| Repentigny | |
| Official Name: | Ville de Repentigny |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Flag Size: | 125px |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 100x90px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.7333°N -101°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lanaudière |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | L'Assomption |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1670 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | June 1, 2002 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nicolas Dufour |
| Leader Title1: | MP |
| Leader Name1: | Monique Pauzé (BQ) |
| Leader Title2: | MNAs |
| Leader Name2: | Pascale Déry (CAQ) François Legault (CAQ) |
| Area Total Km2: | 71.25 |
| Area Land Km2: | 61.52 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 86,100 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1399.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016–2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 34,710 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J5Y, J5Z, J6A |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Repentigny (in French pronounced as /ʁəpɑ̃tiɲi/) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the city on the lower end of the L'Assomption River, and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne were the first towns off the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. Repentigny is part of the Lanaudière region.
It was founded in 1670 by Jean-Baptiste Le Gardeur, son of Seigneur Pierre Le Gardeur. During the town's first 250 years, Repentigny was only inhabited by a few hundred peasants, or habitants, and was an agricultural community. In 1677, the first population census only shows 30 inhabitants. Its first mayor was Benjamin Moreau 1855.
Repentigny merged with its neighbouring city of Le Gardeur on June 1, 2002. The city's area grew from 29 to 69 km2 and the population grew by 70%.
Repentigny was also the western terminus of the Chemin du Roy, a road that extends eastward towards Quebec City.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Repentigny had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 61.52km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In 2021,[3] Repentigny was 81.4% white/European, 17.6% visible minorities, and 1.0% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (9.9%), Arab (3.3%), and Latin American (2.2%)
85.8% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were Spanish (2.3%) Arabic (2.0%), Haitian Creole (1.8%) English (1.7%), Kabyle (0.7%), and Italian (0.6%). 1.6% of residents listed both French and a non-official language as mother tongues while 0.9% of listed both French and English.
In 2013, 70.3% of the population was Christian, down from 89.3% in 2011.[4] 59.0% of residents were Catholic, 6.7% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were Protestant and 3.0% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. Non-religious and secular people made up 23.3% of the population, up from 8.7% in 2011. 6.4% of residents followed other religions and spiritual traditions, up from 1.9% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religion was Islam, at 5.8% of the population.
| 2021 Ethnic Origins | Percent | |
| Canadian | 33.0% | |
| French n.o.s | 20.1% | |
| Québécois | 12.8% | |
| French Canadian | 6.8% | |
| Haitian | 6.3% | |
| Italian | 4.0% | |
| Irish | 3.7% | |
| Arab n.o.s | 1.8% | |
| African n.o.s | 1.6% | |
| Algerian | 1.4% | |
| Moroccan | 1.3% | |
| Caucasian (White) n.o.s | 1.3% | |
| First Nations n.o.s | 1.2% | |
| Scottish | 1.2% | |
| English | 1.1% | |
| Acadian | 1.0% | |
| Berber | 1.0% | |
| Note: Includes multiple responses | ||
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Repentigny, Quebec[5] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 73,520 | 2.1% | 85.79% | 1,420 | 3.2% | 1.66% | 785 | 101.2% | 0.92% | 8,295 | 39.6% | 9.68% | ||||||||
| 75,165 | 0.026% | 89.73% | 1,375 | 9.45% | 1.64% | 390 | 24.35% | 0.46% | 5,940 | 32,4% | 7.04% | ||||||||
| 75,185 | 5.07% | 92.21% | 1,245 | 18.57% | 1.53% | 485 | 110.86% | 0.59% | 4,015 | 39.17% | 4.92% | ||||||||
| 71,555 | 36.39% | 93.86% | 1,050 | 65.35% | 1.37% | 230 | 84% | 0.3% | 2,885 | 177.4% | 3.78% | ||||||||
| 52,460 | 1.8% | 96.17% | 635 | 26.59% | 1.16% | 125 | 40.47% | 0.23% | 1,040 | 20.93% | 1.91% | ||||||||
| 51,520 | n/a | 96.17% | 865 | n/a | 1.61% | 210 | n/a | 0.39% | 860 | n/a | 1.61% | ||||||||
Repentigny is home of many festivities :
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central Lanaudière. Its Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administered by Réseau de transport métropolitain, is the main infrastructure for transit in the region. Unlike a bus terminal, no departures are available from the Centre d'Échange, but transfers from one circuit to the other are possible. 9 of the 10 RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition to the 2 CRTL regional lines. Thus, Repentigny is directly connected to Terrebonne, Charlemagne, L'Assomption, Montreal, Montréal-Est, Saint-Sulpice, Lavaltrie, Lanoraie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Berthierville, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Saint-Paul-d'Industrie, Crabtree, Sainte-Marie-Salomé and Joliette.
The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort and pan-regional Lanaudière Regional Transport Commission, linking all of the Regional County Municipalities of Lanaudière, even the northernmost ones. In addition there is the MRC Les Moulins.[6]
Repentigny is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Repentigny Station of Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche Line.
The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools:
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public school: