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 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.
The name comes from Algonquin word meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.
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 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 It has now been replaced by the CentrOparc, a business district with the ambition of joining a transit-oriented urban development (DOT).
Highways 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
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mascouche had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mascouche, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 42 740 7.03% 92.10% 1 150 12.17% 2.47% 355 120.0% 0.76% 1 840 39.39% 3.96% 39,580 25.8% 93.82% 1,010 5.2% 2.39% 275 29.09% 0.65% 1,320 26.3% 3.13% 31,470 13.4% 93.66% 960 17.1% 2.86% 125 40.5% 0.37% 1,045 111.1% 3.11% 27,760 5.0% 94.79% 820 9.4% 2.80% 210 82.6% 0.72% 495 3.1% 1.69% 26,430 n/a 94.63% 905 n/a 3.24% 115 n/a 0.41% 480 n/a 1.72%
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)
Environment In March 2025, the Canadian government deciede to dispose 80,000 tonnes of soil heavily contaminated with "forever chemicals"—substances that are potentially carcinogenic— by burying them at a site in Mascouche.
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"PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY ZONE ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017. Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny serves the eastern portion"FRANKLIN HILL ELEMENTARY ZONE ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017. Rosemere High School (all areas) in Rosemere"Rosemere High School Zone ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.
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
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