Baie-D'Urfé (; previously Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee) is an on-island suburb of

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, Canada. It is part of the

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area of the

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, Baie-D'Urfé was merged into the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002, joining with neighbouring

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to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé. After a change of provincial government in 2003 and a provincial referendum in 2004, Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé both voted to demerge and were reconstituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006. However, they remain part of the

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Toponymy

Baie-D'Urfé is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, a French

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priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the ''Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice'' to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in his honour), a small community of settlers, soldiers, traders, and Indians. The town's name went through several typographical changes: prior to 2002, the town's name was written as Baie-d'Urfé (no capital "d"); prior to 1969, place names in Quebec were not hyphenated; and prior to 1960, its original name was officially spelled Baie d'Urfée.

Overview

Baie-D'Urfé is largely a "

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" that extends from Autoroute 40 to

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. It is composed of both a residential and industrial sector. The residential sector is characterized by a wide range of house types and sizes, all based on spacious lots. The residential section of the municipality has retained a

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charm, accentuated by its lack of sidewalks and limited commercial activity. It is a favourite spot for boaters, who use either the local yacht or boat clubs. The community is within the part of the Island of Montreal locally referred to as the

. North of Autoroute 20 and the CN and CP railway lines lies a modest-sized industrial park. The industrial park, covering approximately a third of the town's land area, is somewhat isolated from the rest of the town, features its own off-hours security patrol, and is home to a number of large industrial firms' operations. The town's active community members participate in many of the town's associated or private clubs, including the ''Baie-D'Urfé

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Club''. It competes with a few other suburbs for top spot in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada. The median income for a household in Baie-D'Urfé was $128,611, and the median income for a family was $194,335. Males had an average income of $112,882, compared to $62,245 for females.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Baie-D'Urfé had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Local government

The current

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of Baie-D'Urfé is Heidi Ektvedt.Baie-D'Urfé Town Council
/ref> There are six Town Councillors: #Nadia Bissada #Tony Brown #Brigitte Chartrand #Stephen Gruber #Wanda Lowensteyn #Tom Thompson Baie-D'Urfé is the first town in Canada to have a

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; this consists of young people aged 10 years and up, and is entitled the Junior Council. It was established in 2008. The town celebrated its centennial in 2011, and the Junior Council re-enacted two of the town's earliest council meetings (which had been held originally on July 18 and September 16, 1911, respectively).

List for former mayors

List of former mayors: * Vivian de Vere Dowker (1911–1917) * Fred. J. Shaw (1917–1925) * John Watterson (1925–1931) * Erastus W. Wilson (1931–1933) * Walter Maughan (1933–1935, 1937–1941, 1943–1945) * C. J. Smith (1935–1937) * Alexander Howard Pirie (1941–1943) * W. Frederic MacBride (1945–1947) * Frederic W. Case (1947–1951) * Jean Gélinas (1951–1955) * William Harvey Cruickshank (1955–1957) * Thomas Roche Lee (1957–1961) * Lars J. Firing (1961–1965) * A. Clark Graham (1965–1977) * David H. Kennedy (1977–1983) * Anne Myles (1983–2002) * Maria Tutino (2006–2020) * Heidi Ektvedt (2020–present)

Education

The ''

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'' operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the ''

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'' until June 15, 2020. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from

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. École primaire Joseph-Henrico is located in the city. The

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operates English-language public schools. Dorset Elementary School is in the city. A portion is zoned to Christmas Park Elementary School and St. Edmund Elementary School in

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. Retrieved on September 28, 2017. The

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, a private German international school, is in the town.

References

External links

Town of Baie-D'Urfé – municipal website
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