Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
Pointe-des-Cascades | |
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Coordinates: 45°20′N 73°58′W / 45.333°N 73.967°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | May 1, 1961 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maryse M. Sauvé |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 10.00 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 1,340 |
• Density | 502.2/km2 (1,301/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 28.1% |
• Dwellings | 600 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | R-338 |
Website | www.pointe- des-cascades.com |
Pointe-des-Cascades is a village municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on a spit of land where the Saint Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis. The river has here a significant drop, forming several cascades which give the village its name.[5]
History
Starting in the mid-seventeenth century until 1700, many military expeditions arrived at this place in order to portage around the cascades on the Saint Lawrence River. The first reference to Pointe-des-Cascades appeared in a text of Louis-Armand de Lahontan in 1684 and on a map of Deshayes in 1695, when Pointe des Cascades was included in the Vaudreuil Lordship.[5]
In 1893, the post office opened under the English name Cascades Point (renamed in 1951 to Pointe-des-Cascades). A few years later construction began on the Soulanges Canal and when it was completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.[5] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal. The paths along the canal are now used as a regional cycling route.[6]
In 1961, the Village Municipality of Pointe-des-Cascades was formed on the territory of the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges and Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil.[5]
Demographics
Population
2011 | |
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Population | 1,340 (+28.1% from 2006) |
Land area | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Population density | 502.2/km2 (1,301/sq mi) |
Median age | 40.9 (M: 41.1, F: 40.7) |
Private dwellings | 600 (total) |
Median household income | $55,754 |
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Language
Canada Census mother tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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Year | responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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1,340
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1,180 | 19.8% | 88.06% | 100 | 185.7% | 7.46% | 25 | n/a% | 1.87% | 35 | 133.3% | 2.61% | |||||
2006
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1,035
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985 | 13.2% | 95.17% | 35 | 22.2% | 3.38% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 15 | n/a% | 1.45% | |||||
2001
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915
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870 | 2.2% | 95.08% | 45 | 350.0% | 4.92% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | |||||
1996
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920
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890 | n/a | 96.74% | 10 | n/a | 1.09% | 10 | n/a | 1.09% | 10 | n/a | 1.09% |
Schools
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[11]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Birchwood Elementary School in Saint-Lazare and St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt.[12]
See also
Media related to Pointe-des-Cascades at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50147". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pointe-des-Cascades
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
- ^ a b c d "Pointe-des-Cascades (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Montérégie Cycling Trails: Soulanges Canal". MontrealPlus.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.