Place in Quebec, Canada
La Plaine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, and a formerly incorporated town in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It lies north of Montreal and Laval. It is now part of the city of Terrebonne in the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality. It is part of the administrative division of Lanaudière.
Climate
La Plaine has a warm summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with warm and hot humid summers and cold winters the average high in july is 25 °C-27 °C (78 °F)-(81 °F) and July low is 15 °C-17 °C (58 °F)-(61 °F) while january high is -6 °C (24 °F) and low is -15 °C (6 °F) in Central La Plaine. But it varys the location The Highest temperature ever recorded is 36 °C (97 °F) in southern La Plaine and record low is -38 °C (-36 °F) in Northern La Plaine but record lows vary in location like the record low in southern la plaine is -35 °C (-31 °F) and in the central La plaine has a record low of -36 °C (-32 °F) but its not record lows or record highs that vary the averages vary to for example the average high is 25 °C (78 °F) in july in Northern La Plaine and 27 °C (81 °F) in southern la plaine January averages ranges -4 °C (25 °F) January high and -13 °C (8 °F) January lows in Southern La Plaine. and -6 °C (23 °F) January Highs and -16 °C (3 °F) January Lows in Northern La Plaine. La Plaine also holds the record low temperature for the city of Terrebonne -37 °C (-35 °F) on January 1981
History
The city of La Plaine was founded in 1830 on fragments of other cities, namely Mascouche, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Saint-Lin–Laurentides and Terrebonne. At that time, the lords of Terrebonne and Lachenaie were building the road named "chemin de la Grande Ligne" to join the two cities. It is now called Laurier Boulevard. In 1877, the rail system was developed and stimulated the economic growth. The village of Saint-Joachim was founded during that time, which was later, in 1920, to be renamed La Plaine.
Population
At the time of the merger in 2001, the population of La Plaine was 15,673.
Recreation
The Forum de La Plaine is a 2,000-seat multi-purpose arena.
Education
The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates the following French public schools in this area:
- École primaire de l'Orée-des-Bois
- École primaire du Boisé
- École primaire Saint-Joachim
- École primaire du geai-bleux
- École secondaire de l'Odyssée
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
