Montcalm () is a municipality in the
Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality of
Quebec
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southeast of
Mont-Tremblant
Mont-Tremblant () is a List of cities in Canada, city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremb ...
. The main population centre in Montcalm is the village of
Weir
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.
Demographics
Population trend:
* Population in 2011: 619 (2006 to 2011 population change: -5.1%)
* Population in 2006: 652
* Population in 2001: 534
* Population in 1996: 449
* Population in 1991: 369
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 308 (total dwellings: 663)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 25%
* French as first language: 73.5%
* English and French as first language: 1.5%
* Other as first language: 0%
Weir
Weir (
) is an unincorporated village in Montcalm, accessible via
Quebec Route 364
Route 364 is a Quebec provincial highway located in the Laurentides region. It runs from the junction of Quebec Autoroute 15, Autoroute 15 in the village of Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Saint-Sauveur, one of the major touristic villages in the Laurentid ...
. It is home to a satellite
earth station
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for
Tata Communications (Canada) Ltd..
Weir is named after
William Alexander Weir (1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.
Education
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 English-language schools:
* Arundel Elementary School in
Arundel
Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much la ...
*
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 almost all of Montcalm
LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS 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 4, 2017.
See also
* List of anglophone communities in Quebec
This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed.
The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ...
References
External links
*
Municipalité de MontcalmAtlas of Canada - MontcalmCommission de toponymie du Quebec
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Incorporated places in Laurentides
Municipalities in Quebec