôme begins with the construction of the hospital in 1949 and its opening the following year.

In April 2007, the CSSS obtained accreditation from Accreditation Canada. This distinction confirms adequate standards of care and patient safety.[citation needed]

Education

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Saint-Jérôme is home to the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, one of the Colleges of General and Vocational Education located in the province. It is also home to a new Saint-Jérôme branch campus of the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. Secondary schools in the community operated by this school district include:

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:

Sister cities

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Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 151354". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Histoire de Saint-Jérôme". Ville.saint-jerome.qc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  3. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 75017". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  4. ^ "Profil du recensement, Recensement de 2021, Statistique Canada - Erreur de validation".
  5. ^ Auclair, Elie-J., Saint-Jérôme de Terrebonne, Imprimerie J.H.A. Labelle, 1934, pages 13-35.
  6. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  7. ^ "Saint-Jérôme". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  9. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  10. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Jérôme, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  11. ^ "Saint-Jérôme (Code 2475017) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  12. ^ "Saint-Jérôme, V". Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2021 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  13. ^ "MAC LAU | Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides". www.maclau.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  14. ^ "Programmation des activités et formulaires d'inscription - À propos de la Ville - Ville". www.vsj.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  15. ^ https://www.pantheres.com/fr/index.html
  16. ^ https://courrierlaval.com/petroliers-retour-de-la-lnah-a-laval/
  17. ^ https://www.vsj.ca/actualites/une-page-dhistoire-se-tourne-a-saint-jerome-larena-melancon-fermera-ses-portes-en-juin-prochain/
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Membres du conseil municipal". 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  19. ^ "La Presse, 28 novembre 2006 "Saint-Jérôme aura son train de banlieue" par Jean-Paul Charbonneau". Cyberpresse.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  20. ^ "Schedules Saint-Jérôme (RTM)" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  21. ^ "Government of Quebec – Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
  22. ^ "LAURENTIA ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
  23. ^ "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Auclair, Elie-J., Saint-Jérôme de Terrebonne , Imprimerie J.H.A. Labelle, 1934, pages 13–35.
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