Montcalm, Quebec

Not to be confused with Montcalm Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

Montcalm (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃kalm]) 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	819
Highways	R-327 R-364
Website	www. montcalm.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 Tata Communications (Canada) Ltd..

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

Education

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]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 274200". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 78055". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Montcalm, Quebec (Code 2478055) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Weir
6. "Arundel Elementary Zone Archived 2017-09-16 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
7. "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

External links

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