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

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. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and

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to the east, it borders the municipalities of

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, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. 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. 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

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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

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and Pierrefonds-Dollard, provincially it's part of Nelligan and

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Transportation

The borough is served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the

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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 ''

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'' operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the ''

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

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to linguistic. 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 The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB, french: Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson, CSLBP) is one of the largest school boards on the island of Montreal and one of the nine English school boards in the province of Quebec. It is headquartere ...

(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 Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Margaret Manson Elementary School in Kirkland serve portions of the borough.

Public libraries

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

References

External links

Borough website
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