Pointe-des-Cascades
Village municipality
Parc des Ancres Lighthouse
Parc des Ancres Lighthouse
Coat of arms of Pointe-des-Cascades
Coat of arms
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Pte-des-Cascades is located in Southern Quebec
Pte-des-Cascades
Pte-des-Cascades
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°20′N 73°58′W / 45.333°N 73.967°W / 45.333; -73.967[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
ConstitutedMay 1, 1961
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorPeter Zytynsky
 • Federal ridingSalaberry—Suroît
 • Prov. ridingSoulanges
Area
[2][4]
 • Total9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
 • Land2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total1,775
 • Density646.8/km2 (1,675/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 19.9%
 • Dwellings
762
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0P 1M0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways R-338
Websitewww.pointe-des-cascades.com Edit this at Wikidata

Pointe-des-Cascades (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t de kaskad]) is a village municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on a spit of land where the St. Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis. The river has here a significant drop, forming several cascades which give the village its name.[5] The islands of Île des Cascades and Île des Joybert are connected by a narrow causeway, but Île des Cascades and Pointe-des-Cascades are only connected artificially.

History

Starting in the mid-seventeenth century until 1700, many military expeditions arrived at this place in order to portage around the cascades on the Saint Lawrence River. The first reference to Pointe-des-Cascades appeared in a text of Louis-Armand de Lahontan in 1684 and on a map of Deshayes in 1695, when Pointe des Cascades was included in the Vaudreuil Lordship.[5]

In 1893, the post office opened under the English name Cascades Point (renamed in 1951 to Pointe-des-Cascades). A few years later construction began on the Soulanges Canal and when it was completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.[5] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal. The paths along the canal are now used as a regional cycling route.[6]

In 1961, the Village Municipality of Pointe-des-Cascades was formed on the territory of the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges (now Les Cèdres) and Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil (now part of Vaudreuil-Dorion).[5]

Demographics

Historical Census data - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1976 726—    
1981 692−4.7%
1986 641−7.4%
1991 691+7.8%
1996 910+31.7%
YearPop.±%
2001 913+0.3%
2006 1,046+14.6%
2011 1,340+28.1%
2016 1,481+10.5%
2021 1,775+19.9%
Source: Statistics Canada[7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-des-Cascades had a population of 1,775 living in 743 of its 762 total private dwellings, a change of 19.9% from its 2016 population of 1,481. With a land area of 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 647.8/km2 (1,677.8/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Canada census – Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec community profile
202120162011
Population1,775 (+19.9% from 2016)1,481 (10.5% from 2011)1,340 (+28.1% from 2006)
Land area2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi)2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population density646.8/km2 (1,675/sq mi)553.1/km2 (1,433/sq mi)502.2/km2 (1,301/sq mi)
Median age37.2 (M: 38.0, F: 37.2)39.7 (M: 39.2, F: 40.2)40.9 (M: 41.1, F: 40.7)
Private dwellings762 (total)  672 (total)  600 (total) 
Median household income$88,000$68,045$55,754
References: 2021[9] 2016[10] 2011[11] earlier[12][13]
Canada Census mother tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec[7]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
1,775
 1,335 Increase 8.1% 75.2% 230 Increase 58.6% 13.0% 55 Increase 175.0% 3.1% 145 Increase 81.3% 8.2%
2016
1,480
 1,235 Increase 4.7% 83.4% 145 Increase 45.0% 9.8% 20 Decrease 20.0% 1.4% 80 Increase 128.6% 5.4%
2011
1,340
 1,180 Increase 19.8% 88.1% 100 Increase 185.7% 7.5% 25 Increase n/a% 1.9% 35 Increase 133.3% 2.6%
2006
1,035
 985 Increase 13.2% 95.2% 35 Decrease 22.2% 3.4% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 15 Increase n/a% 1.5%
2001
915
 870 Decrease 2.2% 95.1% 45 Increase 350.0% 4.9% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.0% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.0%
1996
920
 890 n/a 96.7% 10 n/a 1.1% 10 n/a 1.1% 10 n/a 1.1%

Local government

Pointe-des-Cascades federal election results[14]
Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green
2021 32% 273 18% 154 36% 300 9% 79 2% 14
2019 38% 349 6% 56 38% 350 10% 88 6% 53
Pointe-des-Cascades provincial election results[15]
Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois
2018 48% 447 21% 200 15% 140 12% 108
2014 0% 0 39% 294 13% 101 42% 322

Pointe-des-Cascades forms part of the federal electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît and has been represented by Claude DeBellefeuille of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Pointe-des-Cascades is part of the Soulanges electoral district and is represented by Marilyne Picard of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.

List of former mayors:[16]

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[17]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Birchwood Elementary School in Saint-Lazare and St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50147". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-des-Cascades". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  4. ^ a b "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Pointe-des-Cascades, Village (VL) [Census subdivision], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Pointe-des-Cascades (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  6. ^ "Montérégie Cycling Trails: Soulanges Canal". MontrealPlus.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  8. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  10. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  11. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  12. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 5821)". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 5821)". Elections Québec. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  16. ^ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Pointe-des-Cascades (village) 1.5.1961 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  18. ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.

External links

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Adjacent municipal subdivisions
Subdivisions of Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality
Municipalities of the CMM and/or Montreal CMA
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