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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | name                 = L'Assomption
 | official_name        = {{lang|fr-CA|Ville de L'Assomption}}
 | settlement_type      = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
 | image_skyline        = Lassomption-vue air.jpg
 | image_caption        = Downtown L'Assomption
 | image_flag           = 
 | flag_size            = 120x100px
 | image_shield         = COA L'Assomption.jpg
 | shield_size          = 100x90px
 | nickname             = 
 | motto                = 
|image_map               = L'Assomption Quebec location diagram.png
|map_caption             = Location within L'Assomption RCM
|pushpin_map             = Canada Central Quebec
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_label             = 
|pushpin_map_caption  = Location in central Quebec
 | coordinates          = {{coord|45|48|40|N|73|25|53|W|region:CA-QC|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|EPISR|L'Assomption}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
 | coor_pinpoint        = 
 | coordinates_footnotes= <ref name="toponymie"/>
 | subdivision_type     = Country
 | subdivision_name     = Canada
 | subdivision_type1    = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
 | subdivision_name1    = [[Quebec]]
 | subdivision_type2    = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
 | subdivision_name2    = [[Lanaudière]]
 | subdivision_type3    = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
 | subdivision_name3    = [[L'Assomption Regional County Municipality|L'Assomption]]
 | established_title    = Settled
 | established_date     = 1670s
 | established_title1   = Constituted
 | established_date1    = July 1, 2000
 | established_title2   = 
 | established_date2    = 
 | government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
 | government_type      = 
 | leader_title         = Mayor
 | leader_name          = Sébastien Nadeau
 | leader_title1        = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
 | leader_name1         = [[Repentigny (federal electoral district)|Repentigny]]
 | leader_title2        = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
 | leader_name2         = [[L'Assomption (provincial electoral district)|L'Assomption]]
 | area_footnotes       = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052460028&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=L%27Assomption|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census - L'Assomption, Quebec|date=15 November 2023}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2       = 100.80
 | area_land_km2        = 98.74
 | area_water_km2       =
 | area_urban_km2       = 12.8
 | elevation_footnotes  = 
 | elevation_m          = 
 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052460028&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=L%27Assomption|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census - L'Assomption, Quebec|date=15 November 2023}}</ref>
 | population_total     = 23,442
 | population_as_of     = 2021
 | population_density_km2 = 237.4
 | population_urban     = 19834
 | population_density_urban_km2 = 1549.5
 | population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>2016–2021</small>
 | population_blank1    = {{increase}} 4.5%
 | population_blank2_title= Dwellings
 | population_blank2    = 9,369
 | timezone             = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
 | utc_offset           = −05:00
 | timezone_DST         = EDT
 | utc_offset_DST       = −04:00
 | postal_code_type     = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
 | postal_code          = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J5W]]
 | area_code            = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
 | blank_name           =Highways <br>{{jct|state=QC|A|40}}
 | blank_info           = <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|339}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|341}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|343}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|344}}
 | website              = {{URL|www.ville.lassomption.qc.ca}}
 | footnotes            =
}}

'''L'Assomption''' ({{IPA|fr|lasɔ̃psjɔ̃}}) is an [[off-island suburbs|off-island suburb]] of [[Montreal]], in southwestern [[Quebec]], Canada on the [[L'Assomption River]]. It is the seat of the [[L'Assomption Regional County Municipality|Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption]].  It is located on the outer fringes of the [[Greater Montreal|Montreal urban area]].

Most of the economy depends on the  agricultural industries of the surrounding plains.  It is also the cultural centre of the region.

==History==
[[File:Lassomption.jpg|thumb|left]]
In 1647, the [[Seigneurial system of New France|L'Assomption Seignory]] was granted to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny, named after the river already named such since the seventeenth century. Between 1640 and 1700, a settlement formed inside a large horseshoe-shaped meander of the L'Assomption River. Amerindians had already been visiting this site since ancient times and called it ''Outaragasipi'' meaning winding river, in reference to the river's course. They would drag their canoes across the peninsula as a short-cut for the meander, and therefore the settlement was first called Le Portage.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=274960 |title= L'Assomption (Ville) |access-date=2009-09-22 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=fr}}</ref>

In 1717, the parish was formed, known thereafter as Saint-Pierre-du-Portage-de-l'Assomption and also as Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-du-Portage. In 1766, the village saw an influx of [[Acadians|Acadian]] settlers. Between 1774 and 1888, L'Assomption was the most prosperous and important town between Montreal and Trois-Rivieres.<ref name="toponymie"/>

In 1845, the L'Assomption Municipality was established, abolished in 1847, but reestablished as a parish municipality in 1855. In 1846, the village itself became a separate Village Municipality and obtained town status in 1888.<ref name="toponymie"/>

In 1992, the town and parish municipality were merged again, and on July 1, 2000, the neighbouring Parish Municipality of Saint-Gérard-Majella was amalgamated with Ville de L'Assomption.<ref name="toponymie"/>

In December 2010, the 1,300-worker [[Electrolux]] factory announced that it would close, relocating to [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/18/straberg-strategy-cutting-costs-electrolux-memphis/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925170805/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/18/straberg-strategy-cutting-costs-electrolux-memphis |archive-date=2011-09-25 |title=Straberg's Strategy: cutting costs led Electrolux to Memphis » The Commercial Appeal}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Communities===
*[[Domaine-Beaudoin-Papin, Quebec|Domaine-Beaudoin-Papin]]
*[[Domaine-des-Fleurs, Quebec|Domaine-des-Fleurs]]
*L'Assomption
*Saint-Gérard-Majella

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title= <small>Historical Census Data – L'Assomption, Quebec</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 
| 1851 |1084
| 1861 |1279
| 1871 |1210
| 1881 |1313
| 1891 |1256
| 1901 |1605
| 1911 |1747
| 1921 |1320
| 1931 |1576
| 1941 |1829
| 1951 |2688
| 1956 |3683
| 1961 |4448
| 1966 |4662
| 1971 |4915
| 1976 |4832
| 1981 |4844
| 1986 |5280
| 1991 |5706
| 1996 |11366
| 2001 |15625
| 2006 |16738
| 2011 |20065
| 2016 |22429
| 2021 |23442
| footnote =
}}}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], L'Assomption had a population of {{val|23442|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|9206|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|9369|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:23442-22429}}|22429|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|22429|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|98.74|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|23442|98.74|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
 |location = L'Assomption
 |2021_population=23,442 | 2021_pop_delta=+4.5  | 2021_land_area=98.74 | 2021_pop_density=237.4
 |2021_median_age=40.0 | 2021_median_age_m=39.2 | 2021_median_age_f=40.4
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=9,369 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=9,206 |2021_mean_hh_income=87,000 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00052460028 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=22,429 |2016_pop_delta=+11.8 |2016_land_area=98.99 |2016_pop_density=226.6
 |2016_median_age=38.5 |2016_median_age_m=37.9 |2016_median_age_f=39.1
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=8,932 |2016_mean_hh_income=74,159 |2016_access_date=2022-04-28
 |2011_population=20,065 |2011_pop_delta=+20.0 |2011_land_area=98.90 |2011_pop_density=202.9
 |2011_median_age=37.9 |2011_median_age_m=37.2 |2011_median_age_f=38.7
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=8,189 |2011_mean_hh_income=61,590 |2011_access_date=2014-05-26
 |2006_population=16,738 | 2006_pop_delta=+7.1 | 2006_land_area=100.78 | 2006_pop_density=166.1
 |2006_median_age=39.3 | 2006_median_age_m=38.7 | 2006_median_age_f=39.7
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=6,526 | 2006_mean_hh_income=58,130 | 2006_access_date=2014-05-26
 |2001_population=15,615 | 2001_pop_delta=+0.3 | 2001_land_area=98.91 | 2001_pop_density=157.9
 |2001_median_age=37.2 | 2001_median_age_m=36.8 | 2001_median_age_f=37.6
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=5,796 |2001_mean_hh_income=50,224 | 2001_access_date=2014-05-26
 |notes=
}}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue – L'Assomption, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|23,245}}
|
| 21,775
| {{increase}} 2.4%
| 93.7%
|
| 245
| {{increase}} 19.5%
| 1.1%
|
| 165
| {{increase}} 43.5%
| 0.7%
|
| 865
| {{increase}} 61.7%
| 3.7%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|22,220}}
|
| 21,270
| {{increase}} 11.0%
| 95.7%
|
| 205
| {{increase}} 5.1%
| 0.9%
|
| 115
| {{increase}} 15.0%
| 0.5%
|
| 535
| {{increase}} 50.7%
| 2.4%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|19,815}}
|
| 19,165
| {{increase}} 19.0%
| 96.7%
|
| 195
| {{decrease}} 2.5%
| 1.0%
|
| 100
| {{increase}} 185.7%
| 0.5%
|
| 355
| {{increase}} 77.5%
| 1.8%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|16,545}}
|
| 16,110
| {{increase}} 7.5%
| 97.4%
|
| 200
| {{increase}} 8.1%
| 1.2%
|
| 35
| {{decrease}} 22.2%
| 0.2%
|
| 200
| {{increase}} 53.8%
| 1.2%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|15,340}}
|
| 14,980	
| {{increase}} 37.8%
| 97.7%
|
| 185
| {{increase}} 131.2%
| 1.2%
|
| 45	
| {{increase}} 28.6%
| 0.3%
|
| 130
| {{increase}} 160.0%
| 0.9%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|11,035}}
|
| 10,870	
| n/a
| 98.5%
|
| 80
| n/a
| 0.7%
|
| 35
| n/a
| 0.3%
|
| 50
| n/a
| 0.5%
|}

==Education==
{{expand section|date=September 2017}}
[[File:Site patrimonial du Collège-de-L'Assomption 03.jpg|thumb|The Collège de l'Assomption was founded in 1832. The school building has remained on the same site since its creation, making it an official historical site.]]
The [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]] operates anglophone public schools, including:
* Joliette Elementary School in [[Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec|Saint-Charles-Borromée]]<ref>"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917092831/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf |date=2017-09-17 }}." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.</ref>
The [[Commission scolaire des Affluents]] is the main school board in the region. It operates many francophone public schools, both at the elementary and high school levels, including:

* Paul-Arseneau High School in l'Assomption
* Armand-Corbeil High School in [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]]
* Jean-Baptiste Meilleur High School in [[Repentigny, Quebec|Repentigny]]
* Point-du-Jour Elementary School in l'Assomption

The city is also home to the [[Collège de L'Assomption]], a private High School of historical renown,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collège de l'Assomption — École secondaire privée dans Lanaudière|url=https://classomption.qc.ca/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Collège de L'Assomption}}</ref> as well as the [[Cégep régional de Lanaudière|Cégep Régional de Lanaudière]] in l'Assomption.

==See also==
* [[List of cities in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |60028}}</ref>
}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | title     = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre    = L'Assomption
 | North     = [[Crabtree, Quebec|Crabtree]], [[Saint-Paul, Quebec|Saint-Paul]]
 | Northeast = 
 | East      = [[Lavaltrie, Quebec|Lavaltrie]]
 | Southeast = [[Saint-Sulpice, Quebec|Saint-Sulpice]]
 | South     = [[Repentigny, Quebec|Repentigny]]
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = [[L'Épiphanie, Quebec|L'Épiphanie]]
 | Northwest = [[Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Quebec|Sainte-Marie-Salomé]]
}}
{{L'Assomption RCM|state=expanded}}
{{Greater Montreal}}
{{Chemin du Roy}}

{{Authority control}}

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