Pointe-des-Cascades

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Pointe-des-Cascades

| settlement_type = Village municipality

| image_skyline = Pointe-des-Cascades-Phare Parc des Ancres.jpg

| image_caption = Parc des Ancres Lighthouse

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| image_map = Pointe-des-Cascades Quebec location diagram.PNG

|map_caption = Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM

|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

|pushpin_label = {{nowrap|Pte-des-Cascades}}

|pushpin_label_position= right

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec

|coordinates = {{coord|45|20|N|73|58|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Montérégie

| subdivision_type3 = RCM

| subdivision_name3 = Vaudreuil-Soulanges

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| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = May 1, 1961

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|government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-des-Cascades |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/71055/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=12 May 2022 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1077 |title=Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec) |access-date=2009-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618195301/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1077 |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead }}

|government_type =

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Peter Zytynsky

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Soulanges

|area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Pointe-des-Cascades&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052471055|title = Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Pointe-des-Cascades, Village (VL) [Census subdivision], Quebec |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |date = 9 February 2022}}

| area_total_km2 = 9.98

| area_land_km2 = 2.74

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| population_total = 1775

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2 = 646.8

|population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 19.9%

|population_blank2_title = Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 762

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| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = J0P 1M0

| area_code = 450 and 579

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|338}}

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Pointe-des-Cascades ({{IPA|fr|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=50147&Latitude=45,33333&Longitude=-73,96667&Zoom=1700 |title=Pointe-des-Cascades (Municipalité de village) |access-date=2009-02-02 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062213/http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=50147&Latitude=45,33333&Longitude=-73,96667&Zoom=1700 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} 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.

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. 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.{{cite web |title=Montérégie Cycling Trails: Soulanges Canal |publisher=MontrealPlus.ca |url=http://english.montrealplus.ca/feature/crazy_for_cycling/8536/trails_soulanges.jsp |access-date=2009-02-02 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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).

Demographics

{{Historical populations

| title= Historical Census data - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec

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| source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

| 1976 |726

| 1981 |692

| 1986 |641

| 1991 |691

| 1996 |910

| 2001 |913

| 2006 |1046

| 2011 |1340

| 2016 |1481

| 2021 |1775

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-des-Cascades had a population of {{val|1775|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|743|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|762|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1775-1481}}|1481|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1481|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|2.74|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1775|2.74|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 28, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|2021_population=1,775 | 2021_pop_delta=+19.9 | 2021_land_area=2.74 | 2021_pop_density=646.8

|2021_median_age=37.2 | 2021_median_age_m=38.0 | 2021_median_age_f=37.2

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=762 | 2021_mean_hh_income=88,000|2021_geocode=2021A00052471055 | 2021_access_date=2022-08-23

|2016_population=1,481 | 2016_pop_delta=10.5 | 2016_land_area=2.68 | 2016_pop_density=553.1

|2016_median_age=39.7 | 2016_median_age_m=39.2 | 2016_median_age_f=40.2

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=672 | 2016_mean_hh_income=68,045 | 2016_access_date=2022-01-11

|2011_population=1,340 |2011_pop_delta=+28.1 |2011_land_area=2.67 |2011_pop_density=502.2

|2011_median_age=40.9 |2011_median_age_m=41.1 |2011_median_age_f=40.7

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=600 |2011_mean_hh_income=55,754 |2011_access_date=2014-02-19

|2006_population=1,046 | 2006_pop_delta=+14.6 | 2006_land_area=2.67 | 2006_pop_density=392.0

|2006_median_age=39.7 | 2006_median_age_m=38.7 | 2006_median_age_f=41.2

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=446 | 2006_mean_hh_income=55,741 | 2006_access_date=2014-02-19

|2001_population=913 | 2001_pop_delta=+0.3 | 2001_land_area=2.79 | 2001_pop_density=327.6

|2001_median_age=38.1 | 2001_median_age_m=38.0 | 2001_median_age_f=38.2

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=383 |2001_mean_hh_income=58,224 | 2001_access_date=2014-02-19

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class="wikitable" !colspan="19"\|Canada Census mother tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
Census \| ! Total \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|French}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|English}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|French & English}} \|colspan="1"\| !colspan="3"\|{{center\|Other}}
Year \| ! responses \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % \| ! Count ! Trend ! Pop %
{{center\|2021}} \| \| {{center\|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%
{{center\|2016}} \| \| {{center\|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%
{{center\|2011}} \| \| {{center\|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%
{{center\|2006}} \| \| {{center\|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%
{{center\|2001}} \| \| {{center\|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%
{{center\|1996}} \| \| {{center\|920}} \| \| 890 \| n/a \| 96.7% \| \| 10 \| n/a \| 1.1% \| \| 10 \| n/a \| 1.1% \| \| 10 \| n/a \| 1.1%

class="wikitable"

!colspan="19"|Canada Census mother tongue - Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec

Census

! Total

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}

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!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}

|colspan="1"|

!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}

Year

! responses

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

| {{center|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%

| {{center|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%

| {{center|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%

| {{center|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%

| {{center|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%

| {{center|920}}

| 890

| n/a

| 96.7%

| 10

| n/a

| 1.1%

| 10

| n/a

| 1.1%

| 10

| n/a

| 1.1%

Local government

class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;" \|+Pointe-des-Cascades federal election results{{cite web \|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e \|title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 5821)\|publisher=Elections Canada \|access-date=March 4, 2023}} ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Year ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Liberal ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Conservative ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Bloc Québécois ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| New Democratic ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Green
rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ}}\| ! 2021 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal\|background}} \| 32% \| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"\| 273 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative\|background}} \| 18% \| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"\| 154 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ\|background}} \| 36% \| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"\| 300 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP\|background}} \| 9% \| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"\| 79 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Green\|background}} \| 2% \| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"\| 14
2019 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal\|background}} \| 38% \| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"\| 349 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative\|background}} \| 6% \| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"\| 56 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ\|background}} \| 38% \| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"\| 350 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP\|background}} \| 10% \| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"\| 88 \| {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Green\|background}} \| 6% \| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"\| 53

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|+Pointe-des-Cascades federal election results{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 5821)|publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 4, 2023}}

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Conservative

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Bloc Québécois

! colspan="2" scope="col" | New Democratic

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Green

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! 2021

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 32%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 273

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 18%

| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 154

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | 36%

| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 300

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 9%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 79

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 2%

| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 14

2019

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 38%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 349

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 6%

| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 56

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} | 38%

| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 350

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 10%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 88

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 6%

| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 53

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|+Pointe-des-Cascades provincial election results{{cite web |url=https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/results-and-statistics/general-election-results/2018-10-01/ |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 5821)|publisher=Elections Québec |access-date=March 4, 2023}}

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! colspan="2" scope="col" | CAQ

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal

! colspan="2" scope="col" | QC solidaire

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Parti Québécois

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! 2018

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | 48%

| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| 447

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | 21%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 200

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 15%

| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| 140

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | 12%

| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 108

style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ}}|

! 2014

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | 0%

| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| 0

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|background}} | 39%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 294

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|QS|background}} | 13%

| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| 101

| {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|background}} | 42%

| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 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:{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Pointe-des-Cascades (village) 1.5.1961 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1235 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=11 January 2022}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstrois-lacs.qc.ca/commission-scolaire/les-ecoles-et-les-centres|title=Les écoles et les centres|publisher=Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs|access-date=18 January 2013}}

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."[http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf School Board Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001425/http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf |date=2017-09-21 }}." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.