About Val-David

Val-David is a village of approximately 5,000 inhabitants located in the Laurentian mountains about 75 kilometres north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Val-David's slogan is "Un monde a part et a partager". In English, this translates roughly as "A world apart for us all to share". The village is famous for its artistic character. Many renowned and amateur artists live and have lived in Val-David, notably the revered Quebecois poet Gaston Miron, the legendary jazz bassist Charlie Biddle, the ceramist Kinya Ishikawa (who hosts the 1,001 Pots - the largest ceramics festival in North America annually), the painter, engraver and sculptor Rene Derouin (who hosts an international site-specific art festival annually), the painter Jean-Philippe "JP" Audra founder of the Creativismo art movement, and Alan Gerber, the fine singer-songwriter, to name a few. Val-David is also a centre for recreational activity as its 2,000-acre Parc Dufresne is the most popular rock-climbing destination in eastern Canada. Additionally, Le Parc Lineaire, a bike trail (and groomed x-country ski trial in winter) of 200km, runs through the town. Val-David is predominantly Quebecois (i.e. French-speaking) but has a sizable minority anglophone population