Pierrefonds-Roxboro

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Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Borough of Montreal
Location of Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Island of Montreal. (Gray areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°48′W / 45.500°N 73.800°W / 45.500; -73.800Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°48′W / 45.500°N 73.800°W / 45.500; -73.800
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montréal
Established	January 1, 2006
Electoral Districts Federal	Pierrefonds—Dollard Lac-Saint-Louis
Provincial	Nelligan Robert-Baldwin
Government [1][2][3]
• Type	Borough
• Mayor	(EM)
• Federal MP(s)	Sameer Zuberi (LPC) Francis Scarpaleggia (LPC)
• Quebec MNA(s)	Carlos Leitão (PLQ) Monsef Derraji (PLQ)
Area [4]
• Land	27.1 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[5]
• Total	69,297
• Density	2,560.9/km2 (6,633/sq mi)
• Dwellings	25,335
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	H8Y, H8Z, H9H
Area code(s)	(514) and (438)
Access Routes[6]	A-13
Website	Borough website

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It was created January 1, 2006, following the demerger of parts of the city.^[7]

Geography[]

It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

The borough has an area of 27.1 km² (10½ sq. mi.) and a population of 69,297.

Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park. It is also home to several English elementary schools (St. Anthony School, St. Charles School, Greendale, Terry Fox School, Kingsdale Academy) as well as the public English high school, Pierrefonds Community High School. There are also three French private schools, Collège Charlemagne, Collège Beaubois and École Charles-Perrault.

Roxboro has two nature parks known as Roxboro Island^[8] and Roxboro Woods,^[9] three elementary schools (Lalande, French; Charles A. Kirkland, English; and Socrates, Greek) as well as a small library and a large library (1997).^[10] (William G. Boll). It also had a Federal Canada Post office 1996-12-13.^[11] The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.

Politics[]

District	Position	Name		Party
—	Borough mayor City councillor			Ensemble Montréal
Bois-de-Liesse	City councillor			Ensemble Montréal
	Borough councillor	Louise Leroux		Ensemble Montréal
Cap-Saint-Jacques	City councillor			Ensemble Montréal
	Borough councillor	Yves Gignac		Ensemble Montréal

Federally it is part of the ridings of Lac-Saint-Louis and Pierrefonds-Dollard, provincially it's part of Nelligan and Robert-Baldwin.

Transportation[]

The borough is served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line. Major thoroughfares include Saint Charles Boulevard, Saint Jean Boulevard, Sources Boulevard, as well as Gouin, and Pierrefonds Boulevards.

Demographics^[12][]

Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1966	35,854	—
1971	40,645	+13.4%
1976	42,508	+4.6%
1981	44,682	+5.1%
1986	45,743	+2.4%
1991	54,614	+19.4%
1996	58,936	+7.9%
2001	60,605	+2.8%
2006	65,041	+7.3%
2011	68,410	+5.2%
2016	69,297	+1.3%

Home language (2016)

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French	18,140	30%
English	27,580	45%
Other languages	15,225	25%

Mother Tongue (2016)

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French	17,765	28%
English	19,995	31%
Other languages	26,875	42%

Visible Minorities (2016)

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage (%)
Not a visible minority	39,165	56.9%
Visible minorities	29,670	43.1%

Education[]

The Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys until June 15, 2020. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from denominational to linguistic.^[13]

Specialized schools include:

• (RVP)^[14]

Primary schools include:

• du Grand-Chêne
• Harfang-des-Neiges
• Lalande
• Murielle-Dumont
• Perce-Neige
• Saint-Gérard
• Charles-Perrault

The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools.

Vocational Education:

• West Island Career Centre

High schools:

• Pierrefonds Community High School

Elementary School:

• Beechwood Elementary School
• Greendale Elementary School
• St. Anthony Elementary School
• St. Charles Elementary School
• Terry Fox Elementary School
• Kingsdale Academy
• In addition Westpark Elementary and Wilder-Penfield Elementary in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Margaret Manson Elementary School in Kirkland serve portions of the borough.^[15]

Public libraries[]

The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Pierrefonds Branch (13 555, boulevard Pierrefonds) and the William G. Boll Branch (110, rue Cartier) in the borough.^[16]

See also[]

• Boroughs of Montreal
• Districts of Montreal
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pierrefonds-Roxboro.

• Borough website

Celebrities include the Tudor family