| Coordinates | 45°45′N 73°36′W |
|---|---|
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Les Moulins |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Mayor | Guillaume Tremblay |
| Federal riding | Montcalm |
| Prov. riding | Masson |
| Area total | 107.70 km² |
| Area land | 106.89 km² |
| Population total | 51183 |
| Population as of | 2021 |
| Population density | 478.8 km² |
| Pop 2016–2021 | 9.6% |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| Time zone (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J7K, J7L |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | mascouche.ca |
Mascouche (/mæsˈkuːʃ/; maskuʃ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183,[1] ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.[2]
The name comes from Algonquin word maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.
History
Mascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)[3] received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.
On June 21, 2021, the city was struck by an EF2 tornado, killing one person.
Infrastructure
Montréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, was three kilometres southeast of the city. It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).
Highways 640 and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the centre of the city.
Mascouche is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Mascouche station of the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche line.
L'Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city centre on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as Mount Royal Park in Montreal.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mascouche had a population of 51,183 living in 19,981 of its 20,290 total private dwellings, a change of 9.62% from its 2016 population of 46,692. With a land area of 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi), it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French | English | French & English | Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 | 46 375 | 42 740 | 7.03% | 92.10% | 1 150 | 12.17% | 2.47% | 355 | 120.0% | 0.76% | 1 840 | 39.39% | 3.96% | |||||
2011 | 42,185 | 39,580 | 25.8% | 93.82% | 1,010 | 5.2% | 2.39% | 275 | 29.09% | 0.65% | 1,320 | 26.3% | 3.13% | |||||
2006 | 33,600 | 31,470 | 13.4% | 93.66% | 960 | 17.1% | 2.86% | 125 | 40.5% | 0.37% | 1,045 | 111.1% | 3.11% | |||||
2001 | 29,285 | 27,760 | 5.0% | 94.79% | 820 | 9.4% | 2.80% | 210 | 82.6% | 0.72% | 495 | 3.1% | 1.69% | |||||
1996 | 27,930 | 26,430 | n/a | 94.63% | 905 | n/a | 3.24% | 115 | n/a | 0.41% | 480 | n/a | 1.72% | |||||
Mayors
- André Duval (1955–1965)
- Gilles Forest (1965–1983)
- Bernard Patenaude (1983–1992)
- Richard Marcotte (1992–2012)
- Denise Paquette (2012–2013)
- Guillaume Tremblay (2013–present)
Education
The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools. They include:
Primary schools:
- L'école Aux 4 Vents
- L'école De la Source
- L'école La Mennais
- L'école des Hauts-Bois
- L'école Soleil-Levant
- L'école Le Rucher
- L'école de La Seigneurie
Secondary schools :
One professional school, École L'Impact.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
- Pinewood Elementary School in Mascouche serves the western portion[6]
- Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny serves the eastern portion[7]
- Rosemere High School (all areas) in Rosemere[8]
Famous residents
Mascouche is the hometown of baseball player Éric Gagné.
It is also Émilie Mondor's hometown, a Canadian Olympic athlete, who was a two-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres.
See also
- Mascouche River
- Saint Pierre River (Mascouche)
- Les Moulins Regional County Municipality
- List of cities in Quebec
References
- ^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
- ^ Gagnon, Sylvie; Tétreault, François; Coutu, Jean-Claude; Martel, Claude; Société d'histoire de Mascouche (2019). Le Domaine seigneurial de Mascouche (in French). 1st ed. Mascouche, Québec: Société de développement et d'animation de Mascouche (SODAM). ISBN 978-2-9809653-3-3. OCLC 1126650457
- ^ "Mascouche « Histoire du Québec". March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2021, 2021 census
- ^ "PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived September 17, 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ^ "FRANKLIN HILL ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived September 17, 2017 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Rosemere High School Zone Archived March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.