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Country
  
Canada

Established
  
January 01, 2006

Area
  
27 km²

Local time
  
Friday 12:06 PM

Region
  
Montréal

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Population
  
68,410 (2011)

Province
  
Québec

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Electoral Districts Federal
  
Pierrefonds—Dollard Lac-Saint-Louis

Provincial
  
Nelligan Robert-Baldwin

Weather
  
3°C, Wind NE at 21 km/h, 55% Humidity

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It was created 1 January 2006 following the demerger of parts of the city It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

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Map of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montr%C3%A9al, QC, Canada

The borough has an area of 38.90 km² and a population of 60,138.

Borough council

As of the November 3, 2013 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors:

Pierrefonds

Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park. It is also home to several English elementary schools (St. Anthony School, St. Charles School, Greendale, Terry Fox School, Thorndale), as well as two public English high schools, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School and Riverdale. There is also two French private school, Collège Charlemagne and Collège Beaubois.

Roxboro

The former town had two nature parks known as Roxboro Island and Roxboro Woods , three elementary schools (Lalande, French; Charles-Perrault, French; and Socrates, Greek) as well as a small library and a large library (1997). (William G. Boll).It also had a Federal Canada Post office 1996-12-13. The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.

Transportation

The borough is served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line. Major thoroughfares include Saint Charles Boulevard, Saint Jean Boulevard, Sources Boulevard, as well as Gouin, and Pierrefonds Boulevards.

Education

The Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools.

Specialized schools include:

  • École secondaire Rose-Virginie-Pelletier (RVP)
  • Primary schools include:

  • du Grand-Chêne
  • Harfang-des-Neiges
  • Lalande
  • Murielle-Dumont
  • Perce-Neige
  • Saint-Gérard
  • The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools.

    Vocational Education:

  • West Island Career Centre
  • High schools:

  • Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School
  • Riverdale High School
  • Elementary School:

  • Beachwood Elementary School
  • Greendale Elementary School
  • St. Anthony Elementary School
  • St. Charles Elementary School
  • Terry Fox Elementary School]
  • Thorndale Elementary School
  • Public libraries

    The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Pierrefonds Branch (13 555, boulevard Pierrefonds) and the Roxboro Branch (110, rue Cartier )in the borough.

    References

    Pierrefonds-Roxboro Wikipedia