Boisbriand, Quebec

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Boisbriand, Quebec

Boisbriand

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Coordinates: 45°37′N 73°50′W / 45.617°N 73.833°W / 45.617; -73.833
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
Regional County Thérèse-de-Blainville
Established
Incorporated January 1, 1946
Government
 - Type Ville
 - Mayor Marlene Cordato
 - Federal riding Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
 - Prov. riding Groulx
Area
 - Land 27.94 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 26,483
 - Density 947.9/km2 (2,455/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code
Area code(s) 450
Website www.ville.boisbriand.qc.ca

Boisbriand (also called Flashwood, raw translation of "bois brillant") is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.

The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh is located within the city limits. The rapidly growing community of 3,000 is home to the Tosher Rebbe, Meshulim Feish (Ferencz) Lowy, who established the community in 1963.

Although relatively small, Boisbriand is the town in Quebec which has the highest number of highways per square kilometres. There are 3: Highway 13 on the west, Highway 15 on the east, and Highway 640 in the middle/north.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

  • Population: 26,666
  • % Change (1996-2001): 6.0
  • Dwellings: 91,495
  • Area (km².): 277.76
  • Density (persons per km².): 962.8

Twin cities

  • France Annemasse

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Boisbriand community profile


Mirabel Sainte-Thérèse
Saint-Eustache Rosemère
   Boisbriand    
Rivière des Mille Îles, bridges to Laval


Municipalities of the MMC/Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval
North Shore
Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne
South Shore
Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA
Quebec Administrative divisions of Laurentides  (Region 15)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories

Deux-Montagnes · Thérèse-de-Blainville · Mirabel · La Rivière-du-Nord · Argenteuil · Les Pays-d'En-Haut · Les Laurentides · Antoine-Labelle
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 45°36′43″N 73°50′18″W / 45.61194°N 73.83833°W / 45.61194; -73.83833

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