Mascouche (; ) is an off-island suburb of

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, in southern

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, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the

Les Moulins Regional County Municipality Les Moulins () is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval, Quebec, Laval on the North Shore (Laval), north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the muni ...

and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities. The name comes from Algonquin word meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to for the

Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality Les Maskoutains () is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe. The name comes from Algonquin word ''maskutew'' meaning "bear plain" in plular. Subdivisions There ...

located nearby.

History

Mascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) 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 It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT). Autoroutes

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and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the centre of the city. Mascouche is connected to Montreal's

Central Station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

by commuter rail via the Mascouche station of the

Réseau de transport métropolitain Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as the (, RTM; ), is a public transport, public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval, Quebec, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore (L ...

'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

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, Mascouche 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.

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 : * École secondaire Le Prélude * École secondaire Du Coteau One professional school, École L'Impact.

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 Anglophone public schools: * Pinewood Elementary School in Mascouche serves the western portion * Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny serves the eastern portion * Rosemere High School (all areas) in RosemereRosemere High School Zone
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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

External links

* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec