Mirabel, Quebec

Mirabel
City
Ville de Mirabel
City hall of Mirabel
Location with surrounding municipalities
Mirabel Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°39′N 074°05′W / 45.650°N 74.083°W / 45.650; -74.083Coordinates: 45°39′N 074°05′W / 45.650°N 74.083°W / 45.650; -74.083[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	None
Constituted	January 1, 1971
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean Bouchard
• Federal riding	Mirabel
• Prov. riding	Mirabel
Area [2][3]
• Total	486.80 km2 (187.95 sq mi)
• Land	485.07 km2 (187.29 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	50,513
• Density	104.1/km2 (270/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	20.4%
• Dwellings	19,631
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7J, J7N
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-15 (TCH) A-50	Route 117 Route 148 Route 158
Website	ville.mirabel.qc.ca

Mirabel is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in southern Quebec.

Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel.^[3] Its geographical code is 74. Prior to 2002, Mirabel was not only a city but also comprised the Mirabel Regional County Municipality.

The city is home to Montréal-Mirabel International Airport.

History[]

The Belle-Rivière Estate in Sainte-Scholastique, built in 1804

Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were (with their individual founding dates in brackets): Saint-Augustin (1855); Saint-Benoît (1855); Saint-Hermas (1855); Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville (1855); Sainte-Scholastique (1855); Saint-Canut (1857); Sainte-Monique (1872), and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix (1959). Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique but renamed Mirabel in 1973, the city was planned to become a vast transportation and industrial hub for Eastern Canada with Montréal-Mirabel International Airport at its centre.^[5]

The airport, which opened in 1975, never became a major aviation hub and the industrial parks never materialized, and in 2004 the airport closed to all passenger traffic.

In 2000, about 10 square kilometres (4 square miles) of Mirabel's territory was annexed by Lachute.

Communities[]

• 

  St-Benoit

• 

  St-Monique

• 

  St-Scholastique

Demographics[]

Population[]

Language[]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Mirabel, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		50,513		47,560	14.84%	94,27%		1,050	21.9%	2.08%		345	43.7%	0.68%		1,315	87.5%%	2.6%
2011		41,810		40,050	20.7%	95.79%		820	60.8%	1.96%		240	33.3%	0.57%		700	16.7%	1.67%
2006		34,475		33,185	27.3%	96.26%		510	10.9%	1.48%		180	16.1%	0.52%		600	36.4%	1.74%
2001		27,115		26,060	20.6%	96.11%		460	2.2%	1.70%		155	6.9%	0.57%		440	66.0%	1.62%
1996		22,465		21,605	n/a	96.17%		450	n/a	2.00%		145	n/a	0.65%		265	n/a	1.18%

Climate[]

Economy[]

Bombardier Aerospace produces CRJ700, CRJ900 & CRJ1000 regional jetliners and Airbus A220 (formerly Bombardier CSeries) at the Montreal-Mirabel International Airport. Bell Helicopters also has its major manufacturing and final assembly plant at the airport.

HydroSerre Mirabel has its headquarters in the town.

Education[]

Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles[]

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles (CSSMI), which operates Francophone public schools, serves the following parts of Mirabel: Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique and a portion of Domaine-Vert.^[11]

• École primaire de la Clé-des-Champs^[12]
• École primaire des Blés-Dorés^[13]
• École primaire Girouard^[14]
• École primaire Prés fleuris^[15]
• École primaire Sainte-Scholastique^[16]

Other elementary schools serving sections of CCSMI Mirabel: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Blainville and Terre-Soleil in Sainte-Thérèse. Secondary schools serving sections of CSSMI Mirabel: d'Oka in Oka, in Saint-Eustache, in Blainville, in Boisbriand, and in Sainte-Thérèse.^[17]

Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord[]

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools in other parts of Mirabel. They include:

• Secondary schools:^[18]
  • École secondaire de Mirabel (ESM)
  • Other secondary schools serving CSRDN sections include in Lachute and , , Polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, and in Saint-Jérôme
• Primary schools:^[19]
  • du Parchemin
  • à l'Unisson
  • aux Quatre-Vents
  • de la Croisée-des-Champs
  • Mer-et-Monde
  • Saint-Anne
  • Saint-Hermas
  • Other primary schools serving CSRDN Mirabel include Dubois, de l'Horizon-Soleil, Prévost, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus in Saint-Jérôme and Jean-Moreau in Sainte-Sophie.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board[]

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools in the area around Mirabel.

Secondary schools serving portions of Mirabel include:

• Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves southern Mirabel^[20][21]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute serves northern Mirabel^[22]
• Rosemere High School in Rosemère serves southeast Mirabel^[23]

Primary schools serving portions of Mirabel include:

• Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme serves northern Mirabel^[24]
• Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School in Deux-Montagnes serve southern mirabel^[25][26]
• Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary School in Blainville serves southeast Mirabel^[27]

Sister cities[]

• Châlons-en-Champagne (France)^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Mirabel Aerospace Centre
• Saint Pierre River (Mirabel), a river
• Rivière aux Chiens (rivière des Mille Îles), a river

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirabel, Quebec.

• Ville de Mirabel Website (French only)