The Town of Île-Perrot (French/official name: Ville de l'Île-Perrot, pronounced [lil pɛʁo]) is a town and municipality on Île Perrot in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 10,756. The town is at the western end of Lake Saint-Louis, and borders the local island communities of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. It also includes Dowker Island and the small Claude and Bellevue Islands (Île Claude and Île Bellevue).
L'Île-Perrot | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
  L'Île-Perrot Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′36″N 73°57′18″W / 45.39333°N 73.95500°W[1][2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre Séguin |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| • Prov. riding | Vaudreuil |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources. | |
| Population (2016)[5] | |
• Total | 10,756 |
| • Density | 1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  2.4% |
| • Dwellings | 4,831 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 514 and 438 |
| Highways |  A-20 |
| Website | www |
History
editThe island was granted on October 29, 1672, to François-Marie Perrot (1644-1691), captain in the Picardy Regiment and governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1786, the place received its first parish priest.[2]
In 1845, the Municipality of l'Isle-Perrot was founded, abolished in 1847, and re-established in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal-de-l'Isle-Perrot (partially taking the name of the Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal Parish established there in 1832). In 1946, its name was changed to L'Île-Perrot, and in 1955, it changed statutes from parish municipality to ville.[2]
In 1949, L'Île-Perrot greatly reduced in size when a large part of its territory was split off to form the new Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.[6]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1976 | 5,272 | — |
| 1981 | 5,945 | 12.8% |
| 1986 | 6,586 | 10.8% |
| 1991 | 8,064 | 22.4% |
| 1996 | 9,178 | 13.8% |
| 2001 | 9,375 | 2.1% |
| 2006 | 9,927 | 5.9% |
| 2011 | 10,503 | 5.8% |
| 2016 | 10,756 | 2.4% |
| Source: Statistics Canada[7] | ||
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Île-Perrot had a population of 11,638 living in 4,997 of its 5,150 total private dwellings, a change of 8.2% from its 2016 population of 10,756. With a land area of 5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,131.5/km2 (5,520.6/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 11,638 ( 8.2% from 2016) | 10,756 (2.4% from 2011) | 10,503 ( 5.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi) | 5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi) | 5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Population density | 2,130.1/km2 (5,517/sq mi) | 1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi) | 1,889.8/km2 (4,895/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.4 (M: 43.2, F: 45.2) | 41.7 (M: 40.8, F: 42.5) | 40.6 (M: 39.5, F: 41.7) |
| Private dwellings | 5,150 (total) 4,997 (occupied) | 4,831 (total) | 4,701 (total) |
| Median household income | $75,500 | $62,771 | $55,233 |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-Perrot, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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10,315
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6,840 |  7.1%
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66.31% | 2,140 |  31.3%
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20.75% | 185 | 85.0%
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1.79% | 1,150 | 57.5%
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11.15% | |||||
2006
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9,825
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7,365 | 0.8%
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74.96% | 1,630 | 14.0%
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16.59% | 100 | 9.1%
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1.02% | 730 | 73.8%
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7.43% | |||||
2001
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9,265
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7,305 | 0.1%
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78.85% | 1,430 | 8.3%
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15.43% | 110 | 15.8%
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1.19% | 420 | 33.3%
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4.53% | |||||
1996
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9,025
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7,295 | n/a | 80.83% | 1,320 | n/a | 14.63% | 95 | n/a | 1.05% | 315 | n/a | 3.49% | |||||
Local government
editList of former mayors:
- Ludger Stocker (1955)
- Florian Bleau (1955–1973)
- Marcel Rainville (1973–1977)
- René Émard (1977–1981)
- Pierre Bleau (1981–1989)
- Michel Martin (1989–1990)
- Claude Girouard (1990–1993)
- François Grégoire (1993–1997)
- Marc Roy (1997–2017)
- Pierre Séguin (2017–present)
Transportation
editAutoroute 20 runs through the town, with three at-grade intersections serving as exits. The east side of L'Île-Perrot is bordered by a branch of the Ottawa River with a crossing via Autoroute 20 over the Galipeault Bridge (Pont Galipeault) to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on Montreal Island.
There is a shuttle bus service operated by CIT La Presqu'Île connecting to the Île-Perrot station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.
Education
editThere are 3 francophone elementary schools (Virginie Roy, François-Perrot and La Perdriolle) and an adult education centre in L'Île-Perrot, all run by the Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs.[14]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. The community is zoned to Dorset Elementary School in Baie-d'Urfé.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "L'Île-Perrott". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 177380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: L'Île-Perrot". Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL-SOULANGES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b "L'Île-Perrot (Code 2471060) Census Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "School Board Map Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.
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