Montcalm is a municipality in the

Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality Les Laurentides ''(English: The Laurentians)'' is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Mont-Blanc, Quebec, Mont-Blanc. It is named after the Laurentian Mountains. The population was 50,777 ac ...

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southeast of

Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ...

. The main population centre in Montcalm is the village of

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Demographics

Population trend: * Population in 2011: 619 (2006 to 2011 population change: -5.1%) * Population in 2006: 652 * Population in 2001: 534 * Population in 1996: 449 * Population in 1991: 369 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 308 (total dwellings: 663) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 25% * French as first language: 73.5% * English and French as first language: 1.5% * Other as first language: 0%

Weir

Weir () is an unincorporated village in Montcalm, accessible via

Quebec Route 364 Route 364 is a Quebec provincial highway located in the Laurentides region. It runs from the junction of Autoroute 15 in the village of Saint-Sauveur, one of the major touristic villages in the Laurentides and ends in Amherst at the junction of ...

. It is home to a satellite

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for

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. Weir is named after

William Alexander Weir William Alexander Weir (October 15, 1858 – October 22, 1929) was a Quebec lawyer, politician, and judge. He was the MLA for Argenteuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1897–1910, held several ministries, and helped rewrite ...

(1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.

Education

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 English-language schools: * Arundel Elementary School in

Arundel Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much large ...

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 ...

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 ...

serves almost all of MontcalmLAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE
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References

External links

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Municipalité de MontcalmAtlas of Canada - MontcalmCommission de toponymie du Quebec
{{authority control Incorporated places in Laurentides Municipalities in Quebec