L'Île-Perrot
City in Quebec, Canada
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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[1][3] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marc Deslauriers |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil |
| • 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)[6] | |
• 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 codes | 514 and 438 |
| Highways |  A-20 |
| Website | www |
History
The 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.[3]
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.[3]
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.[7]
Demographics
| 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[8] | ||
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.[9]
| 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[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
10,315 |
6,840 |  7.1% |
66.31% | 2,140 | 31.3% |
20.75% | 185 | 85.0% |
1.79% | 1,150 | 57.5% |
11.15% | |||||
2006 |
9,825 |
7,365 | 0.8% |
74.96% | 1,630 | 14.0% |
16.59% | 100 | 9.1% |
1.02% | 730 | 73.8% |
7.43% | |||||
2001 |
9,265 |
7,305 | 0.1% |
78.85% | 1,430 | 8.3% |
15.43% | 110 | 15.8% |
1.19% | 420 | 33.3% |
4.53% | |||||
1996 |
9,025 |
7,295 | n/a | 80.83% | 1,320 | n/a | 14.63% | 95 | n/a | 1.05% | 315 | n/a | 3.49% | |||||
Local government
List 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
Autoroute 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
There 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.[13]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. The community is zoned to Dorset Elementary School in Baie-d'Urfé.[14]
