Mascouche (/mæsˈkuːʃ/) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183,[5] ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.[6]
Mascouche | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location (red) within Les Moulins RCM | |
  Mascouche Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Les Moulins |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guillaume Tremblay |
| • Federal riding | Montcalm |
| • Prov. riding | Masson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 107.70 km2 (41.58 sq mi) |
| • Land | 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 51,183 |
| • Density | 478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  9.6% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-25 |  R-125 |
| Website | mascouche |
The name comes from Algonquin word maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.
History
editMascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)[7] received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.
On June 21, 2021, the city was struck by an EF2 tornado, killing one person.
Infrastructure
editMontréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, was three kilometres southeast of the city. It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).
Autoroutes 640 and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the centre of the city.
Mascouche is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Mascouche station of the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche line.
L'Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city centre on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as Mount Royal Park in Montreal.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 25,828 | — |
| 1996 | 28,097 | 8.8% |
| 2001 | 29,556 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 33,764 | 14.2% |
| 2011 | 42,491 | 25.8% |
| 2016 | 46,692 | 9.9% |
| 2021 | 51,183 | 9.6% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mascouche had a population of 51,183 living in 19,981 of its 20,290 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 46,692. With a land area of 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 478.8/km2 (1,240.2/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 51,183 ( 9.6% from 2016) | 42,491 ( 25.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi) | 106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi) |
| Population density | 478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi) | 398.4/km2 (1,032/sq mi) |
| Median age | 40.4 (M: 39.6, F: 41.2) | 36.5 (M: 36.2, F: 36.9) |
| Private dwellings | 20,290 (total) 19,981 (occupied) | 16,290 (total) |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $70,673 |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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46 375
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42 740 |  7.03%
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92.10% | 1 150 | 12.17%
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2.47% | 355 | 120.0%
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0.76% | 1 840 | 39.39%
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3.96% | |||||
2011
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42,185
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39,580 | 25.8%
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93.82% | 1,010 | 5.2%
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2.39% | 275 | 29.09%
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0.65% | 1,320 | 26.3%
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3.13% | |||||
2006
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33,600
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31,470 | 13.4%
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93.66% | 960 | 17.1%
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2.86% | 125 |  40.5%
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0.37% | 1,045 | 111.1%
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3.11% | |||||
2001
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29,285
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27,760 | 5.0%
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94.79% | 820 | 9.4%
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2.80% | 210 | 82.6%
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0.72% | 495 | 3.1%
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1.69% | |||||
1996
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27,930
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26,430 | n/a | 94.63% | 905 | n/a | 3.24% | 115 | n/a | 0.41% | 480 | n/a | 1.72% | |||||
Mayors
edit- André Duval (1955–1965)
- Gilles Forest (1965–1983)
- Bernard Patenaude (1983–1992)
- Richard Marcotte (1992–2012)
- Denise Paquette (2012–2013)
- Guillaume Tremblay (2013–present)
Education
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2017) |
The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools. They include:
Primary schools:
- L'école Aux 4 Vents
- L'école De la Source
- L'école La Mennais
- L'école des Hauts-Bois
- L'école Soleil-Levant
- L'école Le Rucher
- L'école de La Seigneurie
Secondary schools :
One professional school, École L'Impact.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
- Pinewood Elementary School in Mascouche serves the western portion[14]
- Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny serves the eastern portion[15]
- Rosemere High School (all areas) in Rosemere[16]
Famous residents
editMascouche is the hometown of baseball player Éric Gagné.
It is also Émilie Mondor's hometown, a Canadian Olympic athlete, who was a two-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 39528". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
- ^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
- ^ Gagnon, Sylvie; Tétreault, François; Coutu, Jean-Claude; Martel, Claude; Société d'histoire de Mascouche (2019). Le Domaine seigneurial de Mascouche (in French) (1st ed.). Mascouche, Québec: Société de développement et d'animation de Mascouche (SODAM). ISBN 978-2-9809653-3-3. OCLC 1126650457.
- ^ "Mascouche « Histoire du Québec". March 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2021, 2021 census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ "PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ^ "FRANKLIN HILL ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Rosemere High School Zone." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.