Sillery, Quebec City

Sillery, a former independent city founded in 1637, is one of 35 administrative sectors , which are unincorporated places, located in the post expansion jurisdiction of the City of Quebec, Quebec, Canada. 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 of the borough 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. On 22 June 2006, the federal government's Parks Canada included Sillery's historic district on its Canadian Register of Historic Places. In 2013, Quebec City changed the name of the historic district to Sillery Heritage Site , as part of its preparation for the provincial government's transfer of responsibility for the district's management to it. 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.

Sillery was named for Noël Brûlart de Sillery (1577–1640), Knight of Malta. A wealthy and successful French diplomat, he renounced worldly goods and became a Catholic priest. He provided the funds for the establishment in 1637–1638 of a settlement for First Nations converts to Catholicism. The community was established at a cove where the Algonquin gathered for summer to fish for eels. Originally named in honour of Saint Joseph and called Kamiskouaouangachit in the Algonquin language, the settlement became the home of up to 40 Algonquin Christian families who lived there most of the year, excluding the hunting season. The formation of this settlement came as a result of longterm Algonquin interest in agriculture, conversions to Christianity, and pressure from the ongoing Beaver War. The residents included Algonquins from as far away as the Ottawa river valley. Commanding the bluffs just west of the city of Québec, in modern times Sillery was known principally for its quiet tree lined streets, historic churches such as Saint Michel de Sillery Church, views of the river, and several very old schools run by a variety of religious institutes. Its coat of arms consisted of a red shield with a white Maltese cross in the upper right hand corner and a three masted ship in the lower left.

On January 1, 2002, as part of a legislated amalgamation of cities across Quebec, Sillery ceased to exist as an independent municipality. Its territory became a part of the Sainte Foy—Sillery—Cap Rouge Borough of Quebec. Of the former municipalities that now comprise Quebec, Sillery was relatively linguistically diverse. In 2006, % of its population had at least English for mother tongue, and % for languages other than French or English,

Sillery is also known as one of the most affluent area of Quebec City, as residential properties sold on average for in 2017, and where live a number of professors of nearby Laval University. Nonetheless, there is still a pocket of modest and small apartment buildings. According to the statistics agency of Quebec, in 2001 the average income of Sillery households was , and 58% of them earned more than per year (in both case the highest figure in the Capitale Nationale region.) In 2012, the personal average income was , still the highest in the Quebec City region.