Montcalm, Quebec

Montcalm () is a municipality in the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality of Quebec southeast of Mont-Tremblant. The main population centre in Montcalm is the village of Weir.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2011: 619 (2006 to 2011 population change: -5.1%)
• Population in 2006: 652
• Population in 2001: 534
• Population in 1996: 449
• Population in 1991: 369

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 308 (total dwellings: 663)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 25%
• French as first language: 73.5%
• English and French as first language: 1.5%
• Other as first language: 0%

Weir

Weir (<small></small>) is an unincorporated village in Montcalm, accessible via Quebec Route 364. It is home to a satellite earth station for Tata Communications (Canada) Ltd.

Weir is named after William Alexander Weir (1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

• Arundel Elementary School in Arundel
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute serves almost all of Montcalm

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

External links

• Municipalité de Montcalm
• Atlas of Canada - Montcalm
• Commission de toponymie du Quebec