Mirabel is a suburb of

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, located on the North Shore in southern

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. Mirabel is also the name of a

territory equivalent to a regional county municipality An equivalent territory (french: territoire équivalent), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (french: territoires équivalents à une MRC), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la ...

(TE) and

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(CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74. Prior to 2002, Mirabel was not only a city but also comprised the

Mirabel Regional County Municipality Mirabel was a former regional county municipality whose territory coincided with the city of Mirabel, Quebec. It was established in 1985, whereas the city itself had been constituted in 1971. It ceased to exist by January 1, 2002, in the mids ...

. The city is home to

Montréal–Mirabel International Airport Montréal–Mirabel International Airport , originally called Montréal International Airport, widely known as Mirabel and branded as YMX International Aerocity of Mirabel (''YMX Aérocité internationale de Mirabel''), is a cargo and former i ...

History

Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were (with their individual founding dates in brackets): Saint-Augustin (1855); Saint-Benoît (1855); Saint-Hermas (1855); Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville (1855); Sainte-Scholastique (1855); Saint-Canut (1857); Sainte-Monique (1872), and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix (1959). Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique but renamed Mirabel in 1973, the city was planned to become a vast transportation and industrial hub for

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, with Montréal–Mirabel International Airport at its centre. The airport, which opened in 1975, never became a major aviation hub and the industrial parks never materialized, and in 2004, the airport closed to all passenger traffic. In 2000, about of Mirabel's territory was annexed by

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincial ...

Communities

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Mirabel 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.

Climate

Economy

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produces

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and CRJ1000)

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liners and

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(formerly Bombardier CSeries) at the

. Bell Helicopters (

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) also has its major manufacturing and final assembly plant at the airport.

HydroSerre Mirabel Hydroserre Mirabel is a Canadian company which grows hydroponic produce. The company was founded in 1987 with the construction of its first 30,000 sq. m. (300,000 sq. ft) greenhouse, following an R&D project conducted from 1980 to 1986. After ...

has its headquarters in the town.

Education

Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles

The

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(CSSMI), which operates Francophone public schools, serves the following parts of Mirabel: Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique and a portion of Domaine-Vert. * École primaire de la Clé-des-Champs * École primaire des Blés-Dorés * École primaire Girouard * École primaire Prés fleuris * École primaire Sainte-Scholastique Other elementary schools serving sections of CCSMI Mirabel: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Blainville and Terre-Soleil in Sainte-Thérèse. Secondary schools serving sections of CSSMI Mirabel: d'Oka in

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, des Patriotes in Saint-Eustache, Henri-Dunant in Blainville, Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in

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, and Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse in Sainte-Thérèse.

Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools in other parts of Mirabel. They include: *Secondary schools: **

École secondaire de Mirabel École secondaire de Mirabel (ESM) is a public Francophone secondary school in Mirabel, Quebec Mirabel is a suburb of Montreal, located on the North Shore in southern Quebec. Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

(ESM) **Other secondary schools serving CSRDN sections include Polyvalente Lavigne in

and Cap-Jeunesse, Émilien-Frenette, Polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, and Saint-Stanlislas in

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*Primary schools: **du Parchemin **à l'Unisson **aux Quatre-Vents **de la Croisée-des-Champs **Mer-et-Monde **Saint-Anne **Saint-Hermas **Other primary schools serving CSRDN Mirabel include Dubois, de l'Horizon-Soleil, Prévost, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus in Saint-Jérôme and Jean-Moreau in

Sainte-Sophie Sainte-Sophie is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. History The new Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was created on May 2, 2000, when the old Municipality of S ...

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools in the area around Mirabel. Secondary schools serving portions of Mirabel include: * Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves southern MirabelOverview
" Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. *

Laurentian Regional High School Laurentian Regional High School (french: École secondaire Laurentian Regional) is an English secondary school in Lachute in the region of Laurentides, Québec, Canada. It contains classes for grades seven through eleven, and is run by the Sir Wilf ...

serves northern Mirabel *

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 ...

in Rosemère serves southeast Mirabel Primary schools serving portions of Mirabel include: * Laurentia Elementary School in

serves northern Mirabel * Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School in Deux-Montagnes serve southern Mirabel * Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary School in Blainville serves southeast MirabelPIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU ELEMENTARY ZONE
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.

Sister cities

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(France)

References

External links

Ville de Mirabel Website (French only)
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Territories equivalent to a regional county municipality