Drummondville, Quebec

Drummondville is a City in central Quebec , located east of Montreal , on the Saint-François River . Drummondville is the seat of Drummond Regional County Municipality . As of 2001, the population was 46,599. The mayor of Drummondville is Francine Ruest-Jutras .

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 :

DEMOGRAPHICS

(according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)

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