Mirabel () is a suburb of
Montreal
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, located on the
North Shore in southern
Quebec
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.
Mirabel is also the name of a
territory equivalent to a regional county municipality
An equivalent territory (, ), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
Quebec is divided into 87 regional county m ...
(TE) and
census division
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(CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel.
Its geographical code is 74. Prior to 2002, Mirabel was not only a city but also comprised the
Mirabel Regional County Municipality.
The city is home to
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.
History
Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were (with their individual founding dates in brackets): Saint-Augustin (1855); Saint-Benoît (1855); Saint-Hermas (1855); Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville (1855); Sainte-Scholastique (1855); Saint-Canut (1857); Sainte-Monique (1872), and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix (1959). Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique but renamed Mirabel in 1973, the city was planned to become a vast transportation and industrial hub for
Eastern Canada
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, with Montréal–Mirabel International Airport at its centre.
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, which opened in 1975, never became a major aviation hub and the industrial parks never materialized, and in 2004, the airport closed to all scheduled commercial passenger traffic. It continues to operate as a cargo airport and handles a few charter passenger flights.
In 2000, about of Mirabel's territory was annexed by
Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...
.
Geography
Communities
Mirabel St-Benoit QC 1.jpg, St-Benoit
File:Mirabel-St-Monique.JPG, St-Monique
File:Mirabel-St-Scholastique 2.JPG, St-Scholastique
Climate
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Mirabel 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.
In 2021, Mirabel was 91.8% white/European, 6.5% visible minorities and 1.7% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (1.9%), Arab (1.6%), and Latin American (1.0%).
63.9% of residents were
Christian
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, down from 87% in 2011. 56.7% were
Catholic
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, 5.2% were Christian n.o.s, 0.4% were
Protestant
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and 1.6% belonged to other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions. Of non-Catholic denominations, the largest is
Christian Orthodox at 0.7%. 33.6% of residents were non-religious or secular, up from 12.2% in 2011. 2.5% belonged to other religions, up from 0.8% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were
Islam
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(1.9%) and
Buddhism
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(0.4%).
90.8% of residents spoke
French as their mother tongue. The next most common first languages were
English (2.5%),
Spanish (1.0%),
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
(0.9%), and
Portuguese (0.5%). 1.3% of residents listed both French and English as mother tongues, while 0.5% listed both French and a non-official language.
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! ''Population''
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,
French
, 55,450
, 90.8%
, -
,
English
, 1,520
, 2.5%
, -
, ''English and French''
, 780
, 1.3%
, -
, ''French and a non-official language''
, 295
, 0.5%
, -
, ''English and a non-official language''
, 95
, 0.2%
, -
, ''English, French and a non-official language''
, 110
, 0.2%
, -
,
Spanish
, 615
, 1%
, -
,
Arabic
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, 575
, 0.9%
, -
,
Portuguese
, 280
, 0.5%
, -
,
Italian
, 155
, 0.3%
, -
,
Romanian
, 125
, 0.2%
, -
,
Dari
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, 105
, 0.2%
, -
,
Haitian Creole
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, 75
, 0.1%
Economy
Airbus
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produces the
Airbus A220
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The program was launche ...
(formerly Bombardier CSeries) at the
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport. Bell Helicopters (
Bell Textron) also has its major manufacturing and final assembly plant near the airport.
Bombardier Aviation
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produced the
Bombardier CRJ700 series
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(
CRJ700,
CRJ900 and
CRJ1000)
regional jetliners until early 2021 when the last CRJ was produced. The CRJ business was sold to
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...
but is no longer manufactured.
HydroSerre Mirabel has its headquarters in the town.
Education
Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles
The
Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-ÃŽles
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-ÃŽles (CSSMI) is a former francophone school district in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. It comprises several primary schools and high schools across municipalities in the Laurentides reg ...
(CSSMI), which operates Francophone public schools, serves the following parts of Mirabel: Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique and a portion of Domaine-Vert.
* École primaire de la Clé-des-Champs
* École primaire des Blés-Dorés
* École primaire Girouard
* École primaire Prés fleuris
* École primaire Sainte-Scholastique
Other elementary schools serving sections of CCSMI Mirabel: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in
Blainville and Terre-Soleil in
Sainte-Thérèse. Secondary schools serving sections of CSSMI Mirabel:
d'Oka in
Oka,
des Patriotes in
Saint-Eustache,
Henri-Dunant in Blainville,
Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in
Boisbriand, and
Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse in Sainte-Thérèse.
Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord
The
Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools in other parts of Mirabel. They include:
*Secondary schools:
**
École secondaire de Mirabel (ESM)
**Other secondary schools serving CSRDN sections include
Polyvalente Lavigne in
Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...
and
Cap-Jeunesse,
Émilien-Frenette,
Polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, and
Saint-Stanlislas in
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme () ( 2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the North Shore sector of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its reso ...
*Primary schools:
**du Parchemin
**Ã l'Unisson
**aux Quatre-Vents
**de la Croisée-des-Champs
**Mer-et-Monde
**Saint-Anne
**Saint-Hermas
**Other primary schools serving CSRDN Mirabel include Dubois, de l'Horizon-Soleil, Prévost, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus in Saint-Jérôme and Jean-Moreau in
Sainte-Sophie.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...
operates anglophone public schools in the area around Mirabel.
Secondary schools serving portions of Mirabel include:
*
Lake of Two Mountains High School in
Deux-Montagnes serves southern Mirabel
[Overview]
" Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.
*
Laurentian Regional High School in
Lachute
Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...
serves northern Mirabel
*
Rosemère High School in
Rosemère serves southeast Mirabel
Primary schools serving portions of Mirabel include:
* Laurentia Elementary School in
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme () ( 2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the North Shore sector of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its reso ...
serves northern Mirabel
* Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School in Deux-Montagnes serve southern Mirabel
* Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary School in
Blainville serves southeast Mirabel
[PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU ELEMENTARY ZONE]
." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...
. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
Sister cities
*
Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims.
Formerly called Châlons ...
(France)
See also
*
*
Mirabel Aerospace Centre
*
Saint Pierre River (Mirabel)
The Saint-Pierre River is a tributary of the Mascouche River, flowing in the sector of "Saint-Janvier", in the city of Mirabel, Quebec, Mirabel, in the region administrative Laurentides, in the southwest of Quebec at Canada.
This river runs east ...
*
Rivière aux Chiens (rivière des Mille Îles)
References
External links
Ville de Mirabel Website (French only)
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Cities and towns in Quebec
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