Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec
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Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is a town
in the Canadian
province of Quebec
, located in Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality
. It is crossed from east to west by road 344, commonly known as Oka road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the lake of Two-Mountains to the south and Saint-Eustache to the north.
It has two elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac and Des-Lucioles) and one high school (Liberté-Jeunesse). It shares police, firefighters, waterworks and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes.
Formerly known as a rural town where most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, since 1995, the population as grown from 8,300 people to 11,300 in 2006 up to almost 15,000 nowadays.
Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 4276 (total: 4461)
Mother tongue:
Town
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in the Canadian
Canada
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province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, located in Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality
Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Deux-Montagnes is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains. The Regional County Municipality seat is Deux-Montagnes...
. It is crossed from east to west by road 344, commonly known as Oka road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the lake of Two-Mountains to the south and Saint-Eustache to the north.
It has two elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac and Des-Lucioles) and one high school (Liberté-Jeunesse). It shares police, firefighters, waterworks and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes.
Formerly known as a rural town where most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, since 1995, the population as grown from 8,300 people to 11,300 in 2006 up to almost 15,000 nowadays.
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 11,311 (2001 to 2006 population change: 29.4 %)
- Population in 2001: 8,742
- Population in 1996: 8,295
- Population in 1991: 7,410
Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 4276 (total: 4461)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 6.5 %
- French as first language: 89.1 %
- English and French as first language: 1.2 %
- Other as first language: 3.2 %