Managed by the Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs, it serves the northern population of the peninsula of the regional county municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.
The school was founded during the Quiet Revolution of Quebec by the deputy of Vaudreuil-Soulanges and Minister of Education Paul Gérin-Lajoie with creating a place where everything would be accessible for students in mind.
[2] The school is the birthplace of the education reform and one of the first polyvalantes created in Quebec.
There was previously a baseball field that was destroyed to build Brind'Amour, which, unlike the rest of the campus, is a primary education establishment.
[8] The school sport teams have Citadins de la Cité-des-Jeunes as a name.