Mascouche

Mascouche
Mascouche
City
	Coat of arms
	Location (red) within Les Moulins RCM
	Mascouche Location in central Quebec
	Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Les Moulins
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Guillaume Tremblay
• Federal riding	Montcalm
• Prov. riding	Masson
Area
• Total	107.70 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
• Land	106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	51,183
• Density	478.8/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	9.6%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7K, J7L
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways ; A-25	; R-125
Website	mascouche.ca

Mascouche (/mæsˈkuːʃ/) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183,^[5] ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.^[6]

The name comes from Algonquin word maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plural form to maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.

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^ ^a ^b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
^ "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". February 9, 2022.
^ Gagnon, Sylvie; Tétreault, François; Coutu, Jean-Claude; Martel, Claude; Société d'histoire de Mascouche (2019). Le Domaine seigneurial de Mascouche (in French) (1st ed.). Mascouche, Québec: Société de développement et d'animation de Mascouche (SODAM). ISBN 978-2-9809653-3-3. OCLC 1126650457.