Saint-Eustache
City
Location within Deux-Montagnes RCM
St-Eustache Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°34′12″N 073°54′00″W / 45.57000°N 73.90000°W / 45.57000; -73.90000[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Deux-Montagnes
Settled	1770
Constituted	January 15, 1972
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pierre Charron
• Federal riding	Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
• Prov. riding	Deux-Montagnes
Area [2][3]
• Total	72.60 km2 (28.03 sq mi)
• Land	69.61 km2 (26.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	45,467
• Density	634.3/km2 (1,643/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2021	2.9%
• Dwellings	18,361
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7P, J7R
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-640	R-148 R-344
Website	www.saint-eustache.ca

Saint-Eustache (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿østaʃ] ^ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles. It is located 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Montreal.

History

The city was founded in 1770 and was incorporated in 1835.^[5] It has a famous church, Saint-Eustache church, which was built between 1780 and 1783.

A significant battle of the Lower Canada Rebellion was fought here on December 14, 1837. In the Battle of Saint-Eustache, the rebels were defeated, and the town was burnt. The church was fully rebuilt after the burning except for the front facade, where canon bullet holes can still be found.^[6]

In 1979, General Motors opened a transit bus manufacturing facility in Saint-Eustache. The factory has produced vehicles under the brands of GM, MCI and, since 1993, has been owned by Nova Bus.

Saint-Eustache was also home to the Autodrome Saint-Eustache from 1965 to 2019, which hosted various stock-car racing, local drag racing, and other race competitions.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Eustache had a population of 45,276 living in 18,958 of its 19,396 total private dwellings, a change of 2.9% from its 2016 population of 44,008. With a land area of 70.51 km² (27.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 642.1/km² (1,663.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Population trend:^[8]

• Population in 2021: 45,467 (2011 to 2021 population change: 2.9%)
• Population in 2011: 44,154 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.9%)
• Population in 2006: 42,062 (2001 to 2006 population change: 4.2%)
• Population in 2001: 40,378
• Population in 1996: 39,848
• Population in 1991: 37,278

Mother tongue (as of 2016) :

• French as first language: 88.56%
• Other as first language: 5.96%
• English as first language: 3.7%
• English and French as first language: 0.96%

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Eustache, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		43,915		38,890	1.77%	88.56%		1,625	0.61%	3.70%		420	25.37%	0.96%		2,615	37.27%	5.96%
2011		43,670		39,590	2.36%	90.66%		1,635	11.6%	3.74%		335	31.37%	0.77%		1,905	60.08%	4.36%
2006		41,595		38,680	3.28%	93%		1,465	0.69%	3.52%		255	28.17%	0.61%		1,190	75%	2.86%
2001		39,940		37,455	1.74%	93.78%		1,455	7%	2.99%		355	5.98%	0.89%		680	4.61%	1.7%
1996		39,515		36,815	n/a	93,16%		1,565	n/a	3.96%		335	n/a	0.85%		650	n/a	1.65%

Attractions

Major parks in the area:

• Parc Mont Saint-Eustache
• Parc Chenier
• Parc Clair Matin
• Parc Boisé des Moissons
• Parc Nature Saint-Eustache

Attractions include:

• Ciné-Parc Saint-Eustache - drive in theatre
• Place St-Eustache - mall
• Carrefour Grande Cote - mall
• Marché aux puces St-Eustache - flea market
• Maison de la culture et du patrimoine
• Moulin Légaré
• Complexe Aquatique Saint-Eustache
• Guy-Bélisle Library

Transportation

Quebec Autoroute 640, Quebec Route 344 and Quebec Route 148 are the major highways servicing Saint-Eustache.

Exo operates several bus routes, which connect at Terminus Saint-Eustache:

• 8 Saint-Eustache - Laval
• 80 Saint-Eustache - Pointe-Calumet
• 88 Saint-Eustache - Sainte-Thérèse
• 89 Saint-Eustache - Secteur Dubois
• 90 Saint-Eustache - Arthur-Sauvé and Industrial
• 91 Saint-Eustache East (Saint-Laurent)
• 92 Saint-Eustache Central
• 93 Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac - Saint-Eustache

There are no train stations near Saint-Eustache, the closest being Deux-Montagnes station, a commuter rail station along the Deux-Montagnes line in neighbouring Deux-Montagnes, Quebec.

There used to be a train station in Saint-Eustache from 1882 to 1940.^[9] It operated service to and from Sainte-Thérèse.^[10]

The closest airports are Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to the south and Montréal–Mirabel International Airport to the north.

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates French-language public schools:^[11]

• École secondaire des Patriotes^[12]
• École Arc-en-ciel^[13]
• École Clair Matin^[14]
• École au Coeur-du-Boisé^[15]
• École Curé-Paquin^[16]
• École Horizon-Soleil^[17]
• École Notre-Dame^[18]
• École Village-des-Jeunes^[19]
• École des Jardins-des-Patriotes^[20]

Some residents are zoned to École primaire Girouard in Mirabel and École secondaire d'Oka in Oka^[21]

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools. Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves the community.^[22] Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve the community.^[23][24]