Mascouche facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Mascouche
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 Mascouche
Location in Central Quebec
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Quebec |
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| Region | Lanaudière | |
| RCM | Les Moulins | |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 107.70 km2 (41.58 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi) | |
| Population
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| • Total | 51,183 | |
| • Density | 478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  9.6% |
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| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | |
| Postal code(s) |
J7K, J7L
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| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | |
Highways A-25 |
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Mascouche 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, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.
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.
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History
Mascouche received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.
Demographics
Population
| Canada census – Mascouche, Quebec community profile | |||
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| 2011 | 2006 | ||
| Population: | 42,491 (+25.8% from 2006) | 33,764 (+14.2% from 2001) | |
| Land area: | 106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi) | 106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi) | |
| Population density: | 398.4/km2 (1,032/sq mi) | 316.6/km2 (820/sq mi) | |
| Median age: | 36.5 (M: 36.2, F: 36.9) | 36.6 (M: 36.3, F: 36.9) | |
| Total private dwellings: | 16,290 | 12,398 | |
| Median household income: | $70,673 | $63,780 | |
| References: 2011 2006 earlier | |||
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Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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42 740 | 7.03% |
92.10% | 1 150 | 12.17% |
2.47% | 355 | 120.0% |
0.76% | 1 840 | 39.39% |
3.96% | |||||
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39,580 | 25.8% |
93.82% | 1,010 | 5.2% |
2.39% | 275 | 29.09% |
0.65% | 1,320 | 26.3% |
3.13% | |||||
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31,470 | 13.4% |
93.66% | 960 | 17.1% |
2.86% | 125 |  40.5% |
0.37% | 1,045 | 111.1% |
3.11% | |||||
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27,760 | 5.0% |
94.79% | 820 | 9.4% |
2.80% | 210 | 82.6% |
0.72% | 495 | 3.1% |
1.69% | |||||
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26,430 | n/a | 94.63% | 905 | n/a | 3.24% | 115 | n/a | 0.41% | 480 | n/a | 1.72% | |||||
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 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 Rosemere
Infrastructure
Montréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, is three kilometres southeast of the city.
Autoroutes 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.
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
In Spanish: Mascouche para niños
