Blainville is a

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located on the North Shore in southwestern

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, Canada. Blainville forms part of the

Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality Thérèse-De Blainville is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. The population according to the 2016 Canadian C ...

within the

Laurentides The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 C ...

region of Quebec. The town sits at the foot of the Laurentian Mountains and is located northwest of downtown

History

Louis de Buade de Frontenac Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (; 22 May 162228 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France in North America from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to his death in 1698. He established a nu ...

granted a vast territory that includes present-day Blainville to elite members of society,

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s ("

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") or ''seigneurs'', to promote the development of

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in 1683. The ''Seigneurie des Mille Îles'' (Lordship of the Thousand Islands) encompassed over along the northern shores of the Mille Îles River. In 1792, a disagreement between Seigneur Hertel and Seigneuresse Lamarque resulted in a division of the seigneurial territory along what was then-called the Great Line (present-day Boulevard du Curé-Labelle or

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). Blainville is named for the third lord of the seigneurie, Jean-Baptiste Céloron de Blainville (1660-1756). On 14 June 1968, the parish of

Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville Blainville is a suburb of Montreal located on the North Shore in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Blainville forms part of the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality within the Laurentides region of Quebec. The town sits at the foot ...

was divided, and Blainville formed its own town consisting of mostly heretofore undeveloped land. In 2017, the municipality governed subdivided into eleven districts, maintained an independent police force with a budget in excess of 14 million CAD and more than 110 staff, a fire department with over 70 firefighters, who since 2016 also serve the neighbouring municipality of Rosemère, a library with three branches, an arena with two rinks, and an aquatic recreation centre.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultu ...

, Blainville 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. As of the

Canada 2016 Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...

, Blainville had a population of 56 863, a 6% increase from the Canada 2011 Census., and 21 006 private dwellings. Over 20% of residents are under 15, whereas 69% are between 15 and 64 and 11.6% are over 65. The 2016 census found that 89% of residents spoke

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

as a

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. Although almost 55% of the residents reported knowledge of both English and French, English was the mother tongue of only 3.6% respondents. The next most frequent native languages were Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese, representing less than 2% of respondents each.

Government

Richard Perreault, the leader of Vrai Blainville, has served as mayor since his 59-41 win against Florent Gravel (Mouvemment Blainville) in 2013. In 2017, he was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in a race that pitted him against Gravel again. Blainville forms part of the federal electoral district of Therese-de-Blainville and has been represented by Louise Chabot of the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , " Quebecer Bloc") is a federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament (MPs) who defected from the federal Prog ...

since 2019. Provincially, Blainville is part of the Blainville electoral district and is represented by

Mario Laframboise Mario Laframboise (born November 7, 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix and Reeve of the Papineau MRC before getting into federal politics. In the 2000 Canadian federal election, Laframboise was elected ...

of the

Coalition Avenir Québec The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ; , ) is a Quebec nationalist, autonomist and conservativePaul Mercier (1977-1993) * Onil Charron (1993) *

Pierre Gingras Pierre Gingras (born April 21, 1952) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Blainville from 2007 to 2008. Background From 1993 to 2005, G ...

(1993-2005) * François Cantin (2005-2013) * Richard Perreault (2013-)

Economy

The brewery of

Les Brasseurs du Nord Les brasseurs du Nord ''(The Brewers of/from the North)'' is a brewery just north of Montreal, in Blainville, Quebec, Canada. History Founded in 1987 by three students at the UQAM (Laura Urtnowski, and brothers Bernard and Jean Morin), who paid t ...

, makers of Boréale beer, is located in Blainville.

Sports

Blainville co-hosted the 2009 Quebec Winter Games along with

Rosemère Rosemère is an affluent suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high ...

and Sainte-Thérèse. The application of the three cities was sponsored by

Gaétan Boucher Gaétan T. Boucher, (born May 10, 1958), is a Canadian former speed skating Olympic champion. Biography Boucher first trained in ice hockey, the leading sport in Canada but then changed to speed skating after winning a national title in 1972. ...

a former Canadian Olympic speed skating champion and four time Olympic medalist. The event took place in March, and a semi-Olympic pool was built in Blainville. In July 2004, Le Fontainebleau Golf Club hosted John Daly,

Vijay Singh Vijay Singh ( hif, विजय सिंह ; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijians, Fijian professional golfer. He has won 34 events on the PGA Tour, including three Men's major golf championships, major championsh ...

, Phil Mickelson and

Hank Kuehne Henry August "Hank" Kuehne II (born September 11, 1975) is an American former U.S. Amateur champion and professional golfer who enjoyed some success on the PGA Tour. Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. His father started him playing golf at a young ...

. In July 2010, it hosted the Montreal Championship, a

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event. The event had been scheduled again in 2011 but did not take place. The event has since relocated to the La Vallée du Richelieu Golf Club on the south shore. The city's soccer team is

A.S. Blainville Association de Soccer de Blainville, commonly referred to as A.S. Blainville, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal suburb of Blainville, Quebec, that plays in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. They are the onl ...

. The city of Blainville also has a hockey team which competes in the QMJHL, the

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada is a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, and plays its home games at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau. History The Armada start ...

Transportation

Blainville is served by the Blainville

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station on the

Réseau de transport métropolitain Exo, officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; en, Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval ( Île Jésus), and communities along both t ...

Saint-Jérôme line Saint-Jérôme (also designated exo2, formerly known as Blainville–Saint-Jérôme) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this reg ...

. Local

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is provided by RTM Laurentides.

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools. * 10 elementary schools in Blainville as well as one in Lorraine and one in Sainte-ThérèseRépertoire des aires de desserte par ville 2017 - 2018 (Généré le 20/9/2017) Blainville
." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017. *

École secondaire Henri-Dunant École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savo ...

* École secondaire Lucille-Teasdale * Some areas in Blainville are served by

École Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savo ...

in Sainte-Thérèse,

École secondaire Hubert-Maisonneuve École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savo ...

, and

École secondaire Rive-Nord École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, S ...

Bois-des-Filion Bois-des-Filion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, to the north of Montreal. Historically, hundreds of families annually travelled to this region seasonally to experience the magnificent maple forests; however the ...

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 s ...

operates Anglophone public schools: * Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary School (the majority) in Blainville * McCaig Elementary School (a portion) in

Rosemere High School Rosemere High School (RHS) of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is a high school located in the town of Rosemère, Québec, Canada. It is housed in a two-story structure with enrollment of approximately 1,200 students. The building is adjace ...

in RosemereRosemere High School Zone
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. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

Notable residents

* Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player *

Donald Audette Donald Daniel Audette (born September 23, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, Montr ...

, hockey player * Kristian Matte, football player

References

External links

Ville de Blainville (in French only)
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