title: Val-des-Lacs
text: # Val-des-Lacs
  
  Val-des-Lacs (meaning "Valley of Lakes") is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Population trend:
  
  * Population in 2011: 721 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.3%)
  * Population in 2006: 778
  * Population in 2001: 685
  * Population in 1996: 627
  * Population in 1991: 495
  
  Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 349 (total dwellings: 805)
  
  Mother tongue:
  
  * English as first language: 9%
  * French as first language: 89.7%
  * English and French as first language: 0%
  * Other as first language: 1.3%
  
  ## Education
  
  Sainte Agathe Academy (of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels.
  
  