Boisbriand | |
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Coordinates: 45°37′12″N 73°49′48″W / 45.62000°N 73.83000°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Laurentides |
RCM | Thérèse-De Blainville |
Constituted | January 1, 1946 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christine Beaudette |
• Federal riding | Rivière-des-Mille-Îles |
• Prov. riding | Groulx |
Area | |
• Total | 29.50 km2 (11.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 27.75 km2 (10.71 sq mi) |
Population (2016)
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• Total | 26,884 |
• Density | 966.5/km2 (2,503/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011–2016 | 0.3% |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area codes | 450 and 579 and 438 |
Highways A-13 A-15 (TCH) A-640 | R-344 |
Website |
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Boisbriand is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality.
The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh is located within the city limits and make up about 11% of its population. The rapidly growing community of 540 families and about 3,100 people was home to the former Tosher Rebbe, Meshulim Feish (Ferencz) Lowy, who established the community in 1963.
Although relatively small, Boisbriand is bisected by three highways: Highway 13 on the west, Highway 15 on the east, and Highway 640 in the middle/north.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Boisbriand had a population of 28,308 living in 11,425 of its 11,769 total private dwellings, a change of 5.3% from its 2016 population of 26,884. With a land area of 27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,023.1/km2 (2,649.7/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Boisbriand, Quebec [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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26,860
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21,285 | 3.9% | 79.24% | 1,035 | 15.64% | 3.85% | 260 | 30% | 0.96% | 3,945 | 17.76% | 14.68% | |||||
2011
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26,816
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22,160 | 3.2% | 82.65% | 895 | 40.9% | 3.34% | 200 | 21.21% | 0.74% | 3,350 | 23.38% | 12.49% | |||||
2006
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26,420
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22,905 | 2.39% | 86.70% | 635 | 20.62% | 2.4% | 165 | 17.85% | 0.62% | 2,715 | 2.1% | 10.27% | |||||
2001
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26,670
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22,960 | 3.2% | 86.08% | 800 | 6.66% | 2.99% | 140 | 9.67% | 0.53% | 2,775 | 49.59% | 10.40% | |||||
1996
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25,227
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22,235 | n/a | 88.30% | 750 | n/a | 2.97% | 155 | n/a | 0.62% | 1855 | n/a | 7.36% |
Boisbriand is home to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Armada play their home games at Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau.
The city promotes several sports teams of different categories like minor hockey, aquatic club, athletics club, fencing, karate, synchronized swimming, figure skating. [6]
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools. [7]
Some areas are served by École Le Tandem in Sainte-Thérèse. [14]
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone schools:
The climate of Boisbriand is a humid continental climate. Winters are cold with a lot of snowfall and summers are hot and humid. There are 4 seasons spring, summer, autumn and winter.