L'Île-Bizard | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Montreal |
Pushpin Label Position: | Bottom |
Coordinates: | 45.4874°N -73.8799°W |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 22.77 |
Population Total: | 14647 |
Population Density Km2: | 643.26 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2006-2011) |
Population Blank1: | 2.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings (2011) |
Population Blank2: | 5228 |
Timezone1: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
L'Île-Bizard is a former municipality current borough located on Île Bizard, an island northwest of the Island of Montreal. It was originally incorporated as a municipality on 1 July 1855 as Paroisse de Saint-Raphael-de l'Ile-Bizard.
On 1 January 2002, it was merged into the City of Montreal as part of the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève.
The island has a land area of 22.77km2. Its population was 14,647 at the 2011 census.
Parc-Nature-du-Bois-de-l'île-Bizard is located in the centre of the island.[2]
It is the childhood home of NHL hockey player Vincent Lecavalier, who attended John Rennie High School, a school well known for its athletics program.
The Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois had a $8M main residence in the area.[3] She is currently building another home on the island.