Mascouche
Mascouche 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, ranking 20th among Quebec municipalities.
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.
Mascouche (Then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche ) received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.
On June 21, 2021, the city was struck by an EF2 tornado killing one person.
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.
Mascouche (Then known as Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche ) received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.
On June 21, 2021, the city was struck by an EF2 tornado killing one person.
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Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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CAD | Canadian dollar | $ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
FR | French language |
IU | Inuktitut |