Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | |
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City of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Ville de Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | |
Coordinates: 45°32′N 73°56′W / 45.53°N 73.93°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Laurentides |
RCM | Deux-Montagnes |
Constituted | January 1, 1960 |
Government | |
• Mayor | François Robillard |
• Federal riding | Mirabel |
• Prov. riding | Mirabel |
Area | |
• Total | 12.80 km2 (4.94 sq mi) |
• Land | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 19,797 |
• Density | 2,067.4/km2 (5,355/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 9.5% |
• Dwellings | 7,642 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-640 | R-344 |
Website | www |
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, 40 km from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the Lake of Two Mountains to the south, and Saint-Eustache to the north.
It shares police, firefighters, waterworks, and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes.
It was formerly known as a rural town in which most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, but it is increasingly lived in year-round.
On 27 April 2019, there was a flooding that forced more than 6000 people to be evacuated.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac had a population of 19,797 living in 7,503 of its 7,642 total private dwellings, a change of 9.5% from its 2016 population of 18,074. With a land area of 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,267.7/km2 (5,873.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
Mother tongue:
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone schools.[7] This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac,[8] Des-Lucioles,[9] and des Grands-Vents[10]) and one alternative lower secondary school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse). École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes has upper secondary education. Some areas are served by École des Mésanges and Emmanuel-Chénard, both also in Deux-Montagnes, and Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (for all secondary levels).[11]
Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, and the community is served by Lake of Two Mountains High School, in Deux-Montagnes.[12] Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve this community.[13][14]