Vaudreuil-Dorion
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Area code(s) | 450, 579 and 354 |
Highways A-20 A-30 A-40 (TCH) | R-338 R-340 R-342 |
Website | www |
Vaudreuil-Dorion (French pronunciation: [vodʁœj dɔʁjɔ̃]) 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.
History
On 23 November 1702, governor of
In 1725, the region had only 38 inhabitants. About 1742 people began to be interested in the region and Vaudreuil's population rose. 381 people lived in Vaudreuil in 1765. With the creation of the Grand Trunk Railway, people began to live in Dorion, which was called Vaudreuil Station. Dorion became a village in 1891.
Dorion was bisected by
Vaudreuil and Dorion merged in 1994, becoming the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Geography
Vaudreuil-Dorion is located on the south shores of the
Demographics
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Population amounts prior to 1994 are total of Dorion (Ville) and Vaudreuil (Ville). Source: Statistics Canada |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vaudreuil-Dorion had a population of 43,268 living in 16,713 of its 17,260 total private dwellings, a change of 13.5% from its 2016 population of 38,117. With a land area of 72.65 km2 (28.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 595.6/km2 (1,542.5/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 43,268 (13.5% from 2016) | 38,117 (+14.4% from 2011) | 33,305 (+29.1% from 2006) |
Land area | 72.65 km2 (28.05 sq mi) | 72.73 km2 (28.08 sq mi) | 72.52 km2 (28.00 sq mi) |
Population density | 595.5/km2 (1,542/sq mi) | 524.1/km2 (1,357/sq mi) | 459.3/km2 (1,190/sq mi) |
Median age | 40.8 (M: 39.6, F: 41.6) | 38.6 (M: 38.0, F: 39.3) | 37.1 (M: 36.4, F: 37.8) |
Private dwellings | 17,260 (total) | 14,853 (total) | 13,292 (total) |
Median household income | $89,000 | $77,341 | $69,772 |
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Census | Total | French
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021
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42,585
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20,660 | 4.6% | 48.5% | 9,715 | 23.1% | 22.8% | 1,505 | 84.7% | 3.5% | 9,130 | 43.3% | 21.4% | |||||
2016
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37,590
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21,665 | 0.2% | 57.6% | 7,895 | 21.6% | 21.0% | 815 | 114.0% | 2.2% | 6,370 | 50.5% | 17.0% | |||||
2011
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32,590
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21,245 | 14.0% | 65.2% | 6,495 | 56.1% | 19.9% | 610 | 34.4% | 1.9% | 4,240 | 82.4% | 13.0% | |||||
2006
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25,400
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18,630 | 14.6% | 73.4% | 4,160 | 57.9% | 16.4% | 285 | 72.7% | 1.1% | 2,325 | 294.1% | 9.2% | |||||
2001
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19,650
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16,260 | 11.5% | 82.8% | 2,635 | 8.0% | 13.4% | 165 | 36.5% | 0.8% | 590 | 22.9% | 3.0% | |||||
1996
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18,185
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14,580 | n/a | 80.2% | 2,865 | n/a | 15.8% | 260 | n/a | 1.4% | 480 | n/a | 2.6% |
Local government
Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
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2021 | 49% | 9,522 | 15% | 2,921 | 22% | 4,340 | 10% | 2,021 | 2% | 419 | |
2019 | 48% | 10,151 | 11% | 2,324 | 25% | 5,166 | 11% | 2,247 | 4% | 917 |
Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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2018 | 34% | 5,757 | 38% | 6,548 | 10% | 1,802 | 11% | 1,878 | |
2014
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17% | 3,218 | 57% | 10,950 | 5% | 1,037 | 18% | 3,465 |
Vaudreuil-Dorion forms part of the federal electoral district of Vaudreuil—Soulanges and has been represented by Peter Schiefke of the Liberal Party since 2015. Provincially, Vaudreuil-Dorion is part of the Vaudreuil electoral district and is represented by Marie-Claude Nichols, an independent MNA, since 2014.
List of former mayors:[13]
- Jean Lemaire (1994–1998)
- Réjean Boyer (1998–2005)
- Guy Pilon (2005–present)
Transportation
The city is the point of intersection for three of Canada's busiest highways:
Local bus service is operated by
Media
Education
Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone public schools:
- École Brind'Amour Pavillon P
- École Sainte-Madeleine
- École Saint-Michel
- École Harwood (serves sector Dorion-Garden[14])
- École du Papillon-Bleu (pavillon St-Jean-Baptiste and pavillon Sainte-Trinité)
- École Hymne-au-Printemps
- École Secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School
- Other sections are zoned to Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Pincourt, and Birchwood Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School in Saint-Lazare.[15]
Notable people
- handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Houston Dynamo
- Constant Montpellier - jockey
- Norbert Murphy - archer, Paralympic bronze medalist
- Hormisdas Pilon - Quebec politician
- defenceman
- ice dancer
- figure skater
- Lionel Groulx - Quebec nationalist
See also
- List of anglophone communities in Quebec
- List of cities in Quebec
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 287652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Vaudreuil-Dorion". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b "Tableau des données, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Vaudreuil-Dorion)". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Vaudreuil-Dorion)". Elections Québec. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Vaudreuil-Dorion (ville) 16.3.1994 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved on 30 September 2017.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.
External links
- (in French) Ville de Vaudreuil-Dorion