Mascouche

For other uses, see Mascouche (disambiguation).

Mascouche (/mæsˈkuːʃ/; French: [maskuʃ]) 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,^[5] ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.^[6]

Mascouche
City
Coat of arms
Location (red) within Les Moulins RCM
Mascouche Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′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 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
• Land	106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	51,183
• Density	478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	9.6%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7K, J7L
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-25	R-125
Website	mascouche.ca

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.

History

Mascouche (then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)^[7] 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 It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).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 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.

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Mascouche, Quebec^[8]

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	25,828	—
1996	28,097	+8.8%
2001	29,556	+5.2%
2006	33,764	+14.2%
2011	42,491	+25.8%
2016	46,692	+9.9%
2021	51,183	+9.6%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mascouche had a population of 51,183 living in 19,981 of its 20,290 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 46,692. With a land area of 106.89 km² (41.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 478.8/km² (1,240.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Canada census – Mascouche community profile

	2021	2011
Population	51,183 (+9.6% from 2016)	42,491 (+25.8% from 2006)
Land area	106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi)	106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi)
Population density	478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi)	398.4/km2 (1,032/sq mi)
Median age	40.4 (M: 39.6, F: 41.2)	36.5 (M: 36.2, F: 36.9)
Private dwellings	20,290 (total)  19,981 (occupied)	16,290 (total)
Median household income	$93,000	$70,673

References: 2021^[10] 2011^[11]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		46 375		42 740	7.03%	92.10%		1 150	12.17%	2.47%		355	120.0%	0.76%		1 840	39.39%	3.96%
2011		42,185		39,580	25.8%	93.82%		1,010	5.2%	2.39%		275	29.09%	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)

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^[12]
• Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny serves the eastern portion^[13]
• Rosemere High School (all areas) in Rosemere^[14]

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

• Mascouche River
• Saint Pierre River (Mascouche)
• Les Moulins Regional County Municipality
• List of cities in Quebec