McMasterville is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in southwestern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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 on the Richelieu River

Richelieu River

The Richelieu River is a river in Quebec, Canada. It flows from the north end of Lake Champlain about north, ending at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec downstream and northeast of Montreal...

 in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu

La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Vallée-du-Richelieu is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the Richelieu River as the river makes its way from Lake Champlain in the United States north to the Saint Lawrence River northeast of Montreal at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec...

. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

 was 5,234. It is within the Administrative Region of Montérégie

Montérégie

Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....

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History

The town was founded in 1917 to house workers of the Canadian Explosives Limited. The town is named after the first chairman of that company, William McMaster

William McMaster

William McMaster was a wholesaler, Senator and banker in the 19th century. A director of the Bank of Montreal from 1864–1867, he was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Bank of Commerce of which he served as the founding president from 1867 to his death in 1887.He served in the...

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Geography

McMasterville is located along the Richelieu river, on the shore facing Mont St-Hilaire and Otterburn Park.

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	5,234	31.4%
2001	3,984	4.5%
1996	3,813	3.4%
1991	3,689	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	4,865	95.58%
English only	140	2.75%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	85	1.67%

Education

The town is host to the École d'éducation internationale which offers secondary level education where students can follow the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme as defined by the IBO.

Transportation

McMasterville is served by the McMasterville

McMasterville (AMT)

McMasterville Station is a railway station located in McMasterville, Quebec, Canada. It is served by commuter trains from the Agence métropolitaine de transport. It is part of the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.-External links:*...

 commuter rail station on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's

Agence métropolitaine de transport

The Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...

 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line. Local bus service is provided by the CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu

CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu

The role of the CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu , officially the Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport de la Vallée du Richelieu, is a public transit agency serving eight member municipalities and the Richelieu Valley RCM in Quebec, Canada. These towns, located east Montreal along Quebec Route 116,...

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