The investors had collected over $4.5 million and bought 2,500 acres (10 km2) of land from farmers and the neighbouring towns.

Montcalm died at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City while fighting for the Kingdom of France in the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.

The silver cross is a typical French-Canadian symbol that reminds citizens of their French heritage.

Commuter trains provided by Exo link Candiac to Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montréal.

The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.