Drummondville, Quebec
—  Ville  —
Ville de Drummondville
Coat of arms
Location within Drummond Regional County Municipality.
Drummondville, Quebec Location in Quebec, Canada
Coordinates (415, rue Lindsay [1]): 45°52′51″N 72°29′04″W / 45.88083°N 72.48444°W / 45.88083; -72.48444
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Drummond
Established	July 7, 2004
Electoral Districts Federal	Drummond
Provincial	Drummond
Government [1][2][3]
- Type	Drummondville City Council
- Mayor	Francine Ruest-Jutras
- Federal MP(s)	Roger Pomerleau (BQ)
- Quebec MNA(s)	Yves-François Blanchet (PQ)
Area [4][5]
- Land	246.79 km2 (95.3 sq mi)
- Urban	613.93 km2 (237 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population (2006)[4][5]
- Ville	67,392
- Density	273.1/km2 (707.3/sq mi)
- Urban	78,108
- Urban Density	127.2/km2 (329.4/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s)	J2A-J2C, J2E
Area code(s)	819
Access Routes[6] A-20 / TCH A-55	Route 122 Route 139 Route 143
Website	ville.drummondville.qc.ca

Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. Drummondville is the seat of Drummond Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 67,392. The mayor of Drummondville is Francine Ruest-Jutras.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 2.1 Population 2.2 Language 3 Notable Drummondville natives 4 Sports 5 Transportation 5.1 Local transit 5.2 Intercity buses 5.3 Intercity rail 6 Sister cities 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

Drummondville was founded in June 1815 by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Heriot. The purpose of the town was to provide a home for British soldiers in the War of 1812, and to guard the Saint-Francois River against American attack. The town was named after Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada between 1813 and 1816.

The construction of the Hemmings Falls hydro-electric dam in 1920 brought a new wave of industrial growth to the Drummondville area. Several outlying municipalities have been amalgamated into Drummondville since the 1950s:

• 1955: Saint-Joseph de Grantham, Saint-Jean-Baptiste
• 1966: Drummondville-Ouest
• 1982: Drummondville-Sud
• 1993: Grantham
• 2004: Saint-Nicéphore, Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population

Population trend^[7]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	67,392	▲6.9%
Merger	63,029 (+)	▲26.1%
2001	46,599	▲3.8%
1996	44,882	▲4.0%
1991	43,171	N/A

(+) Amalgamation of the Cities of Drummondville, Saint-Nicéphore, the Municipality of Saint-Charles-de-Drummond and the Parish of Saint-Joachim-de-Courval on July 7, 2004.

[edit] Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[4]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	62,710	95.43%
English only	710	1.08%
Both English and French	175	0.27%
Other languages	2,120	3.22%

[edit] Notable Drummondville natives

• Louise Bédard, dancer and choreographer
• Serge Boisvert, professional hockey player
• Carl Bouchard, vocalist, musician
• Alex Bourret, professional hockey player
• Yvan Cournoyer, professional hockey player
• Michel Cusson, musician and composer
• Gilbert Dionne, professional hockey player
• Marcel Dionne, professional hockey player
• Jessica Dubé, olympic ice skater
• Patrick Lalime, professional hockey player
• Yvon Lambert, professional hockey player
• Guillaume Latendresse, professional hockey player
• Bernard Lemaire, businessman
• Daniel Lemire, humourist
• Eric Messier, professional hockey player
• Louis Morissette, humourist
• Lester Patrick, professional hockey player
• Kim Poirier, actress
• Patrick Sénécal, horror writer
• Karine Vanasse, actress
• A Perfect Murder (band), musical group
• Kaïn, musical group

[edit] Sports

Drummondville is home to the QMJHL's Drummondville Voltigeurs. The team plays its home games at Centre Marcel Dionne.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Local transit

Intra-city transit has been assured since 1987 by the Commission de transport de Drummondville, which currently operates city bus services on five routes headquartered at the main bus terminal at Des Forges and Lindsay Streets.

[edit] Intercity buses

Intercity highway coach service is provided by Autobus Drummondville Ltée, a unit of Groupe Bourgeois. Major destinations include the nearby cities of Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Victoriaville, Saint-Hyacinthe, and Thetford Mines.

[edit] Intercity rail

Passenger train service towards Montreal and Quebec City is provided by VIA Rail. Drummondville is part of the high-traffic Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, and trains run at a rate of about five per day in either direction.

[edit] Sister cities

• La Roche-sur-Yon, France
• Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

[edit] See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Municipal history of Quebec
• List of mayors of Drummondville

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ville de Drummondville
• Les Légendes Fantastiques, an outdoor multimedia show based in Drummondville
• Le Village Québécois d'Antan, a historical village exhibition

	Saint-Bonaventure / Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham	Saint-Elphège / Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval	Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
	Saint-Germain-de-Grantham		Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover / Saint-Lucien
		Drummondville
	Wickham	Lefebvre	L'Avenir

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Coordinates: 45°53′N 72°29′W / 45.883°N 72.483°W / 45.883; -72.483