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{{other uses}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dorval | official_name = City of Dorval<br />{{native name|fr|Cité de Dorval}} | native_name = | settlement_type = [[City (Quebec)|City]] | image_skyline = File:Dorval - vue aérienne 20170816-01.jpg | image_alt = Aerial view of Dorval | image_caption = Aerial view of Dorval | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Carte localisation Île de Montréal - Dorval.png | map_caption = Location on the Island of Montreal. <br /> (Outlined areas indicate demerged municipalities). | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec | coordinates = {{coord|45|27|N|73|45|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Quebec]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Montréal (region)|Montréal]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]] | subdivision_name3 = ''none'' | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1667 | established_title1 = Village | established_date1 = 1892 | established_title2 = Town | established_date2 = 1903 | established_title3 = City | established_date3 = 1956 | established_title4 = Merged into [[Dorval–L'Île-Dorval]] | established_date4 = 1 January 2002 | established_title5 = Reconstituted | established_date5 = 1 January 2006 | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = | parts = | government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Dorval |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66087/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121006085921/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=1035&Search=Det Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE--LACHINE (Quebec)]</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Marc Doret | leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]] | leader_name1 = [[Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle]] | leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]] | leader_name2 = [[Marquette (provincial electoral district)|Marquette]] | area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name=cp21b>{{cite web |title=Dorval, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Dorval&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466087&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 29.08 | area_land_km2 = 20.91 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name=cp21b/> | population_total = 19,302 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 923.0 | population_blank1_title = Pop <small>2016-2021</small> | population_blank1 = {{increase}} 1.7% | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 9,058 | population_note = | timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = −4 | postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]] | postal_code = [[List of H postal codes of Canada|H4S, H4Y, H9P, H9S]] | area_code = [[Area codes 514 and 438|514 and 438]] | blank_name = Highways <br /> {{jct|state=QC|A|13}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|A|20}} | blank_info = <br /> '''{{jct|state=QC|TCH|40}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|A|520}}''' | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }} '''Dorval''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɔr|ˈ|v|æ|l}}; {{IPA|fr|dɔʁval|lang}}) is an [[Greater Montreal|on-island suburban]] [[City (Quebec)|city]] on the [[island of Montreal]] in southwestern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montréal’s west side, it is among the least densely populated. [[Montréal–Trudeau International Airport|Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]] constitutes about 60% of the city's land; consequently, all of Dorval's population is concentrated in the southern part of the city. Dorval is the oldest city in the west side of Montréal, having been founded in 1667, and one of the oldest in [[Canada]] and North America. ==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''". == Demographics == In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Dorval had a population of {{val|19302|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|8716|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|9058|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:19302-18980}}|18980|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|18980|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|20.91|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|19302|20.91|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=cp21b/> {{Canada census |location = Dorval |2021_population=19,302 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.7 | 2021_land_area=20.91 | 2021_pop_density=923 |2021_median_age=45.2 | 2021_median_age_m=44.0 | 2021_median_age_f=46.4 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=9,058 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=8,716 |2021_mean_hh_income=77,500 |2021_geocode=2021A00052466087 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=18,980 | 2016_pop_delta=+4.2 | 2016_land_area=20.91 | 2016_pop_density=907.7 |2016_median_age=44.7 | 2016_median_age_m=43.2 | 2016_median_age_f=46.3 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=8,818 | 2016_mean_hh_income=64,689 | 2016_access_date=6 January 2022 }} {{Historical populations |title = Historical populations of Dorval |type = Canada |align = none |cols = 3 |percentages = |footnote = |1901|481 |1911|1005 |1921|1466 |1931|2052 |1941|2048 |1951|5293 |1956|14055 |1961|18592 |1966|20905 |1971|20469 |1976|19131 |1981|17722 |1986|17354 |1991|17249 |[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|17572 |[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|17706 |[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|18088 |[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|18208 |[[Canada 2016 census|2016]]|18980 |2021|19302 }} {| class="wikitable" |- |+Visible Minorities ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21b/> ! Ethnicity ! Population ! Percentage (%) |- | Not a visible minority | 13,700 | 72% |- | [[Visible minorities]] | 5.320 | 28% |} ===Languages=== According to the [[Office québécois de la langue française]], Dorval has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laframboise |first=Kalina |last2=Parrillo |first2=Felicia |date=9 January 2023 |title=Montreal municipalities take action to keep bilingual status under Quebec’s Bill 96 {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9396993/quebec-bilingual-status-montreal-municipalities-bill96/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> since 2005-11-02.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français |url=https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/francisation/admin_publ/organismes-reconnus.aspx |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- |+ Home Language ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21b/> ! Language ! Population ! Percentage (%) |- | [[English language|English]] | 10,390 | 54% |- | [[French language|French]] | 4,740 | 25% |- | Other | 2,430 | 13% |- |} {| class="wikitable" |- |+ Mother Tongue ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21b/> ! Language ! Population ! Percentage (%) |- | [[English language|English]] | 7,890 | 41% |- | [[French language|French]] | 5,125 | 27% |- | Other | 4,765 | 25% |- |} ==Economy== [[Air Inuit]] and [[La Senza]] have their headquarters in Dorval.<ref>"[http://www.airinuit.com/en/contact.aspx Contact us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930083108/http://www.airinuit.com/en/contact.aspx |date=-30 September 2009}}." [[Air Inuit]]. Retrieved 8 October 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.lasenza.com/eng/aboutUs/redirect.cfm?sectionid=contact/contact2.cfm Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313120552/https://www.lasenza.com/eng/aboutUs/redirect.cfm?sectionid=contact%2Fcontact2.cfm |date=13 March 2013}}." [[La Senza]]. Retrieved 4 December 2010. "La Senza Corporation Attn: Online Store Customer Service 1608, Boulevard St-Régis Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9P 1H6."</ref> [[Bombardier Inc.]] houses the headquarters of its [[Bombardier Aerospace]] division in Dorval.<ref>"[http://www2.bombardier.com/en/3_0/3_2/3_2_8/3_2_8.jsp?id=1 Aerospace Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708082735/http://www2.bombardier.com/en/3_0/3_2/3_2_8/3_2_8.jsp?id=1 |date=8 July 2011 }}." Bombardier Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2010. "400 Côte-Vertu Road West Dorval, Québec Canada H4S 1Y9." [http://www2.bombardier.com/fr/3_0/3_2/3_2_8/3_2_8.jsp?id=1 Address in French] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018045325/http://www2.bombardier.com/fr/3_0/3_2/3_2_8/3_2_8.jsp?id=1 |date=18 October 2015 }}: "400, chemin de la Côte-Vertu Ouest Dorval (Québec)."</ref> Previously [[Inter-Canadien]] had its headquarters in Dorval.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 25–31 March 1998. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1998/1998%20-%200741.html?search=%22Canadian%20Airlines%22 p. 75]. "795 Stuart Graham Boulevard North, Dorval, H4Y1E4, Quebec, Canada"</ref> Air Canada Centre, the headquarters of [[Air Canada]], are located on the grounds of [[Montréal–Trudeau International Airport|Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]] and in [[Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Laurent]], [[Montreal]],<ref name="InvEng">"[http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/investor/contacts.html Investors Contacts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072053/http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/investor/contacts.html |date=4 February 2016}}." Air Canada. Retrieved 4 December 2010. "Air Canada Centre, 7373 Côte-Vertu Blvd. West Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4S 1Z3 ."</ref><ref>"[http://saintlaurent.ville.montreal.qc.ca/Fr/Intro/Cartes/Region/ab11e5b4-ccb1-430e-9a7c-598d63c7480b.gif ab11e5b4-ccb1-430e-9a7c-598d63c7480b.gif] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706201845/http://saintlaurent.ville.montreal.qc.ca/Fr/Intro/Cartes/Region/ab11e5b4-ccb1-430e-9a7c-598d63c7480b.gif |date=6 July 2011}}." City of Montreal. Retrieved 4 December 2010.</ref> near [[Dorval, Quebec|Dorval]].<ref>"[http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/career/about_faq.html FAQ’s]." Air Canada. Retrieved 4 December 2010. "Our headquarters are located at 7373 Cote Vertu Ouest, Dorval, Quebec."</ref><!--The address here says "Dorval," but check the map and you will know the HQ's in Saint-Laurent--> ==Local government== [[File:Dorval QC.JPG|thumbnail|right|Dorval City Hall]] List of former mayors:<ref name=maires>{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Dorval (ville) 24.6.1892 - 1.1.2002 ● 1.1.2006 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=2937 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=24em}} * [[Désiré Girouard]] (1892–1893) * James B. Allan (1893–1894) * Benjamin Décarie (1894–1895) * Hartland St. Clair MacDougall (1895) * Charles Décarie (1895–1896) * Robert FitzGibbon (1896–1897) * Joseph Dosithée Legault Deslauriés (1897–1899) * William de Montmolin Marler (1899–1901) * Jean-Baptiste Meloche (1901–1903) * [[Harry Markland Molson]] (1903–1905) * Amable Lallemand (1905–1907) * Anthony Haig Sims (1907–1909) * Benjamin Décarie (1909–1911) * William A. C. Hamilton (1911–1913) * Joseph Leroux (1913–1915) * Charles-C. Décarie (1915–1923) * Harvey Thompson (1923–1925) * Avila Décarie (1925–1927) * E.-Raphaël Chadillon (1927–1933) * Arthur Cecil Comber (1933–1937, 1941–1943) * J. Arthur Lajoie (1937–1939) * Ernest H. Décarie (1939–1941) * Joseph Ovila Adrien Valois (1943–1947) * Stanley Mason Elliot (1947–1948) * Ovila Cardinal (1948–1955) * [[Robert John Pratt]] (1955–1964) * Sarto Desnoyers (1964–1982) * [[Peter Yeomans|Peter Blyth Yeomans]] (1982–2002) * Edgar Rouleau (2002–2021) * Marc Doret (2021–present) {{Div col end}} ==Infrastructure== [[Aéroports de Montréal]], the [[Greater Montreal]] airport authority, has its headquarters in Leigh-Capreol Place (French: place Leigh-Capreol) in Dorval.<ref>"[http://www.admtl.com/Passengers/ContactUs.aspx Contact us]." [[Aéroports de Montréal]]. Retrieved 4 December 2010. "Aéroports de Montréal 800 Leigh-Capreol Place Suite 1000 Dorval, Quebec H4Y 0A5." [http://www.admtl.com/Passagers/NousJoindre.aspx Address in French]: "800, place Leigh-Capreol Bureau 1000 Dorval (Québec) H4Y 0A5."</ref> ===Trudeau Airport=== [[File:YUL.U.S. Departures.Sector.Control.Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Montréal-Trudeau International Airport|Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]]]] {{Main|Montréal–Trudeau International Airport}} Most<!--Not ALL!--> of Montreal's principal airport, [[Montréal-Trudeau International Airport|Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]] (previously known as ''Dorval Airport''), is in Dorval.<ref name="Dorvmap">"[http://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/en/downloads/pdf/Carte_detaillee_de_Dorval.pdf Detailed Map of Dorval] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217085137/http://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/en/downloads/pdf/Carte_detaillee_de_Dorval.pdf |date=17 February 2012}}." Dorval. Retrieved 4 November 2010.</ref> Originally a military airfield used mainly to refuel new fighters and bombers being flown to Great Britain during the Second World War, Trudeau Airport today serves over 18 million passengers annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-en/tourist-services-directory/airport/montreal-pierre-elliott-trudeau-international-airport-yul_3144228.html |title=Bonjour Québec.com: Montréal-Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) |website=www.bonjourquebec.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411044550/http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-en/tourist-services-directory/airport/montreal-pierre-elliott-trudeau-international-airport-yul_3144228.html |archive-date=11 April 2008}}</ref> ==Education== The ''[[Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]'' operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the ''[[Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]'' until 15 June 2020. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from [[religious denomination|denominational]] to [[linguistics|linguistic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmb.qc.ca/fr-CA/recherche-etablissement.aspx |title=Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys}}</ref> Schools include: * ''Centre d'éducation des adultes Jeanne-Sauvé'' (adult school) * ''[[École secondaire Dorval-Jean-XXIII]]'' (secondary school) * ''École primaire Gentilly'' (primary school) The [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]] (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools. * Dorval Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorvalelementary.lbpsb.qc.ca/ |title=Main entrance |access-date=7 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211114152/http://dorvalelementary.lbpsb.qc.ca/ |archive-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> formerly known as Courtland Park Elementary School until 2006. ==Notable residents== * [[Jason Demers]] (born 1988), NHL ice hockey player ==See also== {{colbegin}} * [[Dorval (STM)|Dorval bus terminus]] * [[Dorval railway station (Via)|Dorval intercity station]] * [[Dorval (AMT)|Dorval station]] * [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]] * [[Boroughs of Montreal#List of former boroughs|List of former boroughs]] * [[Montreal Merger]] * [[Municipal reorganization in Quebec]] {{colend}} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |388463}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} {{Geographic location | Centre = Dorval | North = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Laurent]] ([[Montreal]]) | Northeast = | East = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]] ([[Montreal]]) | Southeast = | South = ''[[Lac Saint-Louis]]'' / [[L'Île-Dorval]] | Southwest = | West = [[Pointe-Claire]] | Northwest = [[Dollard-des-Ormeaux]] }} {{MontrealNeighbourhoods}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Dorval| ]] [[Category:Cities and towns in Quebec]] [[Category:Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River]] [[Category:1667 establishments in the French colonial empire]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1667]] [[Category:Island of Montreal municipalities]] [[Category:Bilingual cities and towns in Quebec]]
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