Val-des-Monts

Val-des-Monts is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located in the Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality (MRC) in the Outaouais administrative region north of Gatineau. It is part of the National Capital Region. It was created in 1975 by the merger of the municipalities of Perkins, Wakefield-Est (including the village of Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield) and Portland-Ouest (including the village of Poltimore). The permanent population of Val-des-Monts is approximately 12,000 inhabitants in 2018, but the population of the municipality almost doubles during the summer season due to the arrival of vacationers residing in cottages.

The name "Val-des-Monts" refers to the fact that the territory of the municipality includes several valleys and mountains.

The municipality of Val-des-Monts is located approximately 10 kilometres north of Gatineau and 220 km west of Montreal. It is part of the Collines-de-l'Outaouais regional county municipality (MRC) in the Outaouais administrative region. More broadly, it is part of the National Capital Region, which includes Ottawa and Gatineau as well as a few neighbouring municipalities.

The territory of Val-des-Monts is mainly composed of lakes, farmland and forests. The largest lakes are McGregor, Grand, de l'Écluse and Newcombe lakes.