| Saint-Gabriel | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Motto: | Mirabile visu ("Nice to look at") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.3°N -96°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1825 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 17, 1892 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gaétan Gravel |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.81 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2803 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 998.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1502 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Gabriel (pronounced as /fr/) is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. It is located on the shores of Lake Maskinongé, in the shadows of the Laurentian Mountains.
The first settlers were Loyalists, Irish, and Scottish, arriving around 1825 to the shores of Lake Maskinongé, where they formed a community that was known as Lake Maskinongé Settlement by 1827, and later as the Mission of Lac-Maskinongé. In 1837, the name Saint-Gabriel-du-Lac-Maskinongé came in use but was changed to Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1840. This name refers to the angel Gabriel and the geographic township of Brandon that was proclaimed in 1827 and in which it is located.[2]
In 1851, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon was founded and the post office opened that same year. In 1855, the Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Parish Municipality was established [2] and the town of Saint-Gabriel remained part of this parish municipality until 1892, when it separated and became the Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. In 1967, it changed its status and name to Ville de Saint-Gabriel by then Mayor Yvan Comeau.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Gabriel had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.81km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
Mother tongue:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: