Mascouche

Mascouche
City
Coat of arms
Location (red) within Les Moulins RCM.
Mascouche Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°WCoordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Les Moulins
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government[2]
• Mayor	Guillaume Tremblay
• Federal riding	Montcalm
• Prov. riding	Masson
Area[2][3]
• Total	107.70 km^2 (41.58 sq mi)
• Land	106.64 km^2 (41.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	42,491
• Density	398.4/km^2 (1,032/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	25.8%
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J7K, J7L
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-25	Route 125
Website	www.ville.mascouche.qc.ca

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 42,491,^[3] ranking 30th among Quebec municipalities.

The name comes from Algonquin word maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plular form to maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.

History

Mascouche received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.

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 Agence métropolitaine de transport'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

Population

Historical Census Data - Mascouche, Quebec[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 25,828 —     1996 28,097 +8.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 29,556 +5.2% 2006 33,764 +14.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 42,491 +25.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		42,185		39,580	25.8%	93.82%		1,010	5.2%	2.39%		275	120.0%	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

1. André Duval (1955-1965)
2. Gilles Forest (1965-1983)
3. Bernard Patenaude (1983-1992)
4. Richard Marcotte (1992-2012)
5. Denise Paquette (2012-2013)
6. Guillaume Tremblay (2013–present)

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

• List of cities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 39528 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census – Mascouche community profile
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census