L'Île-Bizard, Quebec explained

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.

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  1. Web site: Census Profile Census Tract 4620550.02. 2012-07-30. Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 16 September 2012.
    Web site: Census Profile Census Tract 4620550.04. 2012-07-30. Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 16 September 2012.
    Web site: Census Profile Census Tract 4620550.03. 2012-07-30. Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 16 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Ville de Montréal - Réseau des grands parcs - Fiche Parc. ville.montreal.qc.ca. 2015-08-18.
  3. Web site: For sale: A peek inside pauline marois' île bizard house - Metropolitan News . 2009-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090814193403/http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/metropolitannews/archive/2009/08/12/a-peek-inside-pauline-marois-238-le-bizard-house.aspx . 2009-08-14 .