Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is an off-island suburb of

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, in the

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, in the

Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality Deux-Montagnes is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river" ...

, 40 km from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the Lake of Two Mountains to the south, and Saint-Eustache to the north. It shares police, firefighters, waterworks, and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes. It was formerly known as a rural town in which most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, but it is increasingly lived in year-round.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 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 trend: * Population in 2021: 19,797 (2016 to 2021 population change: 9.5%) * Population in 2016: 18,074 (2011 to 2016 population change: 15.2%) * Population in 2011: 15,689 (2006 to 2011 population change: 38.7%) * Population in 2006: 11,311 (2001 to 2006 population change: 29.4%) * Population in 2001: 8,742 * Population in 1996: 8,295 * Population in 1991: 7,410 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 4.7% * French as first language: 87.1% * English and French as first language: 1.1% * Other as first language: 6.1%

Education

The

Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) is a former francophone school district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It comprises several primary schools and high schools across municipalities in the Laurentides region. The ...

(CSSMI) operates Francophone schools. This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac, Des-Lucioles, and des Grands-Vents) and one alternative lower secondary school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse).

École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes Polyvalente Deux-Potages (PDM) is a Francophone secondary school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. It is a part of the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI). With a little over 2,000 students, PDM is one of the largest com ...

has upper secondary education. Some areas are served by École des Mésanges and Emmanuel-Chénard, both also in Deux-Montagnes, and Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (for all secondary levels). Anglophone schools are operated by the

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 ...

, and the community is served by Lake of Two Mountains High School, in

Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...

.Overview
" Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve this community.Saint Jude Elementary School Zone Map
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. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

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* {{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides Greater Montreal