Boucherville is a

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in the

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. The ...

region in

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, Canada. It is a suburb of

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on the South shore of the

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. Boucherville is part of both the

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and

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regional government.

History

Early history

Boucherville was founded as a seigneurial parish in 1667 by

Pierre Boucher Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher; 1 August 162219 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada). Early life P ...

, for whom the city was later named. Pierre Boucher came from

Mortagne-au-Perche Mortagne-au-Perche () is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, north-western France. Heraldry Population People *Geoffrey II, Count of Perche and Mortagne, grandfather of Queen Margaret of L'Aigle. * Marie of Armagnac, duchess of Al ...

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, France. After having lived in

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and

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

, Boucher moved to the Percées Islands by the southern shores of

, where he founded Boucherville. The first Catholic church of the village of Boucherville was built in 1670. This church, made of wood, was eventually replaced in 1712 by a building made of brick. It was replaced in 1801 by the current Sainte-Famille Church. Several families left Boucherville in the 18th century to found the communities of Sainte-Julie and

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1843 Fire and its aftermath

In July 1843 fire destroyed much of the village. Sparks blowing from a steamer ignited a wooden building owned by Mr. Weilbrenner (lot 112). The fire spread and soon most of the village was on fire. In the end, the church, the chapel, two schools, 51 homes and pastures, and 92 other buildings were destroyed. The village was progressively rebuilt. A new church was built on the site of the old one over the course of the following two years. Parts of the walls and front were reused. A stone school was built in 1851 at the intersection of Notre-Dame and Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine streets.

Evolution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

The municipality of the parish Sainte-Famille de Boucherville was established in 1845. This large territory included the village of Boucherville. In 1856, Sainte-Famille de Boucherville was divided into two separate municipalities: the parish Sainte-Famille de Boucherville and the village of Boucherville. In 1854, seigneurial tenure was abolished. Pierre-Amable Boucher de Boucherville, last seigneur of Boucherville, died three years later. The village Boucherville was to become an important vacation resort by the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. People from Montreal could access the village by train or ferry. Boucherville experienced significant growth after

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. This expansion was confirmed by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel. The parish Sainte-Famille de Boucherville ceded portions of its territory to Saint-Hubert in 1877, to

in 1950 and to the village of Boucherville in 1956.

Post-war to today

The village of Boucherville gained the status of city in 1957. In 1963, the city of Boucherville merged with the Sainte-Famille de Boucherville parish. This brought Boucherville to its current

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. Boucherville opened a new 'civic centre', including an indoor and outdoor pool, municipal offices and indoor arena in 1966. The centre was later renamed in memory of the murdered cabinet minister

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. In August 2015, the Centre was closed as part of a three-year, $27 million refurbishment project. The shell of the old building will be blended into the new facility. Some of the equipment, such as the skating rink boards and glass will be reused in the Gilles-Chabot arena. Boucherville was heavily affected by the

January 1998 North American ice storm The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as Great Ice Storm of 1998) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, ...

. Due to the loss of power, a

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M420W was intentionally derailed and brought to the city hall to serve as an emergency generator. As part of the

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, Boucherville ceased to exist as an independent city on January 1, 2002 and became a borough of

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

. However, after a 2004 referendum, it de-merged and was reconstituted as an independent city on January 1, 2006. However, it remains part of the

. Today, Boucherville is home to more than 40,000 inhabitants and a large industrial park. Founder Pierre Boucher is commemorated by a museum in his name at the Séminaire Saint-Joseph and a statue erected at the

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, in addition to a monument on the Boucherville's waterfront.

Neighbourhoods

The ''Harmonie'' neighbourhood is located between the boulevards de Mortagne, de Montarville, de Montbrun and de Normandie. Its development is fairly recent and is essentially residential with many upscale houses. Many park and green spaces decorate the neighbourhood. The multifunctional centre of Boucherville is also there. The ''Quartier des villes et provinces de France'' neighbourhood is located between the streets de Normandie, Gay-Lussac, Ampère and boulevard Montarville. All the streets and parks in this neighbourhood are named after

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. The neighbourhood is essentially composed of separate or

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houses. ''Old Boucherville'' is the original section of the city that contains the former village and Sainte-Famille Church. The neighbourhood is located between Saint-Lawrence River, the boulevards du Fort Saint-Louis, de Montarville et de Montbrun. Many of the buildings there are officially classified as historic monuments. The ''industrial section'' of Boucherville covers the western part of the city; from Autoroute 20 all the way to

. This section is divided into 3 industrial parks. Although these parks were inaugurated in the 1960s, it was during the last two decades that their expansion has been the greatest. In the early 1980s, they were little more 100 companies and 6 000 jobs scattered in the industrial section. Today, they are 600 companies and 15 000 jobs in various sectors. Additionally, the industrial section is home to 2 research centres. The

Boisé du Tremblay The Boisé du Tremblay is a wooded area in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The wooded area is located partially in the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil and partially within the city of Boucherville. The territory of the woods is , of which belongs to ...

Wildlife Reserve is located within this section. The ''Seigneurie'' is a residential neighbourhood. It is located south of Fort Saint-Louis boulevard, north of de Mortagne boulevard, to the west of de Brouage street and east of the Industriel boulevard. The neighbourhood was built in the early 1960s. The Carrefour de la Seigneurie shopping mall acted as a commercial anchor to the area, hosting a

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supermarket, a branch of the

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, a convenience store, a pharmacy and a medical clinic. A Texaco gas station stood in its parking lot. All these businesses have since moved on or disappeared and today the mall has been eclipsed by more modern shopping centres such as the

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. The neighbourhood is served by two

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primary schools: De la Broquerie and Pierre-Boucher. There were no English-language schools in the neighbourhood. Students were bussed to either the Boucherville Elementary School (Protestant) or Marguerite Bourgeois (Catholic). The ''Le domaine Sabrevois'' neighbourhood was built in the early 1970s. It is located east of de Montarville boul., between the streets Samuel de Champlain and Jacques-Cartier. The ''Faubourg Sainte-Anne'' was a neighbourhood located at the south-western edge of the village, at the intersection of what are now the Montarville and Marie-Victorin boulevards (then known as "chemin de la Savanne" and "rue Sainte-Famille" respectively). Including lots 153 to 159 and serviced by several small streets, the district was last mentioned in notarized records in 1875. A plan of the neighbourhood survives in the archives of the

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Economy

Boucherville's industrial park, located near

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expanded considerably in the 1980s. In an area covering roughly 7 km², 575 businesses now provide employment to 23 000 people. Since 1974, the

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of Rona, a Canadian distributor and retailer in hardware, home improvement and gardening products, has been located in Boucherville. "

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, is also based in the city of Boucherville.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Boucherville 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. In 1681, the village included 179 inhabitants, distributed into 39 families, living on 320 acres of cultivated land. In an 1811 report by Jacques Viger, the village included: * 1

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s (of which 2 also were carpenters) * 5

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* 2

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s (of which one also was a

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) * 3

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s * 2 schools * 91 houses (25 made of stone)

Parks

The

Îles-de-Boucherville National Park Îles-de-Boucherville National Park is a provincial park of the province of Quebec.

on the

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is a Quebec National Park located in the

facing the rest of the city. They are uninhabited but serve as a natural/recreational area for residents and tourists.

Education

Primary

As of 2015, there are seven French-language public primary schools, one French-language private primary school and one English-language public primary school. * École Père-Marquette * École Louis-H-Lafontaine * École Paul VI * École Antoine-Girouard * École De la Broquerie * École des Jeunes Découvreurs * École Pierre Boucher * École les Trois Saisons (Private) * Boucherville Elementary School (English Public, originally the Boucherville Protestant School)

Secondary

Boucherville's only high school, the French-language public École secondaire de Mortagne was built in 1968. A dress code including a uniform was introduced in 2012. There has never been an English-language high school in Boucherville.

English language education

The

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previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
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(St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from

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on November 23, 2014. Currently, English-language public education is provided by the

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Arts, culture and entertainment

Internet

Quebec internet comedy website

is based in Boucherville.

Youth centre

In 1973, a youth drop-in centre, the ''Maison des Jeunes'' was opened at 78 boulevard Marie-Victorin. From March 30, 1974 to late June 1974, the Maison enjoyed financial support from the local Club Richelieu. On November 19, 1975, the ''Maison'' then moved to the old town hall, at 20 rue Pierre-Boucher. It remained there for over a quarter century, with the exception of three months in 1982 when it was relocated to the Boucherville Elementary School while the building was being renovated. In 2001, the ''Maison des jeunes la Piaule'' moved into its new purpose-built facilities on chemin du Lac.

Sports

There are two main multifunctional sports facilities in the city of Boucherville.

Complexe aquatique Laurie-Eve-Cormier

On September 9, 2017 the Complexe aquatique Laurie-Eve-Cormier officially replaced the Centre sportif Pierre-Laporte.

Centre multifonctionnel Francine-Gadbois

Located on Lionel-Daunais road, the centre offers cultural and sporting spaces.

Outdoor sports

In 2013, Boucherville's disc golf course became the first course in the Montreal area to be fully publicly funded.

Notable residents

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(1665-1738) surgeon and judge * Antoine Ménard, dit Lafontaine (1744–1825), building contractor, political figure and grandfather of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine *

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(1767-1843), member of the American

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to the Pacific Ocean, and husband of

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Étienne Desmarteau Joseph-Étienne Desmarteau (4 February 1873 – 29 October 1905) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Boucherville, Quebec, Desmarteau was member of the Montréal Athle ...

(1873–1905), policeman and first Olympic medalist from Quebec (

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) *

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, short track speed skater and Olympic medalist *

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard '' dit'' La Fontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG (October 4, 1807 – February 26, 1864) was a Canadian politician who served as the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible governmen ...

(1807–1864), former

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of the

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Louis Lacoste Louis Lacoste (April 3, 1798 – November 26, 1878) was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1878. He was born in Boucherville in 1798. He studied law and became a notary, p ...

(1798–1878), notary and politician *

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, creator of Les Têtes à Claques *

(1622–1717), founder of Boucherville *

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, former

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player *

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, Singer and actress *

Jonathan Duhamel Jonathan Duhamel (born August 24, 1987) is a Canadian poker professional from Boucherville, Quebec, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He has won 3 WSOP bracelets in his career. Poker career Jo ...

, winner of the

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Main Event *

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, former Cabinet minister under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney *

Pierre-Luc Gagnon Pierre-Luc Gagnon, commonly known by his initials, PLG (born May 2, 1980 in Boucherville, Quebec), is a Canadian professional skateboarder. Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in ...

, professional vert skateboarder * Sebastien Lareau, professional tennis player *

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, drag queen and runner-up of Season 1 of ''

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Gisèle Lullaby Gisèle Lullaby is the stage name of Simon Gosselin (born August 8, 1988), a French Canadian drag performer most known for winning the third season of ''Canada's Drag Race''. Career Originally from Boucherville, Quebec, Gosselin began as a ...

, drag queen and winner of Season 3 of ''

Sister cities

, France since 1966 *

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, France since 1988 * Kingston, Canada

References

External links

Official website

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River

History

Early history

1843 Fire and its aftermath

Evolution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Post-war to today

Neighbourhoods

Economy

Demographics

Parks

Education

Primary

Secondary

English language education

Arts, culture and entertainment

Internet

Youth centre

Sports

Complexe aquatique Laurie-Eve-Cormier

Centre multifonctionnel Francine-Gadbois

Outdoor sports

Notable residents

Sister cities

See also

References

External links