Mirabel () is a suburb of

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, located on the North Shore in southern

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. Mirabel is also the name of a

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(TE) and

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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

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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

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Geography

Communities

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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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

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, down from 87% in 2011. 56.7% were

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, 5.2% were Christian n.o.s, 0.4% were

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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

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(1.9%) and

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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%),

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(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. '' ! ''Population'' ! ''Percentage'' , - , 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% , - ,

, 575 , 0.9% , - , Portuguese , 280 , 0.5% , - , Italian , 155 , 0.3% , - , Romanian , 125 , 0.2% , - ,

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, 105 , 0.2% , - ,

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, 75 , 0.1%

Economy

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produces the

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(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.

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produced the

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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

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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-Îles The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (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

and Cap-Jeunesse, Émilien-Frenette, Polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, and Saint-Stanlislas in

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*Primary schools: **du Parchemin **à 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

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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 MirabelOverview
" Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. * Laurentian Regional High School in

serves northern Mirabel * Rosemère High School in Rosemère serves southeast Mirabel Primary schools serving portions of Mirabel include: * Laurentia Elementary School in

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 MirabelPIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU ELEMENTARY ZONE
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. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.

Sister cities

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(France)

References

External links

Ville de Mirabel Website (French only)
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