Mascouche History
Mascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)[ 7]
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 It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).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
Historical Census Data - Mascouche, Quebec [ 8] Year 1991 25,828 — 1996 28,097 +8.8% 2001 29,556 +5.2% 2006 33,764 +14.2% 2011 42,491 +25.8% 2016 46,692 +9.9% 2021 51,183 +9.6%
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Mascouche had a population of km2 (41.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 2 (1,240.2/sq mi) in 2021.[ 9]
Canada census – Mascouche community profile
Population 51,183 (+9.6% from 2016) 42,491 (+25.8% from 2006)
Land area 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi) 106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi)
Population density 478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi) 398.4/km2 (1,032/sq mi)
Median age 40.4 (M: 39.6, F: 41.2) 36.5 (M: 36.2, F: 36.9)
Private dwellings 20,290 (total) 19,981 (occupied) 16,290 (total)
Median household income $93,000 $70,673
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec[ 8]
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
92.10%
1 150
2.47%
355
0.76%
1 840
3.96%
2011
42,185
39,580
93.82%
1,010
2.39%
275
0.65%
1,320
3.13%
2006
33,600
31,470
93.66%
960
2.86%
125
0.37%
1,045
3.11%
2001
29,285
27,760
94.79%
820
2.80%
210
0.72%
495
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:
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.
References
↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec : Reference number 39528" . toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec .1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire ↑ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021" . February 9, 2022.↑ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021" . February 9, 2022.↑ "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, 2015.1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996 , 2001 , 2006 , 2011 , 2021 , 2021 census ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022 .↑ "2021 Community Profiles" . 2021 Canadian census . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .↑ "2011 Community Profiles" . 2011 Canadian census . Retrieved May 18, 2014 .↑ "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.
External links
Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
International National Geographic
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