Pointe-des-Cascades
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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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.
Pointe-des-Cascades | |
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Parc des Ancres Lighthouse | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
  Pte-des-Cascades Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°20′N 73°58′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | May 1, 1961 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Zytynsky |
| • Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 1,775 |
| • Density | 646.8/km2 (1,675/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  19.9% |
| • Dwellings | 762 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-338 |
| Website | www |
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completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.[5] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal.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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,775 (+19.9% from 2016) | 1,481 (10.5% from 2011) | 1,340 (+28.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi) | 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Population density | 646.8/km2 (1,675/sq mi) | 553.1/km2 (1,433/sq mi) | 502.2/km2 (1,301/sq mi) |
| Median age | 37.2 (M: 38.0, F: 37.2) | 39.7 (M: 39.2, F: 40.2) | 40.9 (M: 41.1, F: 40.7) |
| Private dwellings | 762 (total) | 672 (total) | 600 (total) |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $68,045 | $55,754 |
| Canada Census mother tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 8.1% |
75.2% | 230 | 58.6% |
13.0% | 55 | 175.0% |
3.1% | 145 | 81.3% |
8.2% | |||||
2016 |
1,480 |
1,235 | 4.7% |
83.4% | 145 | 45.0% |
9.8% | 20 |  20.0% |
1.4% | 80 | 128.6% |
5.4% | |||||
2011 |
1,340 |
1,180 | 19.8% |
88.1% | 100 | 185.7% |
7.5% | 25 | n/a% |
1.9% | 35 | 133.3% |
2.6% | |||||
2006 |
1,035 |
985 | 13.2% |
95.2% | 35 | 22.2% |
3.4% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.0% | 15 | n/a% |
1.5% | |||||
2001 |
915 |
870 | 2.2% |
95.1% | 45 | 350.0% |
4.9% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.0% | 0 | 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
| 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 | |
| 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:[14]
- Joseph-Pierre-Amable Clément (1961–1968, 1971–1979)
- Joseph-Bruno-Germain Vallée (1968–1971)
- Joseph-Thomas-Ronald-Maurice Hayes (1979–2005)
- Francis Masse (2005–2007)
- Jean-Pierre Dupont (2007–2008)
- Maryse Morin Sauvé (2008–2013)
- Gilles Santerre (2013–2020)
- Pierre Lalonde (interim 2020)
- Peter Zytynsky (2021–present)
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[15]
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.[16]
