| Bois-des-Filion | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.6667°N -118°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1949 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gilles Blanchette |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.36 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 10159 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2327.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016–2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.4% |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Bois-des-Filion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, to the north of Montreal.
Historically, hundreds of families annually travelled to this region seasonally to experience the maple forests; however, the tourist industry is currently a minor source of income for the city.
The primary language spoken by its citizens is French, and the primary source of employment is general manufacturing.
The name Filion is derived from the surname of Antoine Feuillon, a local carpenter who could neither read nor write, and thus was unable to correct any errors in the spelling of his name as the first records were kept. Antoine Feuillion was the son of Michel Feuillon, a captain of the Musketeers of the Guards during the reign of the "Sun King", Louis XIV of France before his immigration to New France.
This town is named Bois des Filion because of the beautiful maple woods bordering it; le bois being French for "the woods". When the city was newly founded, one had to follow a path through these woods and ford a small river to enter the city.
This small town has a rich cultural history rooted in the legend of the lords, Céloron de Blainville and Lepage of Holy-Claire. Below are some important dates.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bois-des-Filion had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4.36km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
| Time in Office | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|
| January 19, 1949 to July 16, 1951 | Joseph Germain | |
| July 16, 1951 to July 18, 1955 | Alexandre Savaria | |
| July 18, 1955 to July 23, 1956 | Joseph Germain | |
| August 1, 1956 to July 9, 1963 | Émile Pigeon | |
| July 9, 1963 to July 2, 1965 | Paul Perron | |
| July 2, 1965 to May 15, 1968 | L. Van Coppenolle | |
| May 15, 1968 to June 19, 1968 | G. Arthur Aubertin | |
| July 25, 1968 to October 27, 1974 | Jean-Guy Roger | |
| October 9, 1974 to November 6, 1977 | Pierre Côté | |
| November 6, 1977 to November 11, 1985 | Guy Papineau | |
| November 11, 1985 to November 7, 1993 | Pierre Paquin | |
| November 7, 1993 to November 5, 2017 | Paul Larocque | |
| November 5, 2017 to ... | Gilles Blanchette |
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools.[3] The territory has the following schools:
Most students are zoned to Le Rucher, secondaire Hubert-Maisonneuve in Rosemère (for lower secondary), and Rive-Nord (for upper secondary). Some are zoned to École Marie-Soleil-Tougas in Terrebonne, École LeCarrefour in Lorraine, and École secondaire du Harfang in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.[5]
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools: