Saint-François, Laval

Saint-François (before Saint-François-de-Sales) is the second largest district of Laval after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers.

This district is mainly made up of agricultural fields. Located at the extreme East of Jesus island (Laval), it is delimited :

• North-West by the Milles-Iles river;
• South-East by the Prairies river;
• West by the districts of Auteuil
• South by the district of Duvernay.

A residential agglomeration is formed in the south-east of the district. A small conflict takes place between certain people for the construction of a bridge that would be link with Montreal, but the ecologists don't want it because that would destroy a wet microclimate where rare species in Quebec live.

These are some facts about St. Francois :

• The population in 2001 was 16 225
• 49.60% of the population are men and 50.40% women.
• 90.39% speaks French at home, English 4.07% and other language 5.54%.
• 40.37% are bilingual (French and English).
• 87.28% were born in the province of Quebec.
• 48.86% of immigrants are from Haiti.
• 10.63% of the population is black.
• 86.27% are owner of their house.
• 59.43% of workers who resides in St. Francois don't work in Laval.
• 94.86% are christian