Saint-Eustache () is an off-island suburb of

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, in western

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, west of Montreal on the north shore of the

Rivière des Mille Îles The Rivière des Mille Îles (, "Thousand Islands River") is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies. It is long. It divides Île Jésus (the city of Laval) from the North Shore, ...

. It is located northwest of Montreal.

History

The city was founded in 1770 and was incorporated in 1835. It has a famous church, Saint-Eustache church, which was built between 1780 and 1783. A significant battle of the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (french: rébellion du Bas-Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots' War () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now south ...

was fought here on December 14, 1837. In the

Battle of Saint-Eustache The Battle of Saint-Eustache was a decisive battle in the Lower Canada Rebellion in which government forces defeated the principal remaining Patriotes camp at Saint-Eustache on December 14, 1837. Prelude After the victory at Saint-Charles, th ...

, the rebels were defeated, and the town was burnt. The church was fully rebuilt after the burning except for the front facade, where canon bullet holes can still be found. In 1979,

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opened a

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manufacturing facility in Saint-Eustache. The factory has produced vehicles under the brands of GM, MCI and, since 1993, has been owned by

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. Saint-Eustache was also home to the Autodrome Saint-Eustache from 1965 to 2019, which hosted various stock-car racing, local

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, and other race competitions.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Saint-Eustache 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: 45,467 (2011 to 2021 population change: 2.9%) * Population in 2011: 44,154 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.9%) * Population in 2006: 42,062 (2001 to 2006 population change: 4.2%) * Population in 2001: 40,378 * Population in 1996: 39,848 * Population in 1991: 37,278 Mother tongue (as of 2016) : * French as first language: 88.56% * Other as first language: 5.96% * English as first language: 3.7% * English and French as first language: 0.96% Mairie de Saint-Eustache 3

Attractions

Major parks in the area: * Parc Mont Saint-Eustache * Parc Chenier * Parc Clair Matin * Parc Boisé des Moissons * Parc Nature Saint-Eustache Attractions include: * Ciné-Parc Saint-Eustache - drive in theatre * Place St-Eustache - mall * Carrefour Grande Cote - mall * Marché aux puces St-Eustache - flea market * Maison de la culture et du patrimoine * Moulin Légaré * Complexe Aquatique Saint-Eustache * Guy-Bélisle Library

Transportation

Quebec Autoroute 640 Autoroute 640 (or A-640) is a Quebec autoroute that runs across the North Shore Region (paralleling the Rivière des Mille-Îles) from Route 344 in the Oka area to Route 138, where it ends as a four-lane expressway in Charlemagne. The road w ...

Quebec Route 344 Route 344 is an east/west highway on the north shore of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge at the junction of Autoroute 50, and its eastern terminus is in L'Assomption at the junction of Route ...

and

Quebec Route 148 Route 148 is an east-west highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from junction of Autoroute 13 and Autoroute 440 in Laval in the Montreal region to the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in western Quebec. For most of its length, Route ...

are the major highways servicing Saint-Eustache.

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operates several bus routes, which connect at

Terminus Saint-Eustache Terminus Saint-Eustache is a bus terminus served by Réseau de transport métropolitain Exo, officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; en, Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montr ...

: * 8 Saint-Eustache - Laval * 80 Saint-Eustache -

Pointe-Calumet Pointe-Calumet is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The municipality is located within the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region. It is situated about 30 minutes northwest of Montreal. Its populati ...

* 88 Saint-Eustache - Sainte-Thérèse * 89 Saint-Eustache - Secteur Dubois * 90 Saint-Eustache - Arthur-Sauvé and Industrial * 91 Saint-Eustache East (Saint-Laurent) * 92 Saint-Eustache Central * 93 Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac - Saint-Eustache There are no train stations near Saint-Eustache, the closest being

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, a commuter rail station along the

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in neighbouring

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. The closest airports are Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to the south and

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to the north.

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 French-language public schools: *

École secondaire des Patriotes 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, Savoi ...

* École Arc-en-ciel * École Clair Matin * École au Coeur-du-Boisé * École Curé-Paquin * École Horizon-Soleil * École Notre-Dame * École Village-des-Jeunes * École des Jardins-des-Patriotes Some residents are zoned to École primaire Girouard in Mirabel and

École secondaire d'Oka École secondaire d'Oka (ESO) is a public Francophone secondary school in Oka, Quebec, operated by the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI). It serves Oka, Kanesatake, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Placide, parts of Mirabel ...

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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 ...

operates English-language schools. Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves the community.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 the community.Saint Jude Elementary School Zone Map
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. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

References

External links

Ville de Saint-Eustache Website (French Only)
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