Pointe-des-Cascades

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 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 ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-des-Cascades had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. ==Local government==

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: • 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. 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. ==See also==