Pincourt () is a municipality on the island of

Île Perrot Île Perrot () is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes. The isl ...

, off the western tip of the island of

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. The population as of the

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was 14,751. The town shares the island with the three other municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Terrasse Vaudreuil and

L'Île-Perrot The Town of Île-Perrot (French/official name: ''Ville de l'Île-Perrot'', ) is a town and municipality on Île Perrot in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 10,756. The town is at the western end of Lake ...

, bordering on each one. The south end of the Ottawa River (''Rivière des Outaouais'') flows between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Pincourt, defining the town's western boundary. Many houses, condos and townhouses are newly built as the town has undergone a building boom, which also included the opening of the new francophone Chêne-Bleu high school. The municipality also has two bilingual primary schools and one French primary school. Several parks and natural protected areas are open throughout the year for recreation.

History

Settlement of the area began in 1754 when Jean-Baptiste Leduc, the island's fifth Lord from 1751 to 1785, started to grant concessions. By the end of the 18th century, there were 22 concessions and lots began to be sold along the Ottawa River to merchants and specialists, such as blacksmiths, cask makers, cobblers, weavers, and inn keepers. In 1855, the

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was built on Ile Perrot, resulting in significant growth of the village. In 1890, a mission was established, since the parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot was considered too far away by its residents. The Village Municipality of Pincourt was created in 1950, out of the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. It was named after its post office that was established in 1932. The name Pincourt, first mentioned in 1776, referred to a former forest on the western side of Ile Perrot with short pines (''pins courts'' in French), that served as a landmark for early travelers to the area. In 1959, Pincourt changed statutes from village municipality to ''ville''. Since then, the town has become a residential suburb, growing rapidly in the 1960s due to several real estate developments.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Pincourt 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

List of former mayors: * Darie Huneault (1950–1955) * Roland Loiselle (1955–1958) * Valentino D'Ambrosio (1958–1967) * Paul-Émile Martel (1967–1970) * Jeannette Burley (1970–1974) * Romual Sénéchal (1974–1982) * Lorne Brown (1982–1986) * Michel Kandyba (1986–2009) * Yvan Cardinal (2009–2021) * Claude Comeau (2021–present)

Transportation

Quebec Autoroute 20 Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the Quebec ...

runs along the north end of Pincourt and is accessible via Boulevard Cardinal Léger (exit 35), the only proper exit overpass along the section of the highway from Autoroute 30 to the island of Montréal, all others consisting of at-grade intersections with traffic lights. There is one other autoroute junction for Pincourt consisting of an at-grade intersection at Boulevard de l'Île. On the city's western border, the

Taschereau Bridge Taschereau Bridge is a bridge linking Pincourt, Quebec, Pincourt, on Île Perrot, to Vaudreuil-Dorion, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RMC across the West Channel of the Ottawa River. The brid ...

crosses the

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (, ) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word "to trade", as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time. For most of its length, it defines the border betw ...

Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-Dorion () is a suburb of Greater Montreal, in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, it is located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. ...

. There is a shuttle bus service that runs during rush hours operated by CIT La Presqu'Île connecting to the Pincourt―Terasse-Vaudreuil train station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train line. The CIT also offers various bus connections to

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue () is an Greater Montreal, on-island suburb located at the western tip of the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish ...

and other West-Island destinations.

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École secondaire du Chêne-Bleu * École Notre-Dame-de-Lorette * Some areas are zoned to École Virginie-Roy in

Lester B. Pearson School Board The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB, , 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 headquartered in Dorval, Quebec. Established in 1998, ...

operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Edgewater Elementary School and St. Patrick Elementary School.School Board Map
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. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.

References

External links

Official website
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