Rigaud (Rigaud)
Rigaud is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent region. It is located at the junction of the Ottawa River and the Rigaud River, about 70 km west of downtown Montreal and 130 km east of Ottawa. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 7,854.
Rigaud is located on the traditional territory of the Algonquins, who fled the region before the arrival of the French, due to violent attacks by the Iroquois. Étienne Brûlé was the first European to travel on the Ottawa River,in 1615.
The Seigneury of Rigaud was granted in 1732 to the brothers Pierre and François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, governors in New France, and was sold in 1763 to Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, who in turn gave the seigneury to his son in 1771.
The seigneury saw its first settlers in 1783. At the beginning of the 19th century, the locality developed rapidly as an accommodation relay for loggers, and as a loading point for timber and cereals. In 1802, the Mission of Sainte-Magdeleine-de-Rigaud was founded, which became a parish in 1830. In 1835, the Rigaud Post Office opened. In 1845, the Municipality of Rigaud was formed, but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Magdeleine-de-Rigaud (or Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud).
In the second half of the 19th century, the establishment of several religious institutions and the development of the railways contribute to local development. In 1880, the village itself split off from the rural parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Rigaud. That same year, Pointe-Fortune and Très-Saint-Rédempteur were also created out of territory of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Rigaud was an important regional center and becomes administrative centre of the riding of Vaudreuil. Rigaud changed status to city in March 1911.
On November 29, 1995, the City of Rigaud and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud rejoined to form the new Municipality of Rigaud, which changed status to city again on August 22, 2015.
Rigaud is located on the traditional territory of the Algonquins, who fled the region before the arrival of the French, due to violent attacks by the Iroquois. Étienne Brûlé was the first European to travel on the Ottawa River,in 1615.
The Seigneury of Rigaud was granted in 1732 to the brothers Pierre and François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, governors in New France, and was sold in 1763 to Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, who in turn gave the seigneury to his son in 1771.
The seigneury saw its first settlers in 1783. At the beginning of the 19th century, the locality developed rapidly as an accommodation relay for loggers, and as a loading point for timber and cereals. In 1802, the Mission of Sainte-Magdeleine-de-Rigaud was founded, which became a parish in 1830. In 1835, the Rigaud Post Office opened. In 1845, the Municipality of Rigaud was formed, but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Magdeleine-de-Rigaud (or Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud).
In the second half of the 19th century, the establishment of several religious institutions and the development of the railways contribute to local development. In 1880, the village itself split off from the rural parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Rigaud. That same year, Pointe-Fortune and Très-Saint-Rédempteur were also created out of territory of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Rigaud was an important regional center and becomes administrative centre of the riding of Vaudreuil. Rigaud changed status to city in March 1911.
On November 29, 1995, the City of Rigaud and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud rejoined to form the new Municipality of Rigaud, which changed status to city again on August 22, 2015.
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Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| CAD | Canadian dollar | $ | 2 |
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| EN | English language |
| FR | French language |
| IU | Inuktitut |