L'Île-Dorval () is a

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in southwestern

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, Canada. It is coterminous with Dorval Island (french: Île Dorval), an island in

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off the

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. It lies a short distance offshore from the city of

Dorval Dorval () is an on-island suburban city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montré ...

and is connected with a seasonal ferry service. A cottaging spot, it had only 30 permanent residents as of the

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, making it one of the smallest municipalities in Canada, both in terms of area and population. In the 2001 census the official population had dropped to zero, according to

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. However, because not only permanent residents but also property owners are eligible to vote in municipal elections in

, there were 50 registered voters in 2004.

History

Grand canoe reception given to the Prince of Wales on the St

In 1691, the fief of Fort La Presentation, which included the island, was acquired by Jean-Baptiste Bouchard (born around 1658), who used to sign his name as Jean-Baptiste Bouchard Dorval. "d'Orval" (French for "of Orval") referred to his father's hometown of Orval in

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, France. Around the middle of the 19th century, the island was acquired by George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, who held an elaborate reception for the

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at the island in August 1860. The formation of the island into a town was the initiative of the Dorval Island Park Company and a group of businessmen who wanted to provide the island with electricity, water, streets, and even a tram to support residential development. On March 5, 1915, Ville d'Ile Dorval was created by separating from the City of

(orthography was adjusted in 1969 to Île-Dorval and in 1987 to L'Île-Dorval). Between 1949 and 1970, a seasonal post office operated there under the English name Dorval Island. On January 1, 2002, as part of the

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, it merged with the city of

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to become part of the borough of

Dorval–L'Île-Dorval Dorval–L'Île-Dorval was a former borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. It was composed of the former municipalities of Dorval and L'Île-Dorval. The municipalities were merged into the city of Montreal by the provincial governm ...

. After a change of government and a 2004 referendum it became independent once again, effective January 1, 2006.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

, L'Île-Dorval 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

List of former mayors: * Cecil Leonard Carsley (1915–1933) * T. Ingledow (1933–1935) * W. D. Walker (1935–1937) * H. S. T. Piper (1937–1951) * Philipp A. Sargent (1951–1955) * F. A. Johnson (1955–1959) * Alan Easton (1959–1961) * J. Carlyle Gordon (1961–1963) * Paul L'Anglais (1963–1965) * Yves J. Adams (1965–1966) * William Scholes (1966–1968) * Carl Nonod (1968–1973) * Elliott Emanuel (1973–1980) * William Hicks (1980–1985) * Peter C. Briant (1985–1992) * Gisèle Chapleau (1992–2002, 2006–present)

Transportation

Dorval Island is accessible by a semi-private ferry, operating from May to October, only available to the island's residents and their invited guests. The island is vehicle free, except for a pickup truck for garbage collection.

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