Boucherville
Appearance
Boucherville | |
|---|---|
| Ville de Boucherville | |
Boucherville in 2025 | |
| Motto(s): Template:Force singular Nature, patrimoine et art de vivre (French for "Nature, heritage and the art of life") | |
Location within Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil. | |
| Coordinates: 45°36′N 73°27′W / 45.600°N 73.450°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | None |
| Agglomeration | Longueuil |
| Settled | 1667 |
| Constituted | January 1, 2006 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean Martel |
| • Federal riding | Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères |
| • Prov. riding | Montarville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 81.10 km2 (31.31 sq mi) |
| • Land | 71.02 km2 (27.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 41,743 |
| • Density | 587.8/km2 (1,522/sq mi) |
| • Dwellings | 17,733 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways | |
| Website | www |
Boucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. The city is a suburb of Montreal on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It was founded in 1667 and it was registered as a city on January 1, 2006. As of the 2021 Canadian census, 41,743 people lived there. The sister cities are Mortagne-au-Perche in 1966, Les Abymes in 1988, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Reference number 388452 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- 1 2 "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Boucherville". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: LONGUEUIL--PIERRE-BOUCHER (Quebec)
Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VERCHÈRES--LES PATRIOTES (Quebec) Archived 2020-07-28 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ "Census Profile — Boucherville, Ville". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. November 15, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.