Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec

The municipality of Saint-Hippolyte's original name was Abercrombie. The name was pick to honor James Abercrombie, british commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of Carillon. The municipality changed its name to the current Saint-Hippolyte in 1951. The name was chosen to honor Hippolyte Moreau, titular canon of the Cathedral of Montreal (1854-1880) and vicar general (1873-1880). It was his responsibility to choose the location of the church in the name of Monsignor Ignace Bourget in 1864. The name is a reference to Hippolytus of Rome, one of the most important second-third century Christian theologians.

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2021: 10,669 (2016 to 2021 population change: 17.1%)
• Population in 2016: 9,113
• Population in 2011: 8,083
• Population in 2006: 7,219
• Population in 2001: 6,039
• Population in 1996: 5,672
• Population in 1991: 4,697

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 4,683 (total dwellings: 5,597)

Mother tongue:

• French as first language: 92.5%
• English as first language: 3.6%
• English and French as first language: 1.3%
• Other as first language: 2.4%

Saint-Hippolyte town hall

St Hippolyte has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with long, very cold winters, and short, mild summers.[5] Days with temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) all day are very frequent from November to March, with an average 95.7 days per year. Days with maximum temperatures over 30 °C (86 °F) are not infrequent during summer, with an average of 3.3 days per year. The highest temperature on record in St Hippolyte is 36.1 °C (97.0 °F) set on 1 August 1975 and the lowest is −41.7 °C (−43.1 °F) set on 23 February 1972.[6]

Precipitation is heavy throughout the year. Heavy snow is commonplace throughout the winter, with heavy rain in the summer. The highest daily rainfall on record is 101.1 millimetres (3.98 in) on 1 July 1979 and the record daily snowfall is 50.8 centimetres (20.0 in) on 3 February 1972, with the greatest measured snow depth being 150 centimetres (59 in) on 9 March 2008. On average, 1 centimetre (0.39 in) of snow will be lying on 154.1 days per year, with a significant accumulation of over 20 centimetres (7.9 in) lying on an average of 119.1 days per year. On average, 0.2 millimetres (0.0079 in) of rain falls on 179.0 days per year, with 25 millimetres (0.98 in) falling on 6.7 days. Days of snowfall greater than 5 centimetres (2.0 in) average at 20.3 days per year with days of snowfall greater than 25 centimetres (9.8 in) average 0.79 days per year. In March, the average snow depth is 72 centimetres (28 in).[7]

The average frost-free period is short, averaging only 138 days per year. The last frost, on average, occurs on 15 May and the first frost of the new season occurs on 30 September.[8]

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.[10]

• École primaire des Hauteurs
• The primary school École des Hautbois in Saint-Colomban, Jean-Moreau in Sainte-Sophie and Sacré-Coeur in Saint-Jérôme serve sections
• École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse and École secondaire des Hauts-Sommets in Saint-Jérôme

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:

• Morin Heights Elementary School in Morin-Heights serves a portion of the town[11]
• Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme serves a portion of the town[12]
• Ste-Adèle Elementary School in Saint-Adèle serves a portion of the town[13]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[14]

• Commission de toponymie du Quebec : Saint-Hippolyte
• Statistics Canada

• Media related to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons