Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec

Pointe-des-Cascades
Village municipality
Coat of arms
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Pointe-des-Cascades Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°20′N 73°58′W / 45.333°N 73.967°WCoordinates: 45°20′N 73°58′W / 45.333°N 73.967°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted	May 1, 1961
Government[2][3]
• Mayor	Maryse M. Sauvé
• Federal riding	Salaberry—Suroît
• Prov. riding	Soulanges
Area[2][4]
• Total	10.00 km^2 (3.86 sq mi)
• Land	2.67 km^2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• Total	1,340
• Density	502.2/km^2 (1,301/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	28.1%
• Dwellings	600
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0P 1M0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 338
Website	www.pointe- des-cascades.com

Pointe-des-Cascades is a village municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on a spit of land where the Saint Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis. The river has here a significant drop, forming several cascades which give the village its name.^[5]

History

Starting in the mid seventeenth century until 1700, many military expeditions arrived at this place in order to portage around the cascades on the Saint Lawrence River. The first reference to Pointe-des-Cascades appeared in a text of Louis-Armand de Lahontan in 1684 and on a map of Deshayes in 1695, when Pointe des Cascades was included in the Vaudreuil Lordship.^[5]

In 1893, the post office opened under the English name Cascades Point (renamed in 1951 to Pointe-des-Cascades). A few years later construction began on the Soulanges Canal and when it was completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.^[5] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal. The paths along the canal are now being used as a regional cycling route.^[6]

In 1961, the Village Municipality of Pointe-des-Cascades was formed on the territory of the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges and Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil.^[5]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec[10]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 691 —     1996 910 +31.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 913 +0.3% 2006 1,046 +14.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 1,340 +28.1%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec[10]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		1,340		1,180	19.8%	88.06%		100	185.7%	7.46%		25	n/a%	1.87%		35	133.3%	2.61%
2006		1,035		985	13.2%	95.17%		35	22.2%	3.38%		0	0.0%	0.00%		15	n/a%	1.45%
2001		915		870	2.2%	95.08%		45	350.0%	4.92%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
1996		920		890	n/a	96.74%		10	n/a	1.09%		10	n/a	1.09%		10	n/a	1.09%

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

Media related to Pointe-des-Cascades at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. Reference number 50147 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pointe-des-Cascades
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
5. "Pointe-des-Cascades (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
6. "Montérégie Cycling Trails: Soulanges Canal". MontrealPlus.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
10. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census