MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville

What MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville does

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville is a regional county municipality (municipalité régionale de comté) in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, established in 1982 under the name MRC de Lajemmerais and renamed in 2011 after Marie-Marguerite Du Frost de la Gesmerays (Mère Marguerite d'Youville), a historical figure born in Varennes. The entity coordinates shared public services across six member municipalities — Calixa-Lavallée, Contrecœur, Saint-Amable, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, and Verchères — representing a combined population of 82,786 (2023) across 348.48 km², of which approximately 80% is permanent agricultural zone. It functions as a statutory regional government body under Quebec law, with legally defined responsibilities in land use planning, residual materials management, intermunicipal cooperation, regional court operations, fire safety coordination, drinking water management, social housing, and economic development.

Its core digital product is Tri-Facile, a citizen-facing waste management platform that provides real-time access to collection schedules, écocentre information, bin request services, and waste sorting guidance. Supporting digital services include Constats Express (online fine payment via Stripe), Séances sans papier (paperless council sessions), and the Avis publics public notice publication system. Non-digital regional services are delivered through the Service de développement économique (SDE), the Office régional d'habitation (ORH), the Régie intermunicipale d'eau potable (RIEP), and the Cour municipale régionale. The underlying technology stack is standard web infrastructure: October CMS, Cloudflare, Stripe, Google Analytics, and Byscuit consent management — no proprietary AI, ML, or data platforms are disclosed.

The MRC's revenue model is non-commercial: funding derives from quotes-parts (mandatory contributions from the six member municipalities), volume-based service fees from ICI (institutional, commercial, industrial) users of the two écocentres located in Varennes and Contrecœur (ranging from $90 to $500 per load for sorted materials, with additional surcharges for unsorted loads and green residue), online fine payment processing, and provincial grants administered through bodies such as MAMH and SHQ. The organization is governed by an elected council of mayors led by Préfet Daniel Plouffe (Mayor of Calixa-Lavallée), with Préfète suppléante Maud Allaire (Mayor of Contrecœur), and currently employs between 11 and 50 staff at its administrative offices in Verchères.

Name

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville

Legal name

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville

Website

https://margueritedyouville.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville is a statutory regional county municipality in Quebec's Montérégie region that coordinates shared public services — waste management, regional court, fire safety, drinking water, social housing, and economic development — across six municipalities serving 82,786 residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Government Administration

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Real Estate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) & Infrastructure-Adjacent Real Estate Advisory (BPAJANAL)

Keywords

• Regional government services
• Municipal administration
• Waste management
• Economic development
• Public housing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Verchères

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville is a regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada, providing regional governance, public administration, and shared municipal services to six member municipalities: Calixa-Lavallée, Contrecœur, Saint-Amable, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, and Verchères. The organization delivers services including regional planning, waste management, water and wastewater management, fire safety coordination, regional court administration, economic development, and social housing oversight.

Product overview

MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville operates as a regional county municipality offering a portfolio of citizen-facing digital services and regional governance functions. The core digital platform is Tri-Facile, a waste management system providing online access to collection schedules, ecocentre services, and waste sorting guidance. Supporting digital services include Constats Express for online fine payments, Séances sans papier for paperless council meetings, and public notice distribution. Beyond digital services, the MRC provides regional services including economic development support, social housing (ORH), drinking water management (RIEP), regional municipal court, and landscape planning (Atlas des paysages). The organization functions as a coordination body for six municipalities: Calixa-Lavallée, Contrecoeur, Saint-Amable, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, and Verchères.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regional Governance and Administration

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• École d'urbanisme et d'architecture de paysage, Université de MontréalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The MRC collaborated with the École d'urbanisme et d'architecture de paysage of the Université de Montréal to develop the Atlas des paysages and Guide des paysages régionaux. Students conducted landscape analysis of various municipalities within the MRC territory in 2015 and 2016.
• SÉMECS (Société d'économie mixte de l'est de la couronne sud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSÉMECS is a mixed-economy company in which the MRC holds a board seat. It manages shared regional services including waste collection (green waste ban enforcement). MRC Administrator Daniel Plouffe sits on SÉMECS's board.
• Régie intermunicipale de police Richelieu Saint-LaurentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA regional police service shared among multiple municipalities. MRC mayors Martin Damphousse and Maud Allaire serve as president and vice-president respectively. MRC Administrator Daniel Plouffe also serves as board member.
• Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMM produced a detailed territorial portrait of the MRC containing statistics on housing, environment, transport, and demographics. The MRC references this portrait on its portrait de la MRC page.
• Recyc-QuébecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecyc-Québec is referenced as a resource for citizens on the Tri-Facile waste management page. The MRC uses Recyc-Québec's 'Ça va où?' tool to help residents properly dispose of materials.
• Régie intermunicipale de l'eau potablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIntermunicipal drinking water management corporation. Mayor Martin Damphousse serves on its board of directors. The MRC coordinates regional water supply through this entity.
• Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH)coreOthersProvincial government ministry that provides demographic data used in the MRC's portrait, administers the FLI/FLS investment policy, and granted the name change from MRC de Lajemmerais to MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville in 2011.
• Instance régionale de concertation en persévérance scolaire et réussite éducative de la Montérégie (IRCM)minorOthersMRC administrator Maud Allaire serves on the IRCM board as an administrator since 2021. IRCM is a regional body focused on educational persistence and success in Montérégie.
• Société d'habitation du Québec (SHQ)minorOthersThe MRC delivers SHQ government housing programs within its territory, including home renovation assistance programs, through the Office régional d'habitation (ORH) and the Service de développement économique.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MRC de Beauharnois-Salaberry: Montérégie MRC of similar scale and rural-suburban composition, with comparable service lines including regional waste management, fire safety coordination, and economic development.
• MRC de L'Assomption: Lanaudière MRC providing the same Quebec statutory regional services (land use, waste, economic development, social housing) to a similar mix of suburban municipalities on Montréal's north shore.
• MRC de La Vallée-du-Richelieu: Neighboring MRC in Montérégie serving a similar population of suburban municipalities south of Montréal; comparable scope of regional services (waste, water, economic development, land use planning) and governance structure under the Code municipal du Québec.
• MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges: Western Montérégie MRC with similar demographic mix (mix of suburban and rural municipalities) and an analogous statutory mandate over regional planning, waste, water, and economic development.
• MRC des Maskoutains: Montérégie MRC with significant agricultural land use and a comparable intermunicipal coordination mandate including regional waste collection and economic development services.
• MRC de Roussillon: Montérégie MRC directly comparable in geographic scale (~350 km²), number of member municipalities, and service scope including regional court, housing, and waste management.
• MRC des Moulins: Adjacent MRC in Lanaudière with comparable suburban residential profile and service mix; one of the most populous MRCs in Quebec with a similar waste-management and economic-development mandate.
• MRC de Pierre-De Saurel: Montérégie MRC with analogous statutory mandate and demographic profile; operates similar intermunicipal boards for police, water, and waste management serving comparable populations.

Regional players

• Ville de Longueuil: Regional municipality that absorbed Boucherville from MRC de Lajemmerais in 2002; regional player in the same metropolitan territory whose service offerings and tax base overlap with what MRC member municipalities may increasingly pursue directly.

Broad incumbents

• Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM): Higher-tier supramunicipal body that already produces territorial portraits for MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville; broader metropolitan planning, transit, and housing remit that overlaps with but supersedes the MRC's mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sdemargueritedyouville
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mrc-de-marguerite-dyouville

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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