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Gracefield, Quebec

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67: 382: 391: 1172: 42: 1088: 1105: 1080: 273: 1063: 447:, became the first settler in Gracefield. Settlers built the first church in 1841 which also served as school during the week. In 1845, Gracefield counted 20 families forming a small village core. New families settled on the banks of the Gatineau River, in what would become Northfield, which was at that time the periphery of the village in the canton of Wright. 51: 74: 358: 454:
The great flood of 1974 is an event remembered by the local population. On May 14, 1974, the waters of the Gatineau river and lakes linked to the River overflowed. The water rose at a rate of three to six inches an hour. Many residences in the Gracefield area were flooded and approximately 50% of the
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Since the beginning of colonization, the population of these three municipalities lived in close relation, always sharing multiple services and infrastructure. Therefore, it was logical to reorganize them into one municipality in 2002, called Wright-Gracefield-Northfield and renamed to Gracefield on
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was declared after several buildings were damaged, including the church, some of the city's administration buildings and the Vimy Hotel.
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mines in the late 19th century to early 20th century but they have now all closed. There has been some interest in mining
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since discovering an important quantity in Wright around the Calument Road area corner of the 105 provincial Road.
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Its name comes from Patrick Grace who opened there the first business and was mayor of Wright from 1885 to 1890.
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The Canadian Pacific Maniwaki subdivision linked Gracefield with Wakefield, but it was abandoned in 1986.
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village had to be evacuated. Although no one was injured, damages reached many millions of dollars.
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total private dwellings, a change of -3.5% from its 2016 population of
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List of former mayors since formation of current city:
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La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality
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July 18, 2021. 685:Populations prior to amalgamation: 1343:Regional County Municipalities in 761:Réal Rochon (2005–2013, 2017–2021) 73: 14: 804:Commission de toponymie du Québec 500:, Gracefield had a population of 1417:Incorporated places in Outaouais 1170: 1103: 1086: 1078: 1061: 427:Gracefield is located along the 356: 272: 271: 72: 65: 49: 40: 739:French as first language: 86.8% 736:English as first language: 9.6% 613:Historical census populations – 607:References: 2021 2016 earlier 1: 1273:Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau 1104: 1062: 745:Other as first language: 1.3% 1087: 1079: 821:Répertoire des municipalités 767:Mathieu Caron (2021–present) 1422:Designated places in Quebec 1356:Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais 1438: 1412:Cities and towns in Quebec 460:a magnitude 5.0 earthquake 86:Location in western Quebec 1338: 1035: 972:"2001 Community Profiles" 952:"2006 Community Profiles" 925:"2016 Community Profiles" 898:"2021 Community Profiles" 764:Joanne Poulin (2013–2017) 679:Source: Statistics Canada 678: 641:—     594: 583: 572: 561: 550: 539: 532: 527: 494:2021 Census of Population 445:Saint-Martin on Île Jésus 94: 60: 48: 39: 30: 1351:La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau 823:: Geographic code 83032" 170:La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau 1303:Unorganized territories 595:Median household income 579:52.4 (M: 52.6, F: 52.1) 576:54.8 (M: 55.2, F: 54.0) 543:2,376 (-3.5% from 2016) 1176: Subdivisions of 1053:Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain 732:Mother tongue (2021): 568:6.4/km (17/sq mi) 565:6.2/km (16/sq mi) 546:2,462 (4.5% from 2011) 395: 281: • Dwellings 265: • Pop  260:6.2/km (16/sq mi) 18:City in Quebec, Canada 758:Yves Côté (2002–2005) 689:Populations in 2001: 393: 307: • Summer ( 977:2001 Canadian census 957:2006 Canadian census 930:2016 Canadian census 903:2021 Canadian census 717:Population in 1991: 703:Population in 1996: 590:2,069 (total)  473:Gracefield had many 257: • Density 1373:Independent Cities: 850:www12.statcan.gc.ca 827:www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca 616: 110: /  1095:Notre-Dame-du-Laus 878:. 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City

Location within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM
Gracefield is located in Western Quebec
46°06′N 76°03′W / 46.100°N 76.050°W / 46.100; -76.050
Canada
Province
Quebec
Region
Outaouais
RCM
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Federal riding
Pontiac
Prov. riding
Gatineau
Time zone
UTC−5
EST
DST
UTC−4
EDT
Postal code(s)
J0X 1W0
Area code
819
R-105
www.gracefield.ca
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