Baie-D'Urfé (, ; previously spelled Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee) is an Greater Montreal, on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the West Island area of the Island of Montreal.Town of Baie-D'Urfé website
/ref> As part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, Baie-D'Urfé was merged into the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002, joining with neighbouring Beaconsfield, Quebec, Beaconsfield to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé. After a 2003 Quebec general election, change of provincial government in 2003 and a 2004 Quebec municipal referendums, provincial referendum in 2004, Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé both voted to demerge and were reconstituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006. However, they remain part of the urban agglomeration of Montreal.

Toponymy

Baie-D'Urfé is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, a French Sulpician priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the ''Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice'' to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in his honour), a small community of settlers, soldiers, traders, and Indians. The town's name went through several typographical changes: prior to 2002, the town's name was written as Baie-d'Urfé (no capital "d"); prior to 1969, place names in Quebec were not hyphenated; and prior to 1960, its original name was officially spelled Baie d'Urfée.

Overview

Baie-D'Urfé is largely a "Commuter town, bedroom community" that extends from Quebec Autoroute 40, Autoroute 40 to Lac Saint-Louis. It is composed of both a residential and industrial sector. The residential sector is characterized by a wide range of house types and sizes, all based on spacious lots. The residential section of the municipality has retained a rural charm, accentuated by its lack of sidewalks and limited commercial activity. It is a favourite spot for boaters, who use either the local yacht or boat clubs. The community is within the part of the Island of Montreal locally referred to as the West Island. North of Quebec Autoroute 20, Autoroute 20 and the Canadian National Railway, CN and Canadian Pacific Railway, CP railway lines lies a modest-sized industrial park. The industrial park, covering approximately a third of the town's land area, is somewhat isolated from the rest of the town, features its own off-hours security patrol, and is home to a number of large industrial firms' operations. The town's active community members participate in many of the town's associated or private clubs, including the ''Baie-D'Urfé Curling Club''. It competes with a few other suburbs for top spot in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada. The median income for a household in Baie-D'Urfé was $128,611, and the median income for a family was $194,335. Males had an average income of $112,882, compared to $62,245 for females.

Demographics

According to the Office québécois de la langue française, Baie-D'Urfé has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02. In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie-D'Urfé 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.

Local government

The current mayor of Baie-D'Urfé is Heidi Ektvedt.Baie-D'Urfé Town Council
/ref> There are six Town Councillors: #Nadia Bissada #Tony Brown #Brigitte Chartrand #Stephen Gruber #Wanda Lowensteyn #Tom Thompson Baie-D'Urfé is the first town in Canada to have a Junior City Council, youth council; this consists of young people aged 10 years and up, and is entitled the Junior Council. It was established in 2008. The town celebrated its centennial in 2011, and the Junior Council re-enacted two of the town's earliest council meetings (which had been held originally on July 18 and September 16, 1911, respectively).

List for former mayors

List of former mayors: * Vivian de Vere Dowker (1911–1917) * Fred. J. Shaw (1917–1925) * John Watterson (1925–1931) * Erastus W. Wilson (1931–1933) * Walter Maughan (1933–1935, 1937–1941, 1943–1945) * C. J. Smith (1935–1937) * Alexander Howard Pirie (1941–1943) * W. Frederic MacBride (1945–1947) * Frederic W. Case (1947–1951) * Jean Gélinas (1951–1955) * William Harvey Cruickshank (1955–1957) * Thomas Roche Lee (1957–1961) * Lars J. Firing (1961–1965) * A. Clark Graham (1965–1977) * David H. Kennedy (1977–1983) * Anne Myles (1983–2002) * Maria Tutino (2006–2020) * Heidi Ektvedt (2020–present)

Education

The ''Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys'' operates Francophone public schools that, until June 15, 2020, were operated by the ''Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys''. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from religious denomination, denominational to linguistics, linguistic. École primaire Joseph-Henrico is located in the city. The Lester B. Pearson School Board operates English-language public schools. Dorset Elementary School is in the city. A portion is zoned to Christmas Park Elementary School and St. Edmund Elementary School in Beaconsfield, Quebec, Beaconsfield.School Board Map
." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017. The Alexander von Humboldt Schule Montréal, a private German international school, is in the town.

References

External links

Town of Baie-D'Urfé – municipal website
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