Mascouche () is an
off-island suburb of
Montreal
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, in southern
Quebec
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, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the
Les Moulins Regional County Municipality
Les Moulins is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche ...
and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.
The name comes from
Algonquin
Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:
Languages and peoples
*Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
**Algonquin la ...
word meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to for the
Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
The name comes from Algonquin word ''maskutew'' meaning "bear plain" in plular.
Subdivisions
There are 1 ...
located nearby.
History
Mascouche (Then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche ) 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
Montréal/Mascouche Airport, formerly , was a small, general aviation airport located southeast of Mascouche and approximately northeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was reached by Autoroute 640 at exit 44. The runway was parallel to Autoro ...
, the largest regional airport in Quebec, is three kilometres southeast of the city.
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
Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...
by commuter rail via the
Mascouche station
Mascouche station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada, a suburb north of Montreal, Quebec.
It is the northern terminus of the Mascouche line.
The station is located parallel to Rue de la Gare in Mascouche. It ...
of the
Réseau de transport métropolitain
Exo, officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; en, Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both t ...
's
Mascouche line
Mascouche (also designated exo5, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this reg ...
.
L'Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city centre on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as
Mount Royal Park
Mount Royal (french: link=no, Mont Royal, ) is a large intrusive rock hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The best-known hypothesis for the origin of the name Montreal is the hi ...
in Montreal.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
Mayors
#André Duval (1955–1965)
#Gilles Forest (1965–1983)
#Bernard Patenaude (1983–1992)
#Richard Marcotte (1992–2012)
#Denise Paquette (2012–2013)
#
Guillaume Tremblay
Guillaume Tremblay (born April 14, 1984) is a Canadian politician. Formerly a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2008 to 2012, he is currently serving as the mayor of Mascouche.
Born in Mascouche, Quebec, Tremblay ...
(2013–present)
Education
The
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 :
*
École secondaire Le Prélude
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Sav ...
*
École secondaire Du Coteau
One professional school, École L'Impact.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
operates Anglophone public schools:
* Pinewood Elementary School in Mascouche serves the western portion
* Franklin Hill Elementary School in
Repentigny serves the eastern portion
*
Rosemere High School
Rosemere High School (RHS) of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is a high school located in the town of Rosemère, Québec, Canada. It is housed in a two-story structure with enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
The building is adjacent ...
(all areas) in
Rosemere[Rosemere High School Zone]
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.
Famous residents
Mascouche is the hometown of baseball player
Éric Gagné
Éric Serge Gagné (; born January 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After signing with the Dodgers as a free agent in 1995 ...
.
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
*
Mascouche River
*
Saint Pierre River (Mascouche)
The Saint Pierre River is a tributary of the Mascouche River, flowing in the southwest of Quebec, in Canada. This river crosses administrative regions:
*Laurentides: Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality; municipality of Sainte-An ...
*
Les Moulins Regional County Municipality
Les Moulins is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche ...
*
List of cities in Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipality type of city (''ville'', code=V), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
Note that although the terms "city" and ...
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Quebec