Pincourt, Quebec

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Pincourt
City
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Pincourt is located in Southern Quebec
Pincourt
Pincourt
Location in southern Quebec.
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted January 1, 1950
Government[2][3]
 • Mayor Yvan Cardinal
 • Federal riding Vaudreuil-Soulanges
 • Prov. riding Vaudreuil
Area[2][4]
 • Total 7.10 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
 • Land 7.54 km2 (2.91 sq mi)
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authoritative sources
Population (2011)[4]
 • Total 14,305
 • Density 1,896.7/km2 (4,912/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 27.8%
 • Dwellings 5,320
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J7V, J7W (until 2014), only J7W as of summer 2014[5]
Area code(s) 514 and 438
Highways A-20
Website www.villepincourt.qc.ca

Pincourt is a municipality on the island of Île Perrot, off the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 14,305. 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.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Pincourt, Quebec[8]
Year Pop. ±%
1991 9,749 —    
1996 10,023 +2.8%
Year Pop. ±%
2001 10,107 +0.8%
2006 11,197 +10.8%
Year Pop. ±%
2011 14,305 +27.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pincourt, Quebec[8]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
14,105
6,990 Increase 14.1% 49.56% 4,980 Increase 27.5% 35.31% 280 Increase 19.1% 1.98% 1,855 Increase 109.6% 13.15%
2006
11,150
6,125 Increase 1.4% 54.93% 3,905 Increase 13.8% 35.02% 235 Increase 80.8% 2.11% 885 Increase 90.3% 7.94%
2001
10,065
6,040 Increase 6.5% 60.01% 3,430 Decrease 8.5% 34.08% 130 Steady 0.0% 1.29% 465 Increase 22.4% 4.62%
1996
9,930
5,670 n/a 57.10% 3,750 n/a 37.76% 130 n/a 1.31% 380 n/a 3.83%

Infrastructure

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 Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train line. The CIT also offers various bus connections to Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and other West-Island destinations.

See also

References

  1. Reference number 49351 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pincourt
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL-SOULANGES (Quebec)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pincourt, Quebec Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "cp2011" defined multiple times with different content
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  8. 8.0 8.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census