Country Canada RCM L'Assomption Constituted June 1, 2002 Area 71.3 km² Province Québec | Region Lanaudière Founded 1670 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 82,000 (2011) Local time Monday 9:54 PM | |
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Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located north of Montreal 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 Lanaudiere region.
Contents
- Map of Repentigny QC Canada
- History
- Demographics
- Languages
- Ethnocultural ancestries
- Transit
- Culture
- References
Map of Repentigny, QC, Canada
History
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 neighbor city 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.
Demographics
According to Statistics Canada 2011 census:
The current mayor is Chantal Deschamps, who was first elected to the position in 1997 and has been re-elected to serve until 2017.
Languages
The 2006 census found that, counting single responses only, French was the mother tongue of 94.5% of the population, while English was the mother tongue of 1.4% of the population. The next most common languages were Creole (0.8%), and Spanish and Italian (0.7% each). 38.09% of Repentigny residents can speak both French and English.
Ethnocultural ancestries
Single responses: 51.60% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 17.67% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 15.13% of respondents gave a single response of French, 1.86% of respondents gave a single response of Québécois, 1.37% gave a single response of Italian, 1.34% gave a single response of Irish and 1.27% gave a single response of Haitian.
Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 1% are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.
Transit
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central Lanaudière. Its Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administrated by Agence métropolitaine de transport, 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 RTC de la MRC de L'Assomption transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition of 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 northmost ones. In addition there is the MRC Les Moulins.
Repentigny is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Repentigny Station of Agence métropolitaine de transport's Mascouche Line.
Culture
Famous people born and/or raised in Repentigny:
Repentigny is home of many festivities :