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Travel time between Parliament Hill and Mascouche is about two hours by car.
This riding sits north of Terrebonne in the region known as Lanaudière. Except for the forests and rolling hills at Saint-Calixte and Sainte-Julienne, the land is quite flat and has long served as a breadbasket for the region. Some 2,500 farmers till the soil in Lanaudière.
This riding is largely francophone with almost 95% of the population speaking French as their mother tongue.
The area was originally settled by French colonists, but saw waves of immigration from Acadian, Scottish, Irish, and English settlers.
About 3.5% of the riding’s population are immigrants.
Approximately 1% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Average individual income is $39,559.
Foodies can take advantage of the riding’s offerings from growers, producers, and restaurants. The tourism authorities offer self-guided maps of the region for gastronomic tours. La Boustifaille, the Domaine des Trois Gourmands, and Les Jardins Sauvages are three restaurants that offer some of the best of local agriculture and cooking.
The Festival Mondial du Grill takes place every year in Saint-Calixte. Named after a 3rd century pope (Callixtus I, martyred in the 220s in Rome), the town was settled by Irish immigrants in 1832 and was known as Kilkenny until being renamed after the church.
The service sector is the region’s principal employer, but agriculture also plays a big role. Root vegetables are grown in large quantities and the region has Quebec’s largest number of tree nurseries.
In Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Maxi Canada produces chicken products under the Yummy label and sells to markets as far away as Mexico.
There is some manufacturing in the area around Mascouche. The growth experienced in neighbouring communities such as Terrebonne and Repentigny are having a positive impact on the economy.
From April to November every year, the town of Mascouche’s Green Brigade goes door to door, school to school, educating and making people aware of good environmental practices such as composting, recycling, and water conservation.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s seventh prime minister, was born in the tiny community of Saint-Lin-Laurentides. Laurier left home at 11 to attend an English school in neighbouring New Glasgow before finishing his schooling in l’Assomption at the Collège l’Assomption. Laurier’s childhood home in Saint-Lin has been converted to a museum and is open to visitors year-round.
