Déléage is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau is a Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Gracefield. It is named for its location straddling the Gatineau River north of Low. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983.It consists of two cities, fifteen...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Gatineau River

Gatineau River

The Gatineau River is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec...

 opposite Maniwaki

Maniwaki, Quebec

Maniwaki is a town north of Gatineau and located north-west of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The town is situated on the Gatineau River, at the crossroads of Route 105 and Route 107, not far south of Route 117...

. Deleage and Deléage are frequently used alternate spellings.

History

In 1871, the Kensington Township was proclaimed, named after a district of West London

Kensington

Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...

, England. In 1881, the Township Municipality of Kensington was formed. In 1930, it was renamed to Déléage, in honour of Jean-Francois-Regis Déléage (1821-1884), born in Haute-Loire

Haute-Loire

Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 and missionary in the Outaouais from 1853 to 1879, where he founded a dozen parishes. His name has also been used to identify the post office between 1929 and 1967.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 1964
• Population in 2001: 2053
  • 2001 to 2006 population change: -4.3 %
• Population in 1996: 2036
• Population in 1991: 1921

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 823

Languages:

• English as first language: 3 %
• French as first language: 94 %
• English and French as first language: 1 %
• Other as first language: 2 %