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Bois-des-Filion - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 45°40′N 73°45′W / 45.667°N 73.750°W

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Bois-des-Filion
City
Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM.
Bois-des-Filion Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°40′N 73°45′W / 45.667°N 73.750°W / 45.667; -73.750^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Thérèse-De Blainville
Constituted	January 1, 1949
Government ^[2]
• Mayor	Gilles Blanchette
• Federal riding	Thérèse-De Blainville
• Prov. riding	Blainville
Area ^[2]^[3]
• Total	4.90 km² (1.89 sq mi)
• Land	4.36 km² (1.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[3]
• Total	10,159
• Density	2,327.8/km² (6,029/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	5.4%
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J6Z 1H1
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-640	R-335 R-344
Website	ville.bois-des-filion.qc.ca

Bois-des-Filion (French pronunciation: [bwa de filjɔ̃]) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, to the north of Montreal.

Historically, hundreds of families annually travelled to this region seasonally to experience the maple forests; however, the tourist industry is currently a minor source of income for the city.

The primary language spoken by its citizens is French, and the primary source of employment is general manufacturing.

Origin of the name

The name Filion is derived from the surname of Antoine Feuillon, a local carpenter who could neither read nor write, and thus was unable to correct any errors in the spelling of his name as the first records were kept. Antoine Feuillion was the son of Michel Feuillon, a captain of the Musketeers of the Guards during the reign of the "Sun King", Louis XIV of France before his immigration to New France.

This town is named Bois des Filion because of the beautiful maple woods bordering it; le bois being French for "the woods". When the city was newly founded, one had to follow a path through these woods and ford a small river to enter the city.

History

This small town has a rich cultural history rooted in the legend of the lords, Céloron de Blainville and Lepage of Holy-Claire. Below are some important dates.

1684 - The first Filion migrates to Canada
1913 - The arrival of the Parish from the Abbot De Bray
1945 - An association of citizens is formed and the process of becoming an official city is begun
1949 - Bois-des-Filion becomes officially recognized as a city of Quebec and the first mayor is named, Joseph Germain.
1955 - The second largest cross in the province is erected on Notre-Dame hill to celebrate the 10 year anniversary since the first association of citizens was formed.
1980 - It became a municipality called Ville de Bois-des-Filion (City of Bois-des-Filion)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bois-des-Filion had a population of 10,159 living in 4,258 of its 4,370 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 9,636. With a land area of 4.36 km² (1.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,330.0/km² (6,034.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Government

Time in Office	Mayor
January 19, 1949 to July 16, 1951	Joseph Germain
July 16, 1951 to July 18, 1955	Alexandre Savaria
July 18, 1955 to July 23, 1956	Joseph Germain
August 1, 1956 to July 9, 1963	Émile Pigeon
July 9, 1963 to July 2, 1965	Paul Perron
July 2, 1965 to May 15, 1968	L. Van Coppenolle
May 15, 1968 to June 19, 1968	G. Arthur Aubertin
July 25, 1968 to October 27, 1974	Jean-Guy Roger
October 9, 1974 to November 6, 1977	Pierre Côté
November 6, 1977 to November 11, 1985	Guy Papineau
November 11, 1985 to November 7, 1993	Pierre Paquin
November 7, 1993 to November 5, 2017	Paul Larocque
November 5, 2017 to ...	Gilles Blanchette

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools.^[5] The territory has the following schools:

École secondaire Rive-Nord
École Le Rucher pavillon Félix-Leclerc^[6]

Most students are zoned to Le Rucher, secondaire Hubert-Maisonneuve in Rosemère (for lower secondary), and Rive-Nord (for upper secondary). Some are zoned to École Marie-Soleil-Tougas in Terrebonne, École Le Carrefour in Lorraine, and École secondaire du Harfang in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.^[7]

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

McCaig Elementary School in Rosemère^[8]
Rosemère High School in Rosemère^[9]

Notable residents

Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Olympic judoka
Isabelle Hayeur (born 1969), visual artist
Serge Ménard (born 1941), politician

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98642". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 73030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Bois-des-Filion census profile
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ "Admission et inscription Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles. Retrieved on December 7, 2014. "La Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles (CSSMI) offre ses services aux résidents des municipalités de : Blainville, Boisbriand, Bois-des-Filion, Deux-Montagnes, Lorraine, Mirabel (Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique et secteur du Domaine-Vert), Oka, Pointe-Calumet, Rosemère, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Placide et Terrebonne Ouest."
^ "Le Rucher (pavillon Félix-Leclerc)." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
^ "Répertoire des aires de desserte par ville 2017 - 2018 (Généré le 20/9/2017) Bois-des-Filion Archived 2017-09-20 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
^ "McCAIG ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
^ "Rosemere High School Zone Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

External links

Ville de Bois-des-Filion (French)

Places adjacent to Bois-des-Filion

Terrebonne

Lorraine

Bois-des-Filion

Terrebonne

Rivière des Mille Îles, bridge to Laval

v t e Subdivisions of Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality
Cities	Blainville Bois-des-Filion Boisbriand Lorraine Rosemère Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Thérèse
Regional County Municipalities in Laurentides: Antoine-Labelle Argenteuil Deux-Montagnes La Rivière-du-Nord Les Laurentides Les Pays-d'en-Haut Thérèse-De Blainville Independent Cities: Mirabel Native Reserves: Doncaster Kanesatake

v t e Municipalities of the CMM and/or Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal Urban agglomeration of Longueuil Laval
North Shore	Blainville Bois-des-Filion Boisbriand Charlemagne Deux-Montagnes Gore¹ Kanesatake¹ L'Assomption L'Épiphanie (P)¹ L'Épiphanie (V)¹ Lavaltrie¹ Lorraine Mascouche Mirabel Oka Pointe-Calumet Repentigny Rosemère Saint-Colomban¹ Saint-Eustache Saint-Jérôme¹ Saint-Placide¹ Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Saint-Sulpice Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Sainte-Thérèse Terrebonne
South Shore	Beauharnois Beloeil Calixa-Lavallée² Candiac Carignan Chambly Châteauguay Contrecoeur² Coteau-du-Lac¹ Delson Hudson Kahnawake¹ L'Île-Cadieux L'Île-Perrot La Prairie Léry Les Cèdres Les Coteaux¹ McMasterville Mercier Mont-Saint-Hilaire Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Otterburn Park Pincourt Pointe-des-Cascades Richelieu Saint-Amable Saint-Basile-le-Grand Saint-Constant Saint-Isidore Saint-Jean-Baptiste² Saint-Lazare Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Saint-Mathieu Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Saint-Philippe Saint-Zotique¹ Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Julie Terrasse-Vaudreuil Varennes Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA

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