Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
City in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁt syʁ lə lak], Sainte-Marthe on the Lake) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, 40 km from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the Lake of Two Mountains to the south, and Saint-Eustache to the north.
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | |
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| City of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Ville de Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | |
.jpg) Aerial view of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | |
 Location within Deux-Montagnes RCM | |
  Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°56′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Deux-Montagnes |
| Constituted | January 1, 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | François Robillard |
| • Federal riding | Mirabel |
| • Prov. riding | Mirabel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.80 km2 (4.94 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 19,797 |
| • Density | 2,067.4/km2 (5,355/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  9.5% |
| • Dwellings | 7,642 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-640 |  R-344 |
| Website | www |
It shares police, firefighters, waterworks, and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes.
It was formerly known as a rural town in which most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, but it is increasingly lived in year-round.
On 27 April 2019, there was a flooding that forced more than 6000 people to be evacuated.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac had a population of 19,797 living in 7,503 of its 7,642 total private dwellings, a change of 9.5% from its 2016 population of 18,074. With a land area of 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,267.7/km2 (5,873.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2021: 19,797 (2016 to 2021 population change: 9.5%)
- Population in 2016: 18,074 (2011 to 2016 population change: 15.2%)
- Population in 2011: 15,689 (2006 to 2011 population change: 38.7%)
- Population in 2006: 11,311 (2001 to 2006 population change: 29.4%)
- Population in 2001: 8,742
- Population in 1996: 8,295
- Population in 1991: 7,410
- Population in 1986: 6,143
- Population in 1981: 5,586
- Population in 1976: 4,726
- Population in 1971: 3.169
- Population in 1966: 1,999
- Population in 1961: 1,411
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 4.6%
- French as first language: 82.1%
- English and French as first language: 1.4%
- Other as first language: 9.9%
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone schools.[7] This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac,[8] Des-Lucioles,[9] and des Grands-Vents[10]) and one alternative lower secondary school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse). École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes has upper secondary education. Some areas are served by École des Mésanges and Emmanuel-Chénard, both also in Deux-Montagnes, and Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (for all secondary levels).[11]
Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, and the community is served by Lake of Two Mountains High School, in Deux-Montagnes.[12] Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve this community.[13][14]
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