Mascouche, Canada

Welcome to Mascouche, a charming off-island suburb of Montreal in southern Quebec, Canada. This hidden gem 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 Mascouche comes from the Algonquin word maskutchew, meaning bear plain in singular, compared to the plural form, maskutew, for the nearby Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality.

History:
Mascouche, then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche, 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:
The Montréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, is three kilometers southeast of the city. Autoroutes 640 and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the center of the city. Mascouche is connected to Montreal’s Central Station by commuter rail via the Mascouche station of the Réseau de transport métropolitains Mascouche line. L’Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city center on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as Mount Royal Park in Montreal.

Demographics:
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.

Mayors:
André Duval (1955–1965)
Gilles Forest (1965–1983)
Bernard Patenaude (1983–1992)
Richard Marcotte (1992–2012)
Denise Paquette (2012–2013)
Guillaume Tremblay (2013–present)

Education:
The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools which include primary schools such as 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, and secondary schools such as École secondaire Le Prélude and 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, and Rosemere High School (all areas) in Rosemere.

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 meters.

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

References:

External Links:
Official website