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For the community of Wendake Beach, see [Tiny, Ontario](/source/Tiny%2C_Ontario).

Urban Indian reserve in Quebec, Canada

Wendake Urban Indian reserve The Place de la Nation Huronne-Wendat in Wendake Location of Wendake within the Quebec equivalent territory Wendake Location in central Quebec Coordinates: 46°51′24″N 71°21′12″W / 46.85667°N 71.35333°W / 46.85667; -71.35333 (Wendake 7)[1] Country Canada Province Quebec Equivalent territory Quebec First Nation Huron-Wendat Government • Grand Chief Rémy Vincent Area • Total 2.26 km2 (0.87 sq mi) Population (2021) • Total 2,200 Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST) • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT) Postal code G0A 4V0 Area codes 418 and 581 Website wendake.ca

**Wendake** (French pronunciation: [\[wɛndake\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-DenisdeShawi-Wendake.wav)) is the current name for two [urban reserves](/source/Urban_Indian_reserve), **Wendake 7**[2] ([46°51′24″N 71°21′12″W / 46.85667°N 71.35333°W / 46.85667; -71.35333 (Wendake 7)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wendake&params=46_51_24_N_71_21_12_W_type:city_region:CA-QC&title=Wendake+7)[1]) and **Wendake 7A**,[3] ([46°52′13″N 71°21′54″W / 46.87028°N 71.36500°W / 46.87028; -71.36500 (Wendake 7A)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wendake&params=46_52_13_N_71_21_54_W_type:city_region:CA-QC&title=Wendake+7A)[4]) of the [Huron-Wendat Nation](/source/Huron-Wendat_Nation) in the [Canadian province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Quebec](/source/Quebec). They are enclaves entirely surrounded by the [La Haute-Saint-Charles](/source/La_Haute-Saint-Charles%2C_Quebec_City) borough of [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City), within the former city of [Loretteville](/source/Loretteville%2C_Quebec_City). One of the [Seven Nations of Canada](/source/Seven_Nations_of_Canada), the settlement was formerly known as *Village-des-Hurons* ('Huron Village'), and also as *(Jeune)-Lorette* ('New Lorette').

Since the late 20th century, archeologists have found large 16th-century villages of the Wendat (Huron) in the northern [Lake Ontario](/source/Lake_Ontario) region, which is where they believe the people coalesced as a distinct group. Later they migrated south and by the early 17th century had settled in their historical territory of Wendake in the [Georgian Bay](/source/Georgian_Bay) region. The Wyandot Confederation was made up of loosely associated tribes who spoke a mutually intelligible [Iroquoian language](/source/Iroquoian_languages).[5]

## History

Three Huron-Wyandot chiefs from the Huron reservation (Lorette) now called Wendake in Quebec, Canada in 1825. At far left is Michel Tsioui (Teachendale), war chief. Centre is Stanislas Coska (Aharathaha), second chief of the council. At far right is André Romain (Tsouhahissen), first chief of the council.

[Archeologists](/source/Archaeology) have excavated 16th-century settlements north of Lake Ontario at the [Mantle Site](/source/Mantle_Site) (2005), [Aurora Site](/source/Aurora_Site) and [Ratcliff Site](/source/Ratcliff_Site) in [Whitchurch-Stouffville](/source/Whitchurch-Stouffville), Ontario, all attesting to distinctly Wendat (Huron) occupancy. They have concluded the people coalesced in this area as a distinct group. Later they migrated to the [Georgian Bay](/source/Georgian_Bay) area, where they encountered Europeans in the 17th century.

Until the middle of the 17th century, the Wendake ancestors occupied a vast territory [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] straddling part of what is now the United States (from [Detroit](/source/Detroit) to south-eastern [Ontario](/source/Ontario) ([Penetanguishene](/source/Penetanguishene) and [Midland](/source/Midland%2C_Ontario)) and [Quebec](/source/Quebec). They hunted and trapped throughout this territory (mainly in the [Laurentian Mountains](/source/Laurentian_Mountains), between the central section of the [Saint-Maurice](/source/Saint-Maurice_River) and the [Saguenay](/source/Saguenay_River) rivers).

Between 1634 and 1650, the Wyandot Confederation was dismembered; its families, having been gathered into four or five [tribes](/source/Tribe), were dispersed. It is estimated that the Huron population totalled approximately 20,000 to 30,000 people in 1634. By 1650, only a few hundred individuals remained. Most had been decimated by [infectious](/source/Infection) disease [epidemics](/source/Epidemic), to which they had no natural [immunity](/source/Immunity_(medical)); survivors were attacked by wars, especially by the [Iroquois Confederacy](/source/Iroquois), who pushed from the south (present-day New York) trying to control hunting grounds and the [fur trade](/source/Fur_trade).

Part of the Huron population had also been integrated into the Iroquois Confederation. The survivors of this tragic period divided into two groups in Canada: the Great-Lake Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat. The latter were the ancestors of the Huron-Wendat of Wendake. This marked the beginning of a period of exile for the 300 or so Wendat who remained, an era during which they would occupy as many as six different sites in the province of Quebec. They finally settled for good in the village of Lorette in 1697. First established on [Île d'Orléans](/source/%C3%8Ele_d'Orl%C3%A9ans) in 1651, the community moved to Quebec City in 1668. Subsequently, the Wendat temporarily resided in [Beauport](/source/Beauport%2C_Quebec_City), Notre Dame de Foy, [L'Ancienne-Lorette](/source/L'Ancienne-Lorette) and then [New Lorette](/source/Loretteville%2C_Quebec_City) in 1673.

As of the [2016 Canadian census](/source/2016_Canadian_census) the population of the two reserves was 2,135 people and the [Huron-Wendat Nation](/source/Huron-Wendat_Nation) has a total of 4,314 registered members, most of which live off reserve.[6] Wendake 7 occupies an area of 133.4 ha (1.334 km2; 0.515 sq mi)[2] and Wendake 7A 244.6 ha (2.446 km2; 0.944 sq mi)[3] for a total of 378 ha (3.78 km2; 1.46 sq mi).

As of 2021, the Grand Chief is [Rémy Vincent](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C3%A9my_Vincent&action=edit&redlink=1) and previous chiefs include [Konrad Sioui](/source/Konrad_Sioui), who succeeded [Max Gros-Louis](/source/Max_Gros-Louis) in 2008.[6]

The Huron had called their historic homeland [Wendake](/source/Wyandot_people); it was the territory south of [Georgian Bay](/source/Georgian_Bay) in present-day [Simcoe](/source/Simcoe_County) and [Grey County](/source/Grey_County) counties. The region was informally known as "Huronia" or the [Georgian Triangle](/source/Georgian_Triangle). A very large 15th-century Huron-Wendat settlement (the [Mantle Site](/source/Mantle_Site)) has recently been discovered in Whitchurch–Stouffville. Its discovery has added to archeologists and anthropologists believing that the Wendat arose as a people in this area.

Other remnants of the Wendat and [Petun](/source/Petun) peoples formed the Wyandot and migrated south, to present-day Michigan. Later they were forced west of the Mississippi River to [Indian Territory](/source/Indian_Territory) in Kansas and Oklahoma. In the United States, there is one federally recognized Wyandot tribe: the [Wyandotte Nation](/source/Wyandotte_Nation) of Oklahoma. The self-identified [Wyandot Nation of Kansas](/source/Wyandot_Nation_of_Kansas) and [Wyandot Nation of Anderdon](/source/Wyandot_Nation_of_Anderdon) in Michigan are not federally recognized. In August 1999, these nations joined the contemporary Wendat Confederacy, pledging to provide mutual aid to each other in a spirit of peace, kinship, and unity.[7]

		- Entrance sign

		- Old Wendake Historic District [National Historic Site of Canada](/source/National_Historic_Site_of_Canada)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ESKRK_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ESKRK_1-1) ["Wendake 7"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=ESKRK). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WEN7_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WEN7_2-1) Reserve, settlement or village details for [Wendake 7 Reserve](https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=06086&lang=eng) at [Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada](/source/Crown%E2%80%93Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WEN7A_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WEN7A_3-1) Reserve, settlement or village details for [Wendake 7A Reserve](https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=06087&lang=eng) at [Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada](/source/Crown%E2%80%93Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Wendake 7A"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=ESKRL). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Native Peoples"](https://www.wyandotte-nation.org/culture/history/published/native-peoples/). Wyandotte Nation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FNMain_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FNMain_6-1) First Nation details for the [Wendake 7 First Nations](https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=50&lang=eng) at [Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada](/source/Crown%E2%80%93Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Wendat Confederacy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090202101621/http://www.wyandotte-nation.org/wendat_confederacy.html), August 27, 1999, *Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma.* 2008 (retrieved February 2, 2009)

- [Community Profile: Wendake Indian Reserve, Quebec; Statistics Canada](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=wendake&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052423802)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Wendake](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wendake).

- [Official website](https://www.wendake.ca/) (in French)

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