Editing Laurentides (section)

{{About|the administrative region|the community|Saint-Lin–Laurentides|the mountains|Laurentian Mountains}}
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| name                    = Laurentides
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| parts                   = 7 RCM, 1 ET
| p1                      = [[Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality|Antoine-Labelle]]
| p2                      = [[Argenteuil Regional County Municipality|Argenteuil]]
| p3                      = [[Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality|Deux-Montagnes]]
| p4                      = [[La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality|La Rivière-du-Nord]]
| p5                      = [[Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality|Les Laurentides]]
| p6                      = [[Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality|Les Pays-d'en-Haut]]
| p7                      = [[Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality|Thérèse-De Blainville]]
| p8                      = [[Mirabel, Quebec]] <small>(ET)</small>
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| leader_party            = President
| leader_title            = Conseil des préfets et des élus de la région des Laurentides ([[Regional conference of elected officers]])  
| leader_name             = Ramez Ayoub
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Laurentides [Economic region], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=ER&Code1=2455&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=laurenti&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>
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| population_total        = 631

719
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_density_km2  = 28.4
| population_demonym      = Laurentien(ne)
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| area_code               = [[Area code 450 and 579|450, 579]]
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| website                 = {{URL|www.laurentides.gouv.qc.ca|www.laurentides<br />.gouv.qc.ca}}
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The '''Laurentides''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔʁɑ̃tid|lang}}, {{IPA|fr-CA|lɔʁɑ̃t͡sid||LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoit Rochon-Laurentides.wav|label=[[Canadian French]]:}}) is a [[List of Quebec regions|region]] of [[Quebec]]. While it is often called the '''Laurentians''' in English, the region includes only part of the [[Laurentian Mountains]]. It has a total land area of {{convert|20,779.19|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the [[2016 Canadian Census|2016 Census]].<ref name="census2016" />

The area was historically occupied by the [[Weskarini Algonquin First Nation]].<ref>https://morinheightshistory.org/the-indigenous-people-of-the-laurentians/</ref> English Canadians began settling in the 1700s in towns like Arundel and Harrington and St. Columban and Clyde, today's La Conception. [[French Canadian]]s began settlement in the first half of the 19th century, establishing an agricultural presence throughout the valleys. During the 20th century, the area also became a popular tourist destination, based on a cottage and lake culture in the summer, and a downhill and cross-country [[skiing|ski]] culture in the winter. Ski resorts include [[Saint-Sauveur, Quebec|Saint-Sauveur]] and [[Mont Tremblant Resort|Mont Tremblant]].

The Laurentides offer a weekend escape for [[Montreal]]ers and tourists from New England to Ontario, and with the building of a major highway through the area in the 1970s ([[Quebec Autoroute 15|Autoroute 15]]), the area has experienced much growth. Its largest city is [[Saint-Jérôme, Quebec|Saint-Jérôme]], in its extreme southeast, with a 2011 census population of 68,456 inhabitants.