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Laval-Ouest, Quebec
Laval-Ouest is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography Laval-Ouest is delimited north and north-west by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, south-west by Laval-sur-le-Lac, east by Fabreville and south by Sainte-Dorothée. Also known as Plage Laval. Demographics As of 2011 the population of Laval-Ouest was 11369 residents. Of which at least 5875 residents reported being bilingual in both French and English. 4896 residents were unilingual Francophones, and 386 unilingual Anglophones. History The municipality of "village de Plage Laval" became the village de Laval-Ouest in 1950. In 1962 it was annexed as part of Sainte-Dorothée, in 1964 it reverted to the City of Laval-Ouest, and in the following year was amalgamated into the ville de Laval. On April 23, 1926, Warren & Arthur Smadbeck Ltd. acquired land that had previously been used as farmland. The latter were located on the territory of the municipality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City (Quebec)
The following is a list of the types of Local government in Quebec, local and Wiktionary:supralocal, supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy (Quebec), Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec. Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec, which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec. Local municipalities All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Des Mille-Îles
Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river") may refer to: Places Belgium * Rivière, Profondeville, a village Canada * La Rivière, Manitoba, a community * Les Rivières (Quebec City), a borough France * La Rivière, Gironde * Rivière, Indre-et-Loire * La Rivière, Isère * Rivière, Pas-de-Calais * La Rivière, Réunion, home of the SS Rivière Sport football club Other uses * Rivière, a style of necklace or bracelet * "Riviere", a 2006 song by Deftones from ''Saturday Night Wrist'' People with the surname * Anna Riviere (1810-1884) opera singer known by her married name of Anna Bishop * Beatrice Rivière, French applied mathematician * Briton Rivière (1840–1920), British artist * Charles Marie Rivière (1845–?), French botanist abbreviated C.Rivière * Daniel Riviere (1780-1846) artist and father of a family of noted artists and singers * Émile Rivière (1835-1922), French archaeologist * Emmanuel Rivière (born 1990), French fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods In Laval, Quebec
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval Senior Academy
Laval Senior Academy (LSA) is an English-language senior high school in located in Laval, Québec. It is operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It was created on July 1, 2015, by the merger of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior High School Laurier Senior High School (LSHS), originally Laval Catholic High School (LCHS), was an Anglophone senior high school in Laval, Quebec. A part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB), it operated the last three secondary grades. In order to .... " Laval Senior Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. References External links Laval Senior Academy [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalgamated. Laurenval School Board, Laurentian School Board and Laurentienne School Trustees were merged, and the English sector of the other school boards of the Laval, Laurentides and Lanaudière administrative regions joined to form the new administrative entity. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the third largest Anglophone school board in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Service area The service area, over large, includes the City of Laval and the Laurentides and Lanaudière regions. Wards 11-19 serve portions of Laval. Communities in Ward 1: Communities in Ward 2: * Estérel *Mille-Isles *Morin-Heights *Saint-Sauveur *Sainte-Adèle *Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson *Wentworth * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission Scolaire De Laval
The Centre de services scolaire de Laval (CSSDL) is a French-language school service centre in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is headquartered in Laval. As of 2011, the board of the predecessor, ''Commission scolaire de Laval'', managed fifty-two primary schools, fourteen secondary schools, eight professional development centres, and three adult education centres in Laval. Like all school boards in Quebec, the commission is overseen by a board of elected trustees. Schools Secondary schools * '' École secondaire Alphonse-Desjardins'' * '' École secondaire Curé-Antoine-Labelle'' * '' École secondaire De la Mosaïque'' * ''École secondaire Georges-Vanier École Secondaire Georges-Vanier is a public high school in Laval, Quebec. It is named for Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier Georges-Philias Vanier (23 April 1888 – 5 March 1967) was a Canadian military officer and diplomat w ...'' * '' École secondaire Horizon Jeunesse'' * '' École secondaire Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec
Sainte-Dorothée is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. The Sainte-Dorothée that was known for forest and farmlands is no longer what it used to be. It took a giant transformation during the last decade with the arrival of SmartCentre (formerly Mega Centre) Sainte-Dorothée and Mega Centre Notre-Dame. It began with the construction of Canadian Tire, IGA & followed with the first Wal-Mart Canada in the western Laval area. The expansion has never stopped since. It now has almost every major department store, restaurant, hundreds of boutiques and two locations open 24 hours. The area also saw a rise in demand for residential development, possibly due to the " Mega Mall" alongside the Highway 13 or the other way around as the mall was built to accommodate the growing number of families looking for affordable homes near the Montreal area. Given the proximity of Ste-Dorothée to Pierrefonds, Saint-Laurent, the rest of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabreville, Quebec
Fabreville is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography Fabreville is delimited north-west by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, north-east by Sainte-Rose, south-east by Chomedey, south by Sainte-Dorothée and west by Laval-Ouest. The postal code for Fabreville is H7P and H7R. Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. * École secondaire Poly-Jeunesse (junior high school) * École primaire Coeur-Soleil * École primaire Des Cèdres * École primaire L’Orée-des-Bois * École primaire La Source * École primaire Le Petit-Prince * École primaire Marc-Aurèle-Fortin * École primaire Pépin Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Elementary schools serving sections of Fabreville: * Our Lady of Peace Elementary School * Twin Oaks Elementary School All sections of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy Laval Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval-sur-le-Lac
Laval-sur-le-Lac is a small sector on the western part of Laval and was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. This community contains North America's oldest French speaking private golf club, Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac, established in 1917. The seasonal Laval-sur-le-Lac–Île-Bizard Ferry, which does not operate in winter, connects Laval-sur-le-Lac with Île Bizard. Geography It is bordered by Laval-Ouest, Sainte-Dorothée to the east and the Rivière des Prairies (Lake of Two Mountains) to the west. In 2006, it has been ranked the richest neighbourhood in the Province of Quebec with an estimated average household income of over $325,000 per year. Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. * Hillcrest Academy in Chomedey [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval, Quebec
Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016. Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval. Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval. History The first European Settlers in Laval were Jesuits, who were granted a seigneury there in 1636. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Quebec
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Area Codes 450 And 579
Area codes 450, 579 and 354 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, as well as the rest of the Montérégie region southward to the border with New York state. Among the cities in the numbering plan area are Laval, Longueuil, Terrebonne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard, Repentigny, Saint-Jérôme, Granby, Blainville and Saint-Hyacinthe. Area code 450 is also shared by several small communities in an adjacent part of Ontario: some landline customers in Chute-à-Blondeau (East Hawkesbury), near Pointe-Fortune have +1-450-451-xxxx numbers from the Rigaud exchange. History Area code 514 served the entire Montreal area for over half-a-century. However, by the mid-1990s, it was on the verge of exhaustion because of Montreal's rapid growth and Canada's inefficient system of number allocation. All competitive local exchange carriers in Canada are allocated blocks of 10,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
