If you own a cottage on Lac des Plages or Lac Saint-Émile, you've probably driven through without stopping. Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk started as an English-named township: Suffolk after the county, Addington after a British prime minister. Until 1994 it was officially the United Townships of Suffolk-and-Addington. The 1881 census already listed settlers from France, Belgium, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and Italy.
The woods have always paid the bills here. The town's business list is mostly forestry, excavation and trucking outfits. Summer fills the cottages, fall brings hunters and anglers, and winter is quiet. There's no main street to speak of, so businesses are spread out along Route des Cantons, Route 323 and the concession roads.
What makes Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Thirteen lakes
Thirteen named lakes, including Lac Saint-Émile and Lac des Îles, plus parts of Lac des Plages and Lac Lévesque. A lot of shoreline for 59 km².
Parc Joseph-Roy
A small park on rue du Parc with a fitness trail, snowshoe trail, outdoor rink and tennis, basketball and pickleball courts. The Dome by the town hall hosts everything else.
Torchlight snowshoeing
The town runs a torchlight snowshoe night in winter, a haunted Dome at Halloween and a Christmas event. Small-village stuff, and it shows up every year.
Montagnes Noires
Residents get free access to Parc des Montagnes Noires, the hiking park in neighbouring Ripon.
The Suffolk name
Suffolk and Addington townships merged in 1885. Émile comes from Émile Quesnel, a merchant and land agent who helped settlers find their lots.
A few local businesses in Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
- Camp Ozanam · family camp and cabins · Route 323
A charity that rents simple cabins with a beach, trails and a thrift shop. Their own words: no luxury chalets here. - Le Biloba · cottage rental · montée Trudeau
Year-round CITQ-registered rental with a hot tub, close to lakes for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. - Mécanique JLL · garage · Route des Cantons
Fixes cars, trucks, ATVs and trailers, does welding and machining, and doubles as the local U-Haul dealer. - Remorquage Sébastien Désormeaux Mécanique · towing and repairs · rang des Sources
Listed in the town's business directory for towing and mechanical work. - Agnès Création · video and audio production · Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
A production company based in the village, making cultural and institutional films and audio.
Getting found in Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Most people searching for a business in Saint-Émile don't live there full time. It's the cottager who needs a tow in February, the hunter looking for a cabin in November, the family comparing summer camps in March. They search on their phone, often in English. A lot of local businesses have nothing but a line in the town directory, sometimes pointing to a dead website. A complete Google profile with hours, real photos and the area you cover, plus a simple bilingual page, fixes most of that. We're in Montpellier, same MRC, so we can come by before we write anything.
Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk has a population of 543 (2026), according to the Quebec government's population order.
Petite Nation Numérique is not affiliated with the municipality or the MRC; this information comes from public sources.
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