Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a district in the eastern part of
Laval,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul was a town before August 6, 1965. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is named after
Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor.
In 1622 Vi ...
.
Geography
It is surrounded by
Duvernay at the west and by
Saint-François at the north and east.
Roads and Bridges
The
Pie IX Bridge
Pie IX Bridge is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montréal-Nord in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal. The bridge was part of Au ...
connects St-Vincent-de-Paul and the
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
borough of
Montreal North across the
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
.
Education
Commission scolaire de Laval operates Francophone public schools.
* Saint-Vincent-de-Paul has one public high school,
École secondaire Georges-Vanier.
* École primaire Du Bois-Joli
* École primaire Jean XXIII
* École primaire L’Envol (alternative school)
It has one Francophone private school:
Collège Laval
Collège Laval is a private French-language high school located in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Quebec, in Canada. Today the college has an enrollment of 2000 students, and over 10,000 in alumni. The school is a member of the Quebec-based Fédé ...
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
operates Anglophone public schools. Elementary schools serving Saint-Vincent-de-Paul include:
* Saint Vincent Elementary School
[Saint Vincent Elementary School]
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
. Retrieved on September 17, 2017. " It is situated at 4881 St-Jacques in St-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval." See also:
SAINT VINCENT ELEMENTARY ZONE
"
All portions of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and
Laval Senior Academy.
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods in Laval, Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 1965
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