L'Île-Perrot, Quebec

The Town of Île-Perrot (French/Official Name: Ville de l'Île-Perrot) 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).

This article is about the municipality. For the island, see Île Perrot.
L'Île-Perrot
City
Seal
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
L'Île-Perrot
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°23′N 73°57′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorPierre Séguin
 • Federal ridingVaudreuil-Soulanges
 • Prov. ridingVaudreuil
Area
[2][4]
 • Total5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
 • Land5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
 There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total10,756
 • Density1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 2.4%
 • Dwellings
4,831
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J7V
Area code(s)514 and 438
Highways A-20
Websitewww.ile-perrot.qc.ca

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[5]

Demographics
Canada census – L'Île-Perrot, Quebec community profile
20162011
Population10,756 (2.4% from 2011)10,503 (+5.8% from 2006)
Land area5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population density1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi)1,889.8/km2 (4,895/sq mi)
Median age41.7 (M: 40.8, F: 42.5)40.6 (M: 39.5, F: 41.7)
Total private dwellings4,8314,701
Median household income$62,771$55,233
References: 2016[6] 2011[7] earlier[8][9]
Historical census populations – L'Île-Perrot, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1976 5,272—    
1981 5,945+12.8%
1986 6,586+10.8%
1991 8,064+22.4%
1996 9,178+13.8%
YearPop.±%
2001 9,375+2.1%
2006 9,927+5.9%
2011 10,503+5.8%
2016 10,756+2.4%
Source: Statistics Canada[10]

Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-Perrot, Quebec[10]
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 (19971–2017)
  • 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.[11]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. The community is zoned to Dorset Elementary School in Baie-d'Urfé.[12]

See also

References
  1. Reference number 177380 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. "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.
  3. "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL-SOULANGES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  4. "(Code 2471060) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  5. "Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  10. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  11. "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.
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