Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

 in the Montérégie

Montérégie

Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....

 of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

 was 5,732.

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	5,732	11.8%
2001	5,128	10.5%
1996	4,641	21.0%
1991	3,836	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	5,175	90.47%
English only	350	6.12%
Both English and French	70	1.22%
Other languages	125	2.19%

Transportation

The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30

Quebec Autoroute 30

Autoroute 30 is a superhighway in Quebec, Canada.There are three segments currently open for travel:...

, a Montreal Island bypass route, is slated to run through this area to link with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport

Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport

Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, , is a general aviation aerodrome located approximately west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada near Autoroute 20 west of Vaudreuil-Dorion. The aerodrome is owned and operated by Laurentide Aviation.-External links:*...

, a single-runway general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20

Quebec Autoroute 20

Autoroute 20 is a major Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely-populated parts of Canada, and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec...

in the Les Cèdres area.