McMasterville is a

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in southwestern

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on the

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La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality La Vallée-du-Richelieu (, ''The Valley of the Richelieu'') is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is McMasterville. It surrounds the Richelieu River as the river flows north from ...

. The population as of the

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was 5,936. It is within the Administrative Region of

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. ...

History

The town was founded in 1917 to house workers of the Canadian Explosives Limited which operated until 1998. The town is named after the first chairman of that company,

William McMaster William McMaster (24 December 1811 – 22 September 1887) was a Canadian wholesaler, senator and banker in the 19th century. A director of the Bank of Montreal from 1864 to 1867, he was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian B ...

Geography

McMasterville is located along the Richelieu river, on the shore facing Mont St-Hilaire and Otterburn Park.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:

Language

Mother tongue language (2021)

Economy

In September 2023 the Swedish upstart Northvolt formally announced plans to build a 60 GWh/year battery cell factory on the grounds of the former CIL factory around which McMasterville was once founded. The factory was expected to start producing cells in 2026 and to employ a staff of 3000. The factory would be heavily subsidised by Canada, Quebec and Ottawa.

Infrastructure

Since 2000, McMasterville is served by the

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station on the

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire line Mont-Saint-Hilaire (also designated line 13) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo (public transit), Exo, the operator of public transport services across this region. The Mont-Saint-Hilaire line was ope ...

. Local bus service is provided by the RTM.

Education

The town is host to the École d'éducation internationale which offers secondary level education where students can follow the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme as defined by the IBO. A primary school, École la Farandole, is also present. The

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previously served the city.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
(St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from

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on November 23, 2014.

References

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