Les Laurentides is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré. It is named after the Laurentian Mountains. The population was 45,902 according to the 2016 Canadian Census.

What does Laurentides mean?

lôrən-tīd, lŏr- Of or relating to a large ice sheet that covered most of the region that now comprises Canada and the northern United States during much of the Pleistocene Epoch and that gradually melted between 18,000 and 8,000 years ago. adjective.

Where are the lower Laurentians?

The Laurentians are a range of mountains in Quebec, north of Montreal, popular among tourists as a ski destination. The Laurentians are a range of mountains in Quebec, north of Montreal, popular among tourists as a ski destination.