L'Île-Perrot

This article is about the municipality. For the island, see Île Perrot.

The Town of Île-Perrot (French/official name: Ville de l'Île-Perrot, pronounced [lil pɛʁo]) 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 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).

L'Île-Perrot
City
Seal
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
L'Île-Perrot Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°23′36″N 73°57′18″W[1][3]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [4][5]
• Mayor	Pierre Séguin
• Federal riding	Vaudreuil
• Prov. riding	Vaudreuil
Area [4][6]
• Total	5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
• Land	5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources.
Population  (2016)[6]
• Total	10,756
• Density	1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	2.4%
• Dwellings	4,831
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7V
Area codes	514 and 438
Highways	A-20
Website	www.ile-perrot.qc.ca

History

The island was granted on October 29, 1672, to François-Marie Perrot (1644-1691), captain in the Picardy Regiment and governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1786, the place received its first parish priest.^[3]

In 1845, the Municipality of l'Isle-Perrot was founded, abolished in 1847, and re-established in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal-de-l'Isle-Perrot (partially taking the name of the Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal Parish established there in 1832). In 1946, its name was changed to L'Île-Perrot, and in 1955, it changed statutes from parish municipality to ville.^[3]

In 1949, L'Île-Perrot greatly reduced in size when a large part of its territory was split off to form the new Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.^[7]

Demographics

Historical census populations – L'Île-Perrot, Quebec

Year	Pop.	±%
1976	5,272	—
1981	5,945	+12.8%
1986	6,586	+10.8%
1991	8,064	+22.4%
1996	9,178	+13.8%
2001	9,375	+2.1%
2006	9,927	+5.9%
2011	10,503	+5.8%
2016	10,756	+2.4%
Source: Statistics Canada[8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Île-Perrot had a population of 11,638 living in 4,997 of its 5,150 total private dwellings, a change of 8.2% from its 2016 population of 10,756. With a land area of 5.46 km² (2.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,131.5/km² (5,520.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Canada census – L'Île-Perrot community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	11,638 (+8.2% from 2016)	10,756 (2.4% from 2011)	10,503 (+5.8% from 2006)
Land area	5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi)	5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population density	2,130.1/km2 (5,517/sq mi)	1,938.4/km2 (5,020/sq mi)	1,889.8/km2 (4,895/sq mi)
Median age	44.4 (M: 43.2, F: 45.2)	41.7 (M: 40.8, F: 42.5)	40.6 (M: 39.5, F: 41.7)
Private dwellings	5,150 (total)  4,997 (occupied)	4,831 (total)	4,701 (total)
Median household income	$75,500	$62,771	$55,233

References: 2021^[10] 2016^[11] 2011^[12]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-Perrot, Quebec[8]
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%

Local government

List of former mayors:

• Ludger Stocker (1955)
• Florian Bleau (1955–1973)
• Marcel Rainville (1973–1977)
• René Émard (1977–1981)
• Pierre Bleau (1981–1989)
• Michel Martin (1989–1990)
• Claude Girouard (1990–1993)
• François Grégoire (1993–1997)
• Marc Roy (1997–2017)
• Pierre Séguin (2017–present)

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 Île-Perrot station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.

Education

There are 3 francophone elementary schools (Virginie Roy, François-Perrot and La Perdriolle) and an adult education centre in L'Île-Perrot, all run by the Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs.^[13]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. The community is zoned to Dorset Elementary School in Baie-d'Urfé.^[14]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of cities in Quebec