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Argenteuil–Papineau–Mirabel
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| Established | November 27, 2000 |
| Disbanded | October 20, 2015 |
| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modified | RP August 02, 2015 03:52pm |
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This is a mainly rural riding in southwest Quebec that runs along the Ottawa River. The riding contains the City of Mirabel, the regional county municipalities of Argenteuil and Papineau and part of Deux-Montagnes and Les Pays-d'en-Haut. The communities of Oka, Pointe-Calumet, St-Joseph-du-Lac and St-Placide, Lac-des-Seize-Iles, Morin Heights, St-Adolphe-d'Howard and Wentworth-Nord and the Kanesatake Indian Lands fall in the riding.
Manufacturing is the major industry with other employment in the service sector, agriculture and tourism. The average family income is $51,883 and unemployment is 7.1 per cent.
More than 87 per cent of the population cited French as their mother tongue, and almost nine per cent spoke English. The total immigrant population is under three per cent. Almost 14 per cent of the population have less than a Grade 9 education.
In 2004, the riding was named Argenteuil-Mirabel. The riding of Argenteuil existed from 1867 to 1947 and was re-established in 1976 from 71 per cent of Argenteuil-Deux Montagnes and 20 per cent of Gatineau. The name changed to Argenteuil-Papineau in 1981. The 1996 redistribution added a part of Gatineau-La-Lièvre.
Population: 98,467
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