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==History== The history of Dorval dates back more than 350 years to 1665 when [[Society of Saint-Sulpice|Sulpician priests]] established a mission on the outskirts of [[Fort Ville-Marie|Ville-Marie]], a French settlement which later became known as [[Montreal]]. Dorval was originally named Gentilly. It was later renamed La Présentation-de-la-Vierge-Marie. In 1691, the domain of La Présentation, originally owned by Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny, was acquired by Jean-Baptiste Bouchard dit d'Orval. "d'Orval" (French for "of Orval") was added to Bouchard's name by his father Claude in reference his birthplace Orval in [[Montigny-Lengrain]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.societehistoriquededorval.ca/history-of-dorval.html|title = History of Dorval}}</ref> It was incorporated as a village in 1892, a town in 1903, and a city in 1956 (in [[French language|French]] it was termed a ''cité'', an Old French term from which the English legal term "city" originates).<ref name=maires/> [[Image:Dorval (Île de Montréal) 2006-01-22.JPG|thumb|left|Residential street in Dorval.]]As with many other settlements on the [[island of Montreal]], the [[Grand Trunk Railway]], which came to Dorval in 1855, was highly instrumental in attracting many wealthier families, mostly [[English-speaking Quebecer|English-speaking]], in search of a summer refuge in proximity to their downtown residence and place of work. Access to Dorval from [[Montreal]] was also facilitated by the extension of streetcar service to Dorval's eastern city limits in the interwar period. After the [[Second World War]] many middle-class families migrated to Dorval from the city of [[Montreal]] and from other parts of [[Canada]]. This migration was made possible by the widening of [[Quebec autoroute 20|highway 20]] and by the large-scale construction of new dwellings. This new housing consisted mostly of single family homes with some townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings, built on lands previously used for agriculture and recreational activities. The post-war period also saw the construction of [[Dorval Gardens]] shopping centre in 1954, one of [[Greater Montreal]]'s first mall-style shopping centres. Today the shopping centre remains the city's principal centre of retail trade. The island named [[Dorval Island]], settled in 1860 and located less than one kilometre offshore from Dorval, constitutes the separate city of [[L'Île-Dorval]] despite being a summer cottage community with only five permanent residents as of the [[Canada 2011 Census]]. The island is connected to the city of Dorval by a private ferry service. On 1 January 2002, as part of the [[2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal]], Dorval was merged into the city of [[Montreal]], being combined with L'Île-Dorval to form the [[Dorval–L'Île-Dorval]] borough of [[Montreal]]. After a [[2003 Quebec general election|change of government]] and a [[2004 Quebec municipal referendums|2004 referendum]], Dorval was reconstituted as a city on 1 January 2006. Although Dorval had the legal status of ''cité'' prior to the merger, the reconstituted city has the status of ''ville'' (see [[Types of municipalities in Quebec]]).<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name=maires/> Nevertheless, the municipal government refers to itself as the "''Cité de Dorval''".
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