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According to the 1901 census, 90 percent of the population of Lac Ste Anne was somehow connected to the Métis community—that is, born in the West, and with a Métis surname. There were:

• 33 - L’Hirondelles
• 32 – Letendres
• 45 – Belcours
• 24 - Gladu
• 15 – Courteoreilles
• 14 – Grays
• 12 – Plantes
• 10 – Larocques
• 11 – Callihoos
• 11 - Chalifoux

This would seem to indicate that although the mission in the area was closed, some of the Métis families remained. Its location, on the edge of the woodland, made it ideal for those who still desired to live partly off the fruit of the land.

The family histories included in Dr Anne Anderson’s The First Metis .. A New Nation, show that, over time, the families of Lac Ste Anne, St. Albert and Fort Edmonton intermarried and spread out into the surrounding areas, including Villeneuve, Egg Lake, Lac La Nonne, and Wabumum. As well, the community has strong connections to the Michel band which had a reserve in the area.

The area is best known in recent years for the Lac Ste Anne pilgrimage that occurs every July, drawing First Nations and Métis people from across the land.

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1844 Mission

Modern Population