Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec

Saint-Jean-de-Matha is a municipality located within the Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Lanaudière region.HistoryThe territory was once part of the seigneurial system in the 18th century and was travelled by several coureur des bois for the fur industry as well as workers in the logging industry as it was located nearby rich forest lands of the Laurentians and the Haute Mauricie regions near the Saint-Maurice River.In the 1850s that the Saint-Jean-de-Matha Parish was made a municipality in 1855. While development was at first slow in the 19th century, the population grew rapidly as settlers arrived in Quebec or moved away from the regions closer to the Saint Lawrence River as part of measures to develop new lands across the province.DemographicsPopulationPrivate dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1946 (total dwellings: 2496)LanguageMother tongue: English as first language: 0.8% French as first language: 97.2% English and French as first language: 0.2% Other as first language: 1.7%