Country Canada Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area code(s) 450 and 579 Area 12.8 km² Local time Tuesday 11:10 PM | Constituted January 1, 1960 Postal code(s) J0N Highways
A-640 Route 344 Population 15,689 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 86% Humidity Points of interest Ste Marthe Sur Le Lac Plage, Plage La Sabliere, Parc de la 41e Avenue RCMs Laurentides, Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality | ||
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the 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.
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Map of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, QC, Canada
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 trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 6039 (total dwellings: 6167)
Mother tongue:
Education
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone schools. This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac, Des-Lucioles and Grands-Vents) and one high school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse).
Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves this community. Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve this community.