Sillery, Quebec City

Sillery
District (French: quartier)
Saint Michel of Sillery Church and the Saint Lawrence River in the background
Saint-Michel de Sillery Church and the Saint Lawrence River
Brulat coat of arms
Coat of arms
Etymology: Noël Brûlart de Sillery
Motto: 
Latin: Non multa sed multum (Not many things but much)
Map
Sillery, outlined
A map illustrating the location of Sillery within the boundaries of Quebec City.
A map illustrating the location of Sillery within the boundaries of Quebec City.
Sillery
Sillery within Québec City
Coordinates: 46°46′25″N 71°15′40″W / 46.77361110000004°N 71.26111109999994°W / 46.77361110000004; -71.26111109999994 (Sillery)[1][2]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
City Quebec City
Founded1637; 387 years ago (1637)
District of Sainte-Foy–Sillery1 January 2002
District of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge1 November 2009
Founded by
Government
 • BodyConseil de quartier
Area
 • Total755 ha (1,866 acres)
Elevation
[3]
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total13,570
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
DemonymSillerois(e)[4]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal Code FSA
G1S
Area codes418, 581, 367
Website (in French)

Sillery, a former independent city founded in 1637, is one of 35 administrative sectors (French: quartiers), which are unincorporated places, located in the post-expansion jurisdiction of the City of Quebec, Quebec, Canada.[5][6][7] Sillery was one of multiple self-governing municipalities amalgamated into a vastly expanded Quebec City, that went into legal effect on January 1, 2002, as part of the province-wide 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec. Located alongside in what pre-merger was the southwestern border of Quebec City, Sillery is a constituent district (French: quartier) of the borough (French: arrondissement) of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge. The territorially expanded City of Quebec consists of six boroughs.

Four heritage sites are located within Quebec City, one of which is situated in Sillery.[7] The neighbourhood of Sillery contains the Sillery Heritage Site, which was recognized as heritage district by the provincial government on 5 February 1964.[8] On 22 June 2006, the federal government's Parks Canada included Sillery's historic district on its Canadian Register of Historic Places.[9] In 2013, Quebec City changed the name of the historic district to Sillery Heritage Site (French: site patrimonial de Sillery), as part of its preparation for the provincial government's transfer of responsibility for the district's management to it.[8]

The City of Quebec has 27 neighbourhood councils (French: conseils de quartiers) spread across its territorial jurisdiction.[10] Sillery has city representation and citizen participation through le conseil de quartier de Sillery. The council has public meetings, at Sillery's community centre, which on average are scheduled once a month. Sillery elects a total of 10 board members in staggered terms of office holding.[11]

  1. ^ Sillery – ERKFD – Geographic Names. Retrieved 2018-11-04. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "ERKFD, Sillery, Geographic Names, HTML format". geogratis.gc.ca (HTML). Toponymic Feature ID: 0fdc1466849c20c35a6e85f5c35a79c2. Natural Resources Canada. 2016-10-06 [2002 Decision Date, Quebec Commission de Toponymie]. Retrieved 2018-11-04. Status: Official; Feature Type: Unincorporated place; Feature Generic: Administrative Sector; Location: Québec, Québec.
  3. ^ "Sillery". GeoNames.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ^ Gentilé : nom des habitants d'un lieu — Résultat de la recherche (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-11-27. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference portrait2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Miquelon, Dale; Parrott, Zach (2015-05-26). "Sillery". The Canadian Encyclopedia. ISBN 978-0-77102-099-5. OCLC 904169186. OL 8533423W. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  7. ^ a b Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge – Portrait – Géographie – À propos de la ville (in Canadian French). 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-11-03. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b "Site patrimonial de Sillery — Fiche de l'élément — Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec". ministère de la Culture et des Communications (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  9. ^ Arrondissement historique de Sillery. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  10. ^ "Tous les conseils de quartier". Ville.Quebec.qc.ca (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  11. ^ "Conseil de quartier de Sillery". Ville.Quebec.qc.ca (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-04.