| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.05°N -99°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1957 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Suzanne Dauphin |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 18.20 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 9273 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 509.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 4396 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is a suburb of Joliette, located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River.
In 1950, the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies was established. The name refers to the prairies or planes of the Saint-Lawrence Lowlands that characterize the landscape. In 1957, the municipality was formed by separating from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie. In 2005, the municipality changed statutes and became the City of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 18.1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
Population trend:[4]
Mother tongue:
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: