Browse / Canada / Quebec / Ormstown
Ormstown
Quebecvillage
Ormstown
Total population
3,595
Founded
2000
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Ormstown is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, which is situated on the Châteauguay River in the heart of the Châteauguay Valley. It is approximately one hour southwest of Montreal and 20 minutes north of New York State in the United States. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 3,917.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Settlement of the area began in the early 19th century and by 1820, it was populated by people from Scotland and the north of Ireland. There is uncertainty about the origin of the name Ormstown, possibly a distortion of "Ormiston", a Scottish village. Around 1860 it was also called Durham. In 1808, a sawmill was built, followed by a Presbyterian church in 1829 and an Anglican church in 1832. In 1836, the Ormstown Post Office opened, and in 1846, the Catholic parish was established under the name Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown, in honour of Saint Malachy. In 1845, the Municipality of Ormstown was founded, but dissolved in 1847. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Malachie-d’Ormstown. In 1889, the main town centre split off to form the Village Municipality of Ormstown. In the 1950s, Ormstown became the site of a significant microwave radio relay station, part of the Trans Canada Telephone System. Initially, the system passed through the major cities of Canada via towers located on top of downtown telephone buildings. Subsequently, concerns were expressed that a disaster affecting any of those city cores, such as a war or uprising, would result in an interruption of the continuity of the transcontinental communications system. The solution was to locate a "bypass" microwave site outside each of those cities with links to the east and west, as well as a short link into the city. The Ormstown facility was the bypass point for Montreal, but had further significance as it also included a link to the AT&T Long Lines TD2 microwave system in the United States. In 2000, the village municipality merged with the surrounding parish municipality of St-Malachie d'Ormstown to form the Municipality of Ormstown.
Geography
In addition to the main population centre of Ormstown, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries: *Tatehurst () – a hamlet located in the northern portion along Route 201. The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: * Étang Greig (Greig Pond) () – a pond in the eastern portion. * Rivière aux Outardes (Outardes River) (Mouth ) – tributary of the Châteauguay River. * Rivière aux Outardes Est (East Outardes River) (Mouth ) – tributary of Rivière aux Outardes. * Châteauguay River – flows west to east through the municipality.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Quebec
- Huntingdon9.2 mi away · pop. 2,556
- Pointe-des-Cascades14.2 mi away · pop. 1,340
- Saint-Zotique14.8 mi away
- Terrasse-Vaudreuil18.3 mi away
- Cazaville18.6 mi away
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue19.3 mi away
- Châteauguay20.1 mi away
- Saint-Rémi20.4 mi away
- Saint-Michel22 mi away
- Kirkland23.5 mi away
- Dalhousie25.5 mi away
- Kanesatake25.5 mi away · pop. 2,045
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Ormstown
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 2469037
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,917
- Wikidata
- Q3356519
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012