Pincourt Explained

Pincourt
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates:45.3833°N -132°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Quebec
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Montérégie
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:1 January 1950
Government Footnotes:[1] [2]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Claude Comeau
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Vaudreuil
Area Total Km2:7.11
Area Land Km2:7.10
Population Total:14751
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:2078.0
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016–21)
Population Blank1: 1.3%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:5786
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:J7V, J7W (until 2014), only J7W as of summer 2014[3]
Area Code:514 and 438
Blank Name:Highways

Pincourt (in French pronounced as /pɛ̃kuʁ/) is a municipality on the island of Île Perrot, off the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 14,751. The town shares the island with the three other municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Terrasse Vaudreuil and L'Île-Perrot, bordering on each one. The south end of the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) flows between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Pincourt, defining the town's western boundary.

Many houses, condos and townhouses are newly built as the town has undergone a building boom, which also included the opening of the new francophone Chêne-Bleu high school. The municipality also has two bilingual primary schools and one French primary school. Several parks and natural protected areas are open throughout the year for recreation.

History

Settlement of the area began in 1754 when Jean-Baptiste Leduc, the island's fifth Lord from 1751 to 1785, started to grant concessions. By the end of the 18th century, there were 22 concessions and lots began to be sold along the Ottawa River to merchants and specialists, such as blacksmiths, cask makers, cobblers, weavers, and inn keepers.[4]

In 1855, the Grand Trunk Railway was built on Ile Perrot, resulting in significant growth of the village.[5] In 1890, a mission was established, since the parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot was considered too far away by its residents.

The Village Municipality of Pincourt was created in 1950, out of the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. It was named after its post office that was established in 1932. The name Pincourt, first mentioned in 1776, referred to a former forest on the western side of Ile Perrot with short pines (pins courts in French), that served as a landmark for early travelers to the area.[5]

In 1959, Pincourt changed statutes from village municipality to ville. Since then, the town has become a residential suburb, growing rapidly in the 1960s due to several real estate developments.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pincourt had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 7.1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Canada Census Mother Tongue – Pincourt, Quebec
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop % CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
6,990 14.1%49.56%4,980 27.5%35.31%280 19.1%1.98%1,855 109.6%13.15%
6,125 1.4%54.93%3,905 13.8%35.02%235 80.8%2.11%885 90.3%7.94%
6,040 6.5%60.01%3,430 8.5%34.08%130 0.0%1.29%465 22.4%4.62%
5,670 n/a57.10%3,750n/a37.76%130n/a1.31%380n/a3.83%

Local government

List of former mayors:[4]

Transportation

Quebec Autoroute 20 runs along the north end of Pincourt and is accessible via Boulevard Cardinal Léger (exit 35), the only proper exit overpass along the section of the highway from Autoroute 30 to the island of Montréal, all others consisting of at-grade intersections with traffic lights. There is one other autoroute junction for Pincourt consisting of an at-grade intersection at Boulevard de l'Île.

On the city's western border, the Taschereau Bridge crosses the Ottawa River to Vaudreuil-Dorion.

There is a shuttle bus service that runs during rush hours operated by CIT La Presqu'Île connecting to the Pincourt―Terasse-Vaudreuil train station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train line. The CIT also offers various bus connections to Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and other West-Island destinations.

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[6]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Edgewater Elementary School and St. Patrick Elementary School.[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire des municipalités: Pincourt . www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca . Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation . 11 March 2012.
  2. Web site: Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL-SOULANGES (Quebec) . 23 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090618195301/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1077 . 18 June 2009 . dead .
  3. Web site: Town of Pincourt. New Postal Codes in Pincourt. Web. 19 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Pincourt - A Town for the Past 50 Years . www.villepincourt.qc.ca . Town of Pincourt and Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’île Perrot . 24 November 2021 . November 2010.
  5. Web site: Histoire . www.villepincourt.qc.ca . Ville de Pincourt . 9 November 2021 . fr.
  6. Web site: Les écoles et les centres. Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. 18 January 2013.
  7. "Liste des bassins desservis par les écoles en 2017–2018." Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved on 30 September 2017.
  8. "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.