| L'Assomption | |
| Official Name: | French: Ville de L'Assomption |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.8111°N -73.4314°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1670s |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 2000 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sébastien Nadeau |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 100.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 98.74 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 23,442 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 237.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016–2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 9,369 |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
L'Assomption (in French pronounced as /lasɔ̃psjɔ̃/) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area.
Most of the economy depends on the agricultural industries of the surrounding plains. It is also the cultural centre of the region.
In 1647, the L'Assomption Seignory was granted to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny, named after the river already named such since the seventeenth century. Between 1640 and 1700, a settlement formed inside a large horseshoe-shaped meander of the L'Assomption River. Amerindians had already been visiting this site since ancient times and called it Outaragasipi meaning winding river, in reference to the river's course. They would drag their canoes across the peninsula as a short-cut for the meander, and therefore the settlement was first called Le Portage.[3]
In 1717, the parish was formed, known thereafter as Saint-Pierre-du-Portage-de-l'Assomption and also as Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-du-Portage. In 1766, the village saw an influx of Acadian settlers. Between 1774 and 1888, L'Assomption was the most prosperous and important town between Montreal and Trois-Rivieres.[3]
In 1845, the L'Assomption Municipality was established, abolished in 1847, but reestablished as a parish municipality in 1855. In 1846, the village itself became a separate Village Municipality and obtained town status in 1888.[3]
In 1992, the town and parish municipality were merged again, and on July 1, 2000, the neighbouring Parish Municipality of Saint-Gérard-Majella was amalgamated with Ville de L'Assomption.[3]
In December 2010, the 1,300-worker Electrolux factory announced that it would close, relocating to Memphis, Tennessee.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Assomption had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 98.74km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue – L'Assomption, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 21,775 | 2.4% | 93.7% | 245 | 19.5% | 1.1% | 165 | 43.5% | 0.7% | 865 | 61.7% | 3.7% | ||||||||
| 21,270 | 11.0% | 95.7% | 205 | 5.1% | 0.9% | 115 | 15.0% | 0.5% | 535 | 50.7% | 2.4% | ||||||||
| 19,165 | 19.0% | 96.7% | 195 | 2.5% | 1.0% | 100 | 185.7% | 0.5% | 355 | 77.5% | 1.8% | ||||||||
| 16,110 | 7.5% | 97.4% | 200 | 8.1% | 1.2% | 35 | 22.2% | 0.2% | 200 | 53.8% | 1.2% | ||||||||
| 14,980 | 37.8% | 97.7% | 185 | 131.2% | 1.2% | 45 | 28.6% | 0.3% | 130 | 160.0% | 0.9% | ||||||||
| 10,870 | n/a | 98.5% | 80 | n/a | 0.7% | 35 | n/a | 0.3% | 50 | n/a | 0.5% | ||||||||
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
The Commission scolaire des Affluents is the main school board in the region. It operates many francophone public schools, both at the elementary and high school levels, including:
The city is also home to the Collège de L'Assomption, a private High School of historical renown,[7] as well as the Cégep Régional de Lanaudière in l'Assomption.