Montcalm is a municipality in the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality of Quebec southeast of Mont-Tremblant. The main population centre in Montcalm is the village of Weir.

Montcalm
Municipality
Weir
Location within Les Laurentides RCM
Montcalm Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°58′N 74°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Les Laurentides
Constituted	March 6, 1907
Government [2]
• Mayor	Steven Larose
• Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area [2][3]
• Total	129.30 km2 (49.92 sq mi)
• Land	117.18 km2 (45.24 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	619
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.1%
• Dwellings	663
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0T 2V0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 327 Route 364
Website	www.municipalite. montcalm.qc.ca

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 619 (2006 to 2011 population change: -5.1%)
• Population in 2006: 652
• Population in 2001: 534
• Population in 1996: 449
• Population in 1991: 369

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 308 (total dwellings: 663)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 25%
• French as first language: 73.5%
• English and French as first language: 1.5%
• Other as first language: 0%

Weir

Weir (45°56′42″N 74°32′58″W) is an unincorporated village in Montcalm, accessible via Quebec Route 364. It is home to a satellite earth station for VSNL International Canada.

Weir is named after William Alexander Weir (1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.[5]

Education

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

• Arundel Elementary School in Arundel[6]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute serves almost all of Montcalm[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Montcalm, Laurentides, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipalité de Montcalm
• Atlas of Canada - Montcalm
• Commission de toponymie du Quebec