Mirabel, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, is located on the North Shore in southern Quebec. It 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. Today, the city is home to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.
Mirabel was formed through the expropriation of private lands and the merger of 8 municipalities in 1971. The former municipalities were Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Saint-Hermas, Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville, Sainte-Scholastique, Saint-Canut, Sainte-Monique, and Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix. Initially called Ville de Sainte-Scholastique, it was 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. However, the airport, which opened in 1975, never became a major aviation hub and the industrial parks never materialized. In 2004, the airport closed to all scheduled commercial passenger traffic, but it continues to operate as a cargo airport and handles a few charter passenger flights. In 2000, about 10 km2 of Mirabel's territory was annexed by Lachute.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mirabel had a population of 61,108 living in 24,795 of its 25,514 total private dwellings, a change of 21% from its 2016 population of 50,513. With a land area of 484.09 km2, it had a population density of 126.2/km2 in 2021. The city was 91.8% white/European, 6.5% visible minorities and 1.7% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (1.9%), Arab (1.6%), and Latin American (1.0%).
Religion-wise, 63.9% of residents were Christian, down from 87% in 2011. 56.7% were Catholic, 5.2% were Christian n.o.s, 0.4% were Protestant and 1.6% belonged to other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions. Of non-Catholic denominations, the largest is Christian Orthodox at 0.7%. 33.6% of residents were non-religious or secular, up from 12.2% in 2011. 2.5% belonged to other religions, up from 0.8% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (1.9%) and Buddhism (0.4%).
In terms of language, 90.8% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue. The next most common first languages were English (2.5%), Spanish (1.0%), Arabic (0.9%), and Portuguese (0.5%). 1.3% of residents listed both French and English as mother tongues, while 0.5% listed both French and a non-official language.
Mirabel, Quebec has a sister city relationship with Châlons-en-Champagne in France.
