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Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson is a city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is partially named after and situated on the western shore of Lake Masson.

Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
City
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Ste-Marguerite -du-Lac-Masson Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°02′N 74°03′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Les Pays-d'en-Haut
Settled	1860s
Constituted	October 17, 2001
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gilles Boucher[3]
• Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
• Prov. riding	Bertrand
Area [2][4]
• Total	98.70 km2 (38.11 sq mi)
• Land	91.56 km2 (35.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	3,367
• Density	36.8/km2 (95/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)	21.9%
• Dwellings	2,365
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0T 1L0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.ste-marguerite.qc.ca

History

In the early 1860s, Édouard Masson (1826–1875), businessman and member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada from 1856 to 1864, invited many settlers to move to the former Terrebonne Seigneury and the surrounding area. In 1864, he was granted land in this area and contributed to the quick development of the parish, including the construction of a sawmill and a flour mill at the outflow of the lake which would be named after him later on. Also that same year, the Mission of Sainte-Marguerite was established, and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson was officially formed, both named after Margaret of Antioch of the third century. In 1868, the Lac-Masson Post Office opened.[5]

In 1959, the Town of Estérel was formed on the eastern side of Lake Masson when it separated from Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.[6]

On October 10, 2001, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson and the Town of Estérel were merged to become the Town of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel. On January 1, 2006, after a municipal referendum, the Town of Estérel was re-established however and the Town of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel reverted to its former name of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson had a population of 3,367 living in 1,689 of its 2,365 total private dwellings, a change of 21.9% from its 2016 population of 2,763. With a land area of 91.56 km² (35.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 36.8/km² (95.2/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Population trend:[8]

• Population in 2021: 3367 (2016 to 2021 population change: 21.9%)
• Population in 2016: 2763 (2011 to 2016 population change: 0.8%)
• Population in 2011: 2740 (2006 to 2011 population change: 9.7%)
• Population in 2006: 2498 (2001 to 2006 population change: 15.1%)
• Population in 2001: 2170 (R)
• Population in 1996: 2251
• Population in 1991: 1571

(R) = Revised count.[9]

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 4.6%
• French as first language: 91.5%
• English and French as first language: 1%
• Other as first language: 2.7%

Education

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:

• Saint Adèle Elementary School in Saint-Adèle[10]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[11]

See also

• List of cities in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson at Wikimedia Commons

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