Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It is in the southwest of the province, north of
Montreal
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. It is the largest suburb of
Montreal
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Quebec City
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, and the
thirteenth
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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
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Îles Laval
The Îles Laval are an island grouping in the Rivière des Prairies in southwestern Quebec, part of the Hochelaga Archipelago.
Formerly an independent municipality (Les Îles-Laval), they became part of the city of Laval on August 6, 1965.
Geog ...
.
Laval forms its own
administrative region
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territory equivalent to a regional county municipality An equivalent territory (french: territoire équivalent), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (french: territoires équivalents à une MRC), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la ...
(TE) and
census division
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(CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.
seigneury
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there in 1636. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, François de Montmorency-Laval gained control of the seigneury. In 1702 a
parish municipality
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Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
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).
In 1845, after nearly 200 years being of a rural nature, additional municipalities began to be created. The only built-up area on the island, Sainte-Rose, was incorporated as a village in 1850, and it remained the main community for the remainder of the century. With the dawn of the 20th century came urbanization. Laval-des-Rapides became Laval's first city in 1912, followed by , which was granted village status three years later. Laval-sur-le-Lac was founded in the same year and had its tourist-based economy based on Montrealers. Laval began to grow throughout the following years because its proximity to Montreal made it an ideal suburb.
To deal with problems caused by urbanization, amalgamations occurred; L'Abord-à-Plouffe amalgamated with and Saint-Martin, creating the city of Chomedey in 1961. The amalgamation turned out to be so successful for the municipalities involved that the Quebec government decided to amalgamate the whole island into a single city of Laval in 1965, not without controversy. Laval was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, François de Montmorency-Laval, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec. At the time, Laval had a population of 170,000. Laval became a
Regional County Municipality
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in 1980. Until then, it had been the County of Laval.
The 14 municipalities, which existed prior to the incorporation of the
amalgamated
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City of Laval on 6 August 1965, were:
Geography
The island has developed over time, with most of the urban area in the central region and along the south and west river banks.
Laval is bordered on the south by
Montreal
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Les Moulins Regional County Municipality
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It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouch ...
and by
Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality
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The population according to the 2016 Canadian C ...
humid continental climate
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(
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: Dfb) with very warm summers and very cold winters with adequate precipitation year round, though more so during summer and early fall.
Statistics Canada
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, Laval 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.
According to the 2016 Census, the population of Laval was an estimated 422,993, a 5.3 percent increase from the earlier census in 2011. Women constituted 51.4% of the total population. Children under 14 years of age totalled 17.4%, while 17.2% of the population was of retirement age (65 years of age and older). The median age was calculated as 41.9 years.
Ethnicity
Immigration
Language
Laval is linguistically diverse. The 2011 census found that French was the sole
mother tongue
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of 60.8% of the population, and was spoken most often at home by 65.2% of residents. The next most common mother tongues were English (7.0%),
Arabic
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(5.6%), Italian (4.2%), Greek (3.5%), Spanish (2.9%), Armenian (1.7%), Creoles (1.6%),
Romanian
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** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
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According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Laval included:
*
Christianity
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(280,720 persons or 65.4%)
*
Irreligion
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(77,165 persons or 18.0%)
*
Islam
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(55,620 persons or 12.9%)
*
Buddhism
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(5,940 persons or 1.4%)
*
Hinduism
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(4,140 persons or 1.0%)
*
Judaism
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(2,435 persons or 0.6%)
*
Sikhism
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(2,235 persons or 0.5%)
* Indigenous Spirituality (10 persons or <0.1%)
*Other (1,280 persons or 0.3%)
Government
Municipal politics
The city's longtime mayor,
Gilles Vaillancourt
Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During t ...
, resigned on 9 November 2012, following allegations of corruption made against him in hearings of the provincial Charbonneau Commission. City councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as acting mayor"Laval searches for interim mayor"
CBC News
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, 13 November 2012. until Alexandre Duplessis was selected in a council vote on 23 November. Duplessis, in turn, stepped down after just seven months in office after facing allegations of being implicated in a prostitution investigation;"Laval mayor Alexandre Duplessis resigns" ''
The Gazette
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'', 28 June 2013. he was succeeded by city councillor Martine Beaugrand until the city's new mayor,
Gilles Vaillancourt
Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During t ...
Marc Demers
Marc Demers is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Laval from 2013 to 2021. He was elected in the city's 2013 municipal election.Stéphane Boyer, 2021–present
On 3 June 2013, the provincial government of
Pauline Marois
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The Globe and Mail
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'', 3 June 2013. Florent Gagné, a former head of the
Sûreté du Québec
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, will serve as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council. Municipal Affairs Minister
Sylvain Gaudreault
Sylvain Gaudreault (born July 8, 1970) is a Canadian politician and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay from 2007 to 2022. He represents the Parti Québécois. On May 6, ...
said that Laval's Mayor Alexandre Duplessis and his council will continue to serve, but council decisions must be approved by the trustees. Duplessis, in turn, resigned as mayor on 28 June 2013, after being implicated in a separate prostitution allegation.
Flag, seal and motto
On a white-yellow background, the emblem of Laval illustrates the modernism of a city in full expansion. The sign of the city symbolizes the "L" of Laval.
The colours also have a significant meaning:
* Dark red represents the affluence and economic potential of Laval.
* Blue symbolizes the quality of life and the installation of a human city.
The "L" of Laval is made of cubes that represent the development of Laval.
The letters of the Laval signature are related one to the other to point out the merger of the 14 municipalities of Jesus island in 1965.
The logo (that is on the flag) has existed since the 1980s and the flag since the 1990s.
Federal and provincial politics
Politically, Laval has been historically a battleground area between the Quebec separatist parties (the ''
Bloc Québécois
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'' federally and the ''
Parti Québécois
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'' provincially) and the federalist parties (various parties federally and the
Quebec Liberal Party
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provincially). The only exception is Chomedey in the south, which voted overwhelmingly to not separate in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
The other parts of Laval have drifted to the provincial Liberals in recent years. While the PQ held every Laval riding except Chomedey during their second stint in government between 1994 and 2003, the Liberals won every Laval riding in 2003, 2007, and 2008. During the 2012 election, the PQ saw some gains in Laval when they captured 2 seats, but both returned to the Liberal fold during the 2014 election.
Economy
Laval's diverse economy is centred around the technology, pharmaceutical, industrial and retail sectors. It has many pharmaceutical laboratories but also stone quarries and a persistent agricultural sector. Long seen as a
bedroom community
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, Laval has diversified its economy, especially in the retail sector, developing numerous shopping malls, warehouses and various retail stores. Laval has four different
industrial park
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s.
The first is Industrial Park Centre, in the heart of Laval at the corner of St. Martin West and Industriel Blvd. One of the largest municipal industrial parks in
Quebec
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, the Industrial Park Centre boasts the highest concentration of manufacturing companies in Laval: 1,024 at last count, and 22,378 employees. The park still has of space available.
The second, the Autoroute 25 Industrial Park is at the crossroads of the metropolitan road network. Inaugurated in 2001, this new industrial municipal space has been a tremendous success, boasting an 80% occupancy rate. Laval is studying the possibility of expanding this park in the next few years.
The third, known as Industrial Park East, is in the neighbourhood of
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. This park has reached full capacity with a 100% occupancy rate. Industrial Park East is currently part of a municipal program to revitalize municipal services and public utilities. Laval is working with a private developer on an expansion project for the park that should be announced in the near future.
The fourth industrial park, the Laval Science and High Technology Park is located along Rivière des Prairies and Autoroute 15. It is an internationally renowned science campus that houses the
Biotech
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City and the Information Technology Development Centre (ITDC). The Laval Science and High Technology Park is a beacon of the
metropolitan
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economy, in an environment befitting the best technopolises in the world. Nearly of space are available for development. The Biotech City spans the entire territory of the Laval Science and High Technology Park and is a unique concept in Canada in that its residents comprise both universities and companies.
Created in 1995, Laval Technopole is a nonprofit organization that has the objective to promote the economic growth of Laval by attracting and supporting new business and investments located in its 5 territory poles: Biopole, e-Pol, Agropole, industrial pole and Leisure/tourism.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has its headquarters in Laval.
Sport
Laval was the host-city of the "
Jeux du Québec
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" held in summer 1991 and of the
Canadian Hockey League
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Montreal Canadiens
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'
American Hockey League
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affiliate the
Laval Rocket
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Montreal
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to
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
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Montreal
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Bois-des-Filion
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Boucherville
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Montreal
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past
Rouyn-Noranda
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Saint-Donat
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Pembroke, Ontario
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2000 Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse
On June 18, 2000, the southern portion of the Boulevard du Souvenir overpass in Laval, which crosses Quebec Autoroute 15, collapsed into the roadway, killing one and injuring two when cars were crushed underneath the structure. Sixteen beams weig ...
: On 18 June 2000, during renovations to the Souvenir Boulevard overpass over Highway 15, the southern section collapsed onto the highway, causing the death of one person.
* De la Concorde Overpass collapse: On 30 September 2006, the De la Concorde overpass over Autoroute 19 suddenly collapsed killing five people.
Public transit
;Montreal Metro
In April 2007, the
Montreal Metro
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was extended to Laval with three stations. The long-awaited stations were begun in 2003 and completed in April 2007, two months ahead of the revised schedule, at a cost of C$803 million, funded entirely by the Quebec government. The stations are Cartier, De La Concorde, and Montmorency. The arrival of the Metro in Laval was long-awaited as it was first promised in the 1960s. Former mayor,
Gilles Vaillancourt
Gilles Vaillancourt (born January 9, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from June 8, 1989 until November 9, 2012, when he was charged, and ultimately found guilty, with corruption and fraud. During t ...
, announced his wish to loop the Orange line from Montmorency to Côte-Vertu stations with the addition of six new stations (three in Laval and another three in Montreal). He proposed that
Transports Quebec
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, the provincial transport department, set aside C$100 million annually to fund the project, which was expected to cost upwards of $1.5 billion.
;Commuter rail
The Exo public transit agency's
Saint-Jérôme
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commuter train line traverses the island, connecting Laval to downtown Montreal. There are currently three train stations in Laval: De la Concorde (an intermodal station offering transfer to the metro), Vimont and Sainte-Rose.
The
Deux-Montagnes
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commuter train line served the western tip of Laval until it was closed on December 31, 2020. Work is underway to replace it with the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light metro system.
;Buses
The
Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Laval (STL) is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the ''Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval (CTL)''. STL came about in 1984.
It serves the growing sub ...
(STL) provides local bus service in Laval. The STL's network consists of 35 regular lines, two rush hour lines, two trainbus lines, three express lines, one community circuit and several taxi lines.
There are reserved lanes for buses and taxis on Chomedey Blvd between Le Carrefour Blvd and the Des Prairies River (
Lachapelle Bridge
Lachapelle Bridge, in French Pont Lachapelle, (1930 and 1975) Also known as Cartierville Bridge.
This bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Laval, Quebec, Laval (Île Jésus) neighb ...
) and beyond as well as along boulevard des Laurentides between rue Proulx and boulevard Cartier (the reserved lane, in this case for buses only, continues onto the
Pont Viau
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Metro station
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). Most buses that use the reserved lane end their journey at the Cartier Metro station. The AMT and the City of Laval have developed reserved bus and taxi lanes on Notre-Dame Boulevard between Vincent Massey Street and Place Alton-Goldbloom and another on De la Concorde Blvd between De l'Avenir and Laval Blvds, as well as between Ampere Ave and Roanne St. These reserved lanes (Notre-Dame and De la Concorde are the same boulevard but change name where they meet under Autoroute 15) opened shortly after 31 October 2007.
Education
Laval is home to a variety of vocational/technical centres, colleges and universities, including:
The city has two separate school boards serving Laval: the '' Centre de services scolaire de Laval'' (formerly the ''Commission scolaire de Laval'') for French-speaking students and the
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
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for English-speaking students. There is one community English-language high school in the city: Laval Senior Academy, created on 1 July 2015 by the merger of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior High School.About Us " Laval Senior Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
North Star Academy Laval is the only private English high school in Laval. They offer secondary 1 to 5 and the possibility to do a grade 12 diploma from Ontario via their online platform.
Attractions
Laval's main attractions are:
''Source: Tourisme Laval.''
Media
Laval is served by media from Montreal, however it does have some of its own regional media outlets.
Two radio stations are licensed to serve the city: CJLV 1570 AM "''Radio Mieux-être''" (formerly ''CFAV'') and CFGL 105.7 FM "''Rythme FM''".
Additionally, there are three major newspapers in Laval: the bi-weekly English-language ''The Laval News'', the bi-weekly French-language ''Le Courrier Laval'' and the weekly French-language ''L'Écho de Laval''.
One television community channel operates on Laval's territory, Télévision régionale de Laval, as part of Videotron cable's VOX network.
Botoșani
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Klagenfurt
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Nice
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San Salvador
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Friendship and cooperation
Laval also cooperates with:
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Grenoble
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Petah Tikva
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Saskatoon
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List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
This is a list of bridges and other crossings from Laval, Quebec to the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles from where it joins the Rivière des Prairies upstream to the Ottawa River ( Lac des Deux Montagnes).
See also
* List of crossi ...