L'Île-Perrot, Quebec

This page is about the municipality, for the island see Île Perrot

L'Île-Perrot
City
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Official seal of L'Île-Perrot Seal
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
L'Île-Perrot Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Marc Roy
• Federal riding	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
• Prov. riding	Vaudreuil
Area
• Total	5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
• Land	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)
• Total	10,503
• Density	1,889.8/km2 (4,895/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.8%
• Dwellings	4,701
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J7V
Area code(s)	514 and 438
Highways	A-20
Website	www.ile-perrot.qc.ca

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 2011 Census was 10,503. The town is at the western end of Lake Saint-Louis, and borders the local island communities of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. It also includes Dowker Island and the small Claude and Bellevue Islands (Île Claude and Île Bellevue).

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - L'Île-Perrot, Quebec
Year Pop. ±% 1991 8,065 —     1996 9,178 +13.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 9,375 +2.1% 2006 9,927 +5.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 10,503 +5.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-Perrot, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		10,315		6,840	7.1%	66.31%		2,140	31.3%	20.75%		185	85.0%	1.79%		1,150	57.5%	11.15%
2006		9,825		7,365	0.8%	74.96%		1,630	14.0%	16.59%		100	9.1%	1.02%		730	73.8%	7.43%
2001		9,265		7,305	0.1%	78.85%		1,430	8.3%	15.43%		110	15.8%	1.19%		420	33.3%	4.53%
1996		9,025		7,295	n/a	80.83%		1,320	n/a	14.63%		95	n/a	1.05%		315	n/a	3.49%

Infrastructure

Transportation

Autoroute 20 runs through the town, with three at-grade intersections serving as exits. The east side of L'Île-Perrot is bordered by a branch of the Ottawa River with a crossing via Autoroute 20 over the Galipeault Bridge (Pont Galipeault) to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on Montreal Island.

There is a shuttle bus service operated by CIT La Presqu'Île connecting to the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.

Schools

There are 3 Elementary Schools (Virginie Roy, François-Perrot and La Perdriolle) and an adult education center in L'Île-Perrot, all run by the Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs.

See also

• List of cities in Quebec

External links

• Ville de l'Île-Perrot official website