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38-569: It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalgamated. Laurenval School Board, Laurentian School Board and Laurentienne School Trustees were merged, and the English sector of the other school boards of the Laval , Laurentides and Lanaudière administrative regions joined to form the new administrative entity. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board

76-405: A Casavant Frères organ and hosts numerous concerts every year, and for "Vieux Ste-Rose", an area known for its old houses and its restaurants. Other districts that are also part of Sainte-Rose are Champenois (located between Boulevard Curé-Labelle and Autoroute 15 , to the west of "Vieux Ste-Rose") and Champfleury, also known as Des Oiseaux (after the name of the district's main thoroughfare), to

114-455: A 100% occupancy rate. Industrial Park East is currently part of a municipal program to revitalize municipal services and public utilities. Laval is working with a private developer on an expansion project for the park that should be announced in the near future. The fourth industrial park, the Laval Science and High Technology Park is located along Rivière des Prairies and Autoroute 15 . It

152-733: A battleground area between the Quebec separatist parties (the Bloc Québécois federally and the Parti Québécois provincially) and the federalist parties (various parties federally and the Quebec Liberal Party provincially). In 2011, amid an NDP surge in the province they swept all 4 seats in Laval for the first and only time. Since the 2015 election the Liberals have held all seats. Provincially

190-441: A change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 422,993 . With a land area of 246.13 km (95.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,781.0/km (4,612.9/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2016 Census , the population of Laval was an estimated 422,993, a 5.3 percent increase from the earlier census in 2011. Women constituted 51.4% of the total population. Children under 14 years of age totalled 17.4%, while 17.2% of

228-456: A rural nature, additional municipalities began to be created. The only built-up area on the island, Sainte-Rose , was incorporated as a village in 1850, and it remained the main community for the remainder of the century. With the dawn of the 20th century came urbanization. Laval-des-Rapides became Laval's first city in 1912, followed by L'Abord-à-Plouffe  [ fr ] , which was granted village status three years later. Laval-sur-le-Lac

266-408: Is twinned with: Laval also cooperates with: Sainte-Rose, Quebec Sainte-Rose is a district in Laval , Quebec . It was incorporated as a village in 1850, and was a separate town until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965 which amalgamated all the municipalities on Île Jésus into a single City of Laval. Ste-Rose is best known for the parish church, erected 1740, which contains

304-609: Is Industrial Park Centre, in the heart of Laval at the corner of St. Martin West and Industriel Blvd. One of the largest municipal industrial parks in Quebec , the Industrial Park Centre boasts the highest concentration of manufacturing companies in Laval: 1,024 at last count, and 22,378 employees. The park still has 1,300,643 m (14,000,005 sq ft) of space available. The second,

342-500: Is a city in Quebec , Canada . It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal . It is the largest suburb of Montreal , the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City , and the thirteenth largest city in Canada, with a population of 443,192 in 2021 . Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles , and from

380-543: Is an internationally renowned science campus that houses the Biotech City and the Information Technology Development Centre (ITDC). The Laval Science and High Technology Park is a beacon of the metropolitan economy, in an environment befitting the best technopolises in the world. Nearly 500,000 square metres (5,400,000 sq ft) of space are available for development. The Biotech City spans

418-630: Is home to a variety of vocational/technical centres, colleges and universities, including: The city has two separate school boards serving Laval: the Centre de services scolaire de Laval (formerly the Commission scolaire de Laval ) for French-speaking students and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board for English-speaking students. There is one community English-language high school in the city: Laval Senior Academy , created on 1 July 2015 by

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456-884: Is in the Administrative Centre on Montée Lesage in Rosemère , next to Rosemère High School . The board's Educational Services/Complementary Services Centre is located in Rosemère High School near the gymnasiums, adjacent to the administrative building. The district previously had its headquarters in the Duvernay area of Laval . This school board oversees 26 elementary schools , 10 high schools , 5 adult and vocational centres, in which over 15,000 students are enrolled. Secondary: Primary: 45°38′48″N 73°47′00″W  /  45.6468°N 73.7833°W  / 45.6468; -73.7833 Laval, Quebec Laval

494-575: Is the smallest administrative region in the province by area. The first European Settlers in Laval were Jesuits , who were granted a seigneury there in 1636. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, François de Montmorency-Laval gained control of the seigneury. In 1702 a parish municipality was founded, and dedicated to Saint-François de Sales (not to be confused with the modern-day Saint-François-de-Sales in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean ). In 1845, after nearly 200 years being of

532-754: Is the third largest Anglophone school board in the Province of Quebec , Canada. The service area, over 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) large, includes the City of Laval and the Laurentides and Lanaudière regions. Wards 11-19 serve portions of Laval. Communities in Ward 1: Communities in Ward 2: Communities in Ward 3: Communities in Ward 4: Communities in Ward 5: Communities in Ward 6: Communities in Ward 7: Communities in Ward 8: Communities in Ward 9: Communities in Ward 10: The board's head office

570-502: The 2021 census , religious groups in Laval included: Laval's diverse economy is centred around the technology, pharmaceutical, industrial and retail sectors. It has many pharmaceutical laboratories but also stone quarries and a persistent agricultural sector. Long seen as a bedroom community , Laval has diversified its economy, especially in the retail sector, developing numerous shopping malls, warehouses and various retail stores. Laval has four different industrial parks . The first

608-477: The Autoroute 25 Industrial Park is at the crossroads of the metropolitan road network. Inaugurated in 2001, this new industrial municipal space has been a tremendous success, boasting an 80% occupancy rate. Laval is studying the possibility of expanding this park in the next few years. The third, known as Industrial Park East, is in the neighbourhood of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul . This park has reached full capacity with

646-695: The Des Prairies River ( Lachapelle Bridge ) and beyond as well as along boulevard des Laurentides between rue Proulx and boulevard Cartier (the reserved lane, in this case for buses only, continues onto the Pont Viau bridge into Montreal until the Terminus Laval at the Henri-Bourassa Metro station ). Most buses that use the reserved lane end their journey at the Cartier Metro station. The AMT and

684-462: The Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies . Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval . Laval constitutes one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec , with a region code of 13, as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval. It

722-552: The Montreal Metro was extended to Laval with three stations. The long-awaited stations were begun in 2003 and completed in April 2007, two months ahead of the revised schedule, at a cost of C$ 803 million, funded entirely by the Quebec government . The stations are Cartier , De La Concorde , and Montmorency . The arrival of the Metro in Laval was long-awaited as it was first promised in

760-597: The 1960s. Former mayor, Gilles Vaillancourt , announced his wish to loop the Orange line from Montmorency to Côte-Vertu stations with the addition of six new stations (three in Laval and another three in Montreal). He proposed that Transports Quebec , the provincial transport department, set aside C$ 100 million annually to fund the project, which was expected to cost upwards of $ 1.5 billion. The Exo public transit agency's Saint-Jérôme commuter train line traverses

798-481: The City of Laval have developed reserved bus and taxi lanes on Notre-Dame Boulevard between Vincent Massey Street and Place Alton-Goldbloom and another on De la Concorde Blvd between De l'Avenir and Laval Blvds, as well as between Ampere Ave and Roanne St. These reserved lanes (Notre-Dame and De la Concorde are the same boulevard but change name where they meet under Autoroute 15 ) opened shortly after 31 October 2007. Laval

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836-533: The County of Laval. The 14 municipalities, which existed prior to the incorporation of the amalgamated City of Laval on 6 August 1965, were: The island has developed over time, with most of the urban area in the central region and along the south and west river banks. Laval is bordered on the south by Montreal across the Rivière des Prairies , on the north by Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and by Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality and on

874-456: The Laval signature are related one to the other to point out the merger of the 14 municipalities of Jesus island in 1965. The logo (that is on the flag) has existed since the 1980s and the flag since the 1990s. Federally, prior to 1984 Laval had been a bastion of Liberal support. From 1984 to 1993 the Conservative dominated Laval but have not won a seat since.Since the 90's Laval has been

912-567: The Liberal fold during the 2014 election . During the 2018 election amid a rise of the CAQ, the Liberals held their own in the Laval losing only 1 seat to the CAQ. In the 2022 election the CAQ captured 3 more seats in Laval netting them 4 out of 6 seats and ending the dominance of the Liberals in Laval since the 2003 election. The Conservative Party of Quebec saw its vote share jump from just under 2% in 2018 to third place with just under 13%. In April 2007,

950-461: The city: CJLV 1570 AM " Radio Mieux-être " (formerly CFAV ) and CFGL 105.7 FM " Rythme FM ". Additionally, there are three major newspapers in Laval: the bi-weekly English-language The Laval News , the bi-weekly French-language Le Courrier Laval and the weekly French-language L'Écho de Laval . One television community channel operates on Laval's territory, Télévision régionale de Laval, as part of Videotron cable's VOX network . Laval

988-576: The entire territory of the Laval Science and High Technology Park and is a unique concept in Canada in that its residents comprise both universities and companies. Created in 1995, Laval Technopole is a nonprofit organization that has the objective to promote the economic growth of Laval by attracting and supporting new business and investments located in its 5 territory poles: Biopole, e-Pol, Agropole, industrial pole and Leisure/tourism. Alimentation Couche-Tard has its headquarters in Laval. Laval's main attractions are: Source: Tourisme Laval. Laval

1026-848: The island, connecting Laval to downtown Montreal. There are currently three train stations in Laval: De la Concorde (an intermodal station offering transfer to the metro), Vimont and Sainte-Rose . The Deux-Montagnes commuter train line served the western tip of Laval until it was closed on 31 December 2020. Work is underway to replace it with the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light metro system. The Société de transport de Laval (STL) provides local bus service in Laval. The STL's network consists of 35 regular lines, two rush hour lines, two trainbus lines, three express lines, one community circuit and several taxi lines. There are reserved lanes for buses and taxis on Chomedey Blvd between Le Carrefour Blvd and

1064-413: The merger of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior High School . North Star Academy Laval is the only private English high school in Laval. They offer secondary 1 to 5 and the possibility to do a grade 12 diploma from Ontario via their online platform. Laval is served by media from Montreal, however it does have some of its own regional media outlets. Two radio stations are licensed to serve

1102-413: The municipalities involved that the Quebec government decided to amalgamate the whole island into a single city of Laval in 1965, not without controversy. Laval was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, François de Montmorency-Laval , the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec . At the time, Laval had a population of 170,000. Laval became a Regional County Municipality in 1980. Until then, it had been

1140-490: The other parts of Laval have drifted to the provincial Liberals in recent years. While the PQ held every Laval riding except Chomedey (which voted overwhelmingly to not separate in the 1995 Quebec referendum ) during their second stint in government between 1994 and 2003. The Liberals won every Laval riding in 2003, 2007, and 2008. During the 2012 election , the PQ saw some gains in Laval when they captured 2 seats, but both returned to

1178-512: The population was of retirement age (65 years of age and older). The median age was calculated as 41.9 years. Laval is linguistically diverse. The 2011 census found that French was the sole mother tongue of 60.8% of the population, and was spoken most often at home by 65.2% of residents. The next most common mother tongues were English (7.0%), Arabic (5.6%), Italian (4.2%), Greek (3.5%), Spanish (2.9%), Armenian (1.7%), Creoles (1.6%), Romanian (1.3%) and Portuguese (1.3%). According to

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1216-422: The provincial Charbonneau Commission . City councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as acting mayor until Alexandre Duplessis was selected in a council vote on 23 November. Duplessis, in turn, stepped down after just seven months in office after facing allegations of being implicated in a prostitution investigation; he was succeeded by city councillor Martine Beaugrand until the city's new mayor, Marc Demers ,

1254-512: The south, near the border with Chomedey. It is served by city bus lines operated by the Société de transport de Laval and by commuter trains of the Saint-Jerome line of the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). The Sainte-Rose station on that line is located just east of "Vieux Ste-Rose", on the border with Auteuil. Sainte-Rose is delimited on the north by the Rivière des Mille-Îles , on

1292-430: The trustees. Duplessis, in turn, resigned as mayor on 28 June 2013, after being implicated in a separate prostitution allegation. On a white-yellow background, the emblem of Laval illustrates the modernism of a city in full expansion. The sign of the city symbolizes the "L" of Laval. The colours also have a significant meaning: The "L" of Laval is made of cubes that represent the development of Laval. The letters of

1330-472: The west by Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality across the Rivière des Mille Îles . Laval experiences a four-season humid continental climate ( Koppen : Dfb) with very warm summers and very cold winters with adequate precipitation year-round, though more so during summer and early fall. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Laval had a population of 438,366 living in 169,785 of its 176,115 total private dwellings,

1368-694: Was elected in the 2013 municipal election. Past mayors have been: On 3 June 2013, the provincial government of Pauline Marois placed the city under trusteeship due to the ongoing corruption scandal affecting the city. Florent Gagné, a former head of the Sûreté du Québec , will serve as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council. Municipal Affairs Minister Sylvain Gaudreault said that Laval's Mayor Alexandre Duplessis and his council will continue to serve, but council decisions must be approved by

1406-451: Was founded in the same year and had its tourist-based economy based on Montrealers. Laval began to grow throughout the following years because its proximity to Montreal made it an ideal suburb. To deal with problems caused by urbanization, amalgamations occurred; L'Abord-à-Plouffe amalgamated with Renaud, Quebec  [ fr ] and Saint-Martin , creating the city of Chomedey in 1961. The amalgamation turned out to be so successful for

1444-584: Was the host-city of the " Jeux du Québec " held in summer 1991 and of the Canadian Hockey League 's 1994 Memorial Cup . Laval became home to the Montreal Canadiens ' American Hockey League affiliate the Laval Rocket , starting in the 2017–18 season. The city's longtime mayor, Gilles Vaillancourt , resigned on 9 November 2012, following allegations of corruption made against him in hearings of

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