Mirabel, Quebec, Canada

🇨🇦 Mirabel is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in southern Quebec.

Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74. Prior to 2002, Mirabel was not only a city but also comprised the Mirabel Regional County Municipality.

The city is home to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.

History Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were (with their individual founding dates in brackets): Saint-Augustin (1855); Saint-Benoît (1855); Saint-Hermas (1855); Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville (1855); Sainte-Scholastique (1855); Saint-Canut (1857); Sainte-Monique (1872), and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix (1959). Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique but renamed Mirabel in 1973, the city was planned to become a vast transportation and industrial hub for Eastern Canada, with Montréal–Mirabel International Airport at its centre.

Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, which opened in 1975, never became a major aviation hub and the industrial parks never materialized, and in 2004, the airport closed to all scheduled commercial passenger traffic. It continues to operate as a cargo airport and handles a few charter passenger flights.

In 2000, about 10 km² (3.9 sq mi) of Mirabel's territory was annexed by Lachute.

Communities • La Belle-Rivière • La Chapelle • Mirabel-en-Haut • Petit St-Charles • Saint-Augustin • Saint-Benoît • Saint-Canut • Sainte-Monique • Saint-Hermas • Saint-Janvier • Saint-Jérusalem-d'Argenteuil • Sainte-Scholastique.

Economy Bombardier Aviation produces Bombardier CRJ700 series (CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000) regional jetliners and Airbus A220 (formerly Bombardier CSeries) at the Montréal–Mirabel International Airport. Bell Helicopters (Bell Textron) also has its major manufacturing and final assembly plant at the airport.

HydroSerre Mirabel has its headquarters in the town.

Education: Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI), which operates Francophone public schools, serves the following parts of Mirabel: Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique and a portion of Domaine-Vert. • École primaire de la Clé-des-Champs • École primaire des Blés-Dorés • École primaire Girouard • École primaire Prés fleuris • École primaire Sainte-Scholastique

Other elementary schools serving sections of CCSMI Mirabel: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Blainville and Terre-Soleil in Sainte-Thérèse. Secondary schools serving sections of CSSMI Mirabel: d'Oka in Oka, des Patriotes in Saint-Eustache, Henri-Dunant in Blainville, Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in Boisbriand, and Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse in Sainte-Thérèse.

Education: Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools in other parts of Mirabel. They include: • Secondary schools: ◦ École secondaire de Mirabel (ESM) ◦ Other secondary schools serving CSRDN sections include Polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute and Cap-Jeunesse, Émilien-Frenette, Polyvalente Saint-Jérôme, and Saint-Stanlislas in Saint-Jérôme • Primary schools: ◦ du Parchemin ◦ à l'Unisson ◦ aux Quatre-Vents ◦ de la Croisée-des-Champs ◦ Mer-et-Monde ◦ Saint-Anne ◦ Saint-Hermas ◦ Other primary schools serving CSRDN Mirabel include Dubois, de l'Horizon-Soleil, Prévost, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus in Saint-Jérôme and Jean-Moreau in Sainte-Sophie.

Education: Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools in the area around Mirabel.

Secondary schools serving portions of Mirabel include: • Lake of Two Mountains High School in Deux-Montagnes serves southern Mirabel • Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute serves northern Mirabel • Rosemere High School in Rosemère serves south-east Mirabel

Primary schools serving portions of Mirabel include: • Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme serves northern Mirabel • Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School in Deux-Montagnes serve southern Mirabel • Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary School in Blainville serves south-east Mirabel.