Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a

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of the city of

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. It was created January 1, 2006, following the demerger of parts of the city.

Geography

It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève () is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal. History On 24 October 1678, the government of Louis de Buade de Frontenac granted Île Bizard, then named Île Bonaventure as a seigniory to Jacques ...

, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and

Dollard-des-Ormeaux Dollard-des-Ormeaux (; commonly referred to as D.D.O. or simply Dollard) is a predominantly English-speaking suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Island of Montreal. The town was named after French martyr Adam ...

. The borough has an area of 27.1 km² (10½ sq. mi.) and a population of 69,297. Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the

Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park (french: Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques) is a large nature park in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the West Island at the junction of the Lake of Two Mountains and ...

. It is also home to several English elementary schools (St. Anthony School, St. Charles School, Greendale, Terry Fox School, Kingsdale Academy) as well as the public English high school, Pierrefonds Community High School. There are also three French private schools, Collège Charlemagne, Collège Beaubois and École Charles-Perrault. Roxboro has two nature parks known as Roxboro Island and Roxboro Woods, three elementary schools (Lalande, French; Charles A. Kirkland, English; and Socrates, Greek) as well as a small

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and a large library (1997). (William G. Boll). It also had a Federal Canada Post office 1996-12-13. The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.

Politics

Federally it is part of the ridings of Lac-Saint-Louis and Pierrefonds-Dollard, provincially it's part of Nelligan and Robert-Baldwin.

Transportation

The borough is served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line. Major thoroughfares include Saint Charles Boulevard, Saint Jean Boulevard, Des Sources Boulevard, as well as Gouin, and Pierrefonds Boulevards.

Demographics

Education

The '' Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys'' operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the ''

Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys The Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board (') was a French language public School Board on Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada. Its headquarters was in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal. Its education centre was in LaSalle, also in Montreal. It wa ...

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

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. Specialized schools include: * '' École secondaire Rose-Virginie-Pelletier'' (RVP) Primary schools include: * ''du Grand-Chêne'' * ''Harfang-des-Neiges'' * ''Lalande'' * ''Murielle-Dumont'' * ''Perce-Neige'' * ''Saint-Gérard'' * ''Charles-Perrault'' The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools. Vocational Education: * West Island Career Centre High schools: * Pierrefonds Community High School Elementary Schools: * Beechwood Elementary School * Greendale Elementary School * St. Anthony Elementary School * St. Charles Elementary School * Terry Fox Elementary School * Kingsdale Academy * In addition, Westpark Elementary and Wilder-Penfield Elementary in

and Margaret Manson Elementary School in Kirkland serve portions of the borough.

Public libraries

The

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operates the Pierrefonds Branch (13 555, boulevard Pierrefonds) and the William G. Boll Branch (110, rue Cartier) in the borough.Les bibliothèques par arrondissement
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. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.

References

External links

Borough website
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