Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (, ) is an off-island suburb of

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, in the

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, in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the Lake of Two Mountains to the south, and Saint-Eustache to the north. It shares police, firefighters, waterworks, and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes. It was formerly known as a rural town in which most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, but it is increasingly lived in year-round.

History

On 27 April 2019, there was a flooding that forced more than 6000 people to be evacuated.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 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: 19,797 (2016 to 2021 population change: 9.5%) * Population in 2016: 18,074 (2011 to 2016 population change: 15.2%) * Population in 2011: 15,689 (2006 to 2011 population change: 38.7%) * Population in 2006: 11,311 (2001 to 2006 population change: 29.4%) * Population in 2001: 8,742 * Population in 1996: 8,295 * Population in 1991: 7,410 * Population in 1986: 6,143 * Population in 1981: 5,586 * Population in 1976: 4,726 * Population in 1971: 3.169 * Population in 1966: 1,999 * Population in 1961: 1,411 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 4.6% * French as first language: 82.1% * English and French as first language: 1.4% * Other as first language: 9.9%

Education

The

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(CSSMI) operates Francophone schools. This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac, Des-Lucioles, and des Grands-Vents) and one alternative lower secondary school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse). École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes has upper secondary education. Some areas are served by École des Mésanges and Emmanuel-Chénard, both also in Deux-Montagnes, and Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (for all secondary levels). Anglophone schools are operated by the

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, and the community is served by Lake of Two Mountains High School, in Deux-Montagnes.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 this community.Saint Jude Elementary School Zone Map
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. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides Greater Montreal