Mont-Tremblant () is a
city
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in the
Laurentian Mountains
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of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, approximately northwest of
Montreal
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and northeast of
Ottawa
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, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ski resort, the
Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, which is seven kilometres from the village proper, at the foot of a mountain called Mont Tremblant (derived from local Algonquins who referred to it as the "trembling mountain").
Mont-Tremblant has a race track called
Circuit Mont-Tremblant
Circuit Mont-Tremblant () is a race circuit about south of the village of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village of Saint-Jovite was often included in the name of the circuit, but since the village was amalgamated into Mont-Tr ...
. It has hosted or currently hosts
Formula One
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,
Can-Am
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History
Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two r ...
,
Trans-Am
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, and
Champ Car World Series
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competitions and
Ironman triathlon
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, Quebec.
The surrounding area also features hiking, cycling, canoeing, fishing, golfing, ziplines, tennis, running, go-karting, and a host of other outdoor activities.
Since the summer of 2006, Mont-Tremblant has its own senior amateur
Canadian football
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team, the Mystral, and Junior AA
ice hockey
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team, Les Diables (Devils).
History
![914, rue Beattie, Mont-Tremblant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/914%2C_rue_Beattie%2C_Mont-Tremblant.jpg)
The area was inhabited by
Algonquins
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before European colonization. It was settled in 1872 by parish priest Antoine Labelle, leading to formal establishment of the parish in 1879. A railway line from Montreal was completed to the village of Saint-Jovite in 1892, and extended to Lac Mercier in 1904. Mont-Tremblant developed around the Lac-Mercier station. In 1905 a hydroelectric dam was erected on the banks of the Ruisseau Clair (Clear River) and the Rivière-du-Diable (Devil's River) providing electricity initially for Saint-Jovite. Principal economic activities were agriculture and logging.
Constructed by Joseph Bondurant Ryan, the ski resort Mont-Tremblant Lodge began operation of their first chair lift in 1939. His family sold the resort in 1965 to a consortium of investors.
In 2002 the four municipalities in the area merged, Ville Saint-Jovite, Paroisse de Saint-Jovite, Mont-Tremblant, and Lac-Tremblant-Nord, becoming the amalgamated Ville de Mont-Tremblant. Afterwards the Municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord separated, effective 2006.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Mont-Tremblant 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.
Population:
*Population in 2021: 10992
*Population in 2016: 9646
*Population in 2011: 9494
*Population in 2006: 8892
*Population in 2001: 8317 (adjusted for boundary change)
*Population total in 1996:
**Mont-Tremblant: 977
**Lac-Tremblant-Nord: 4
**Saint-Jovite (ville): 4609
**Saint-Jovite (parish): 1708
*Population in 1991:
**Mont-Tremblant: 707
**Lac-Tremblant-Nord: 0
**Saint-Jovite (ville): 4118
**Saint-Jovite (parish): 1275
Language:
*French as first language: 86.9%
*English as first language: 8%
*Other as first language: 2.8%
Education
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The city has five elementary schools on its territory, one high school, one professional training school, and one public
college
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.
The
Commission scolaire des Laurentides operates French-language schools:
*Elementary schools: Fleur-Soleil, L'Odyssée, La Ribambelle, Tournesol, Trois Saisons.
*High school:
École Polyvalente Curé-Mercure.
The
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
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It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
operates English-language schools:
*
Saint Agathe Academy Sainte Agathe Academy (SAA; french: Académie Sainte Agathe) is a public anglophone primary and secondary school in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. It is operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board.
Persons from the following communities are ...
in
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English). Sai ...
serves students for both elementary and secondary levels.
*Arundel Elementary School in
Arundel
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The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much large ...
also serves students at the elementary level
Professional training school: Centre Le Florès.
CEGEP
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: Centre Collégial de Mont-Tremblant
(also called CEGEP de Saint-Jerome Mont-Tremblant campus).
See also
*
Gray Rocks
*
Mont-Tremblant public transit
Mont-Tremblant public transit (french: Transport en commun de la Ville de Mont-Tremblant (TCMT)) is a small scale public transit system that services the resort town of Mont Tremblant in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately ...
*
Mont Blanc, Quebec
References
External links
*
Ville de Mont-TremblantOfficial SiteMont-Tremblant Local Newspaper - ''Tremblant Express''
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Incorporated places in Laurentides
Cities and towns in Quebec