Mascouche Explained

Mascouche
Settlement Type:City
Blank Emblem Size:100x90px
Pushpin Map:Canada Central Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in central Quebec
Coordinates:45.75°N -109°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Lanaudière
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Les Moulins
Established Title:Settled
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:July 1, 1855
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Guillaume Tremblay
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Montcalm
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Masson
Area Footnotes:[1] [2]
Area Total Km2:107.70
Area Land Km2:106.89
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:51183
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:478.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016–2021
Population Blank1: 9.6%
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:J7K, J7L
Area Code:450 and 579
Blank Name:Highways
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Mascouche 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,[4] ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.[5]

The name comes from Algonquin word Algonquian languages: maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to Algonquian languages: maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.

History

Mascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)[6] 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

Montréal/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 It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).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

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mascouche had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 106.89km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
42 740 7.03%92.10%1 150 12.17%2.47%355 120.0%0.76%1 840 39.39%3.96%
39,580 25.8%93.82%1,010 5.2%2.39%275 29.09%0.65%1,320 26.3%3.13%
31,470 13.4%93.66%960 17.1%2.86%125 40.5%0.37%1,045 111.1%3.11%
27,760 5.0%94.79%820 9.4%2.80%210 82.6%0.72%495 3.1%1.69%
26,430 n/a94.63%905n/a3.24%115n/a0.41%480n/a1.72%

Mayors

  1. André Duval (1955–1965)
  2. Gilles Forest (1965–1983)
  3. Bernard Patenaude (1983–1992)
  4. Richard Marcotte (1992–2012)
  5. Denise Paquette (2012–2013)
  6. Guillaume Tremblay (2013–present)

Education

The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools. They include:

Primary schools:

Secondary schools :

One professional school, École L'Impact.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

Famous residents

Mascouche 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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/64015/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
  2. Web site: Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021. February 9, 2022.
  3. Web site: Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021. February 9, 2022.
  4. Web site: Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021. February 9, 2022.
  5. Book: Gagnon. Sylvie . Tétreault . François . Coutu . Jean-Claude . Martel . Claude . Société d'histoire de Mascouche . Le Domaine seigneurial de Mascouche. 978-2-9809653-3-3. 1126650457. 1st . fr . Société de développement et d'animation de Mascouche (SODAM) . Mascouche, Québec. 2019.
  6. Web site: Mascouche « Histoire du Québec. March 29, 2015 .
  7. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  8. "PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
  9. "FRANKLIN HILL ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
  10. "Rosemere High School Zone." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.