Mascouche () is an off-island suburb of

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, in southern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...

, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities. The name comes from Algonquin word meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality 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 Auto ...

, 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 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. ...

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 ...

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 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 : *

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 adjac ...

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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.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec