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{{Short description|Suburban municipality of Montreal, Canada}}
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|name                   = Pointe-Claire
|settlement_type        = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
|named_for              = Point of land with a clear view over [[Lake Saint-Louis]]
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Montréal (region)|Montréal]]
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| established_date      = 1698
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| established_title3    = Merged
| established_date3     = January 1, 2002
| established_title4    = Reconstituted
| established_date4     = January 1, 2006
|government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-Claire |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66097/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1022 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: LAC-SAINT-LOUIS (Quebec)] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121208213211/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1022 |date=2012-12-08 }}<br />[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1035 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE--LACHINE (Quebec)] {{Webarchive|url=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 |date=2012-10-06 }}</ref>
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Tim Thomas
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Lac-Saint-Louis (electoral district)|Lac-Saint-Louis]]
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[Jacques-Cartier (provincial electoral district)|Jacques-Cartier]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="sc2021">{{cite web |title=Pointe-Claire, 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=pointe&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466097&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |date=27 April 2022 |accessdate=31 May 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 34.66
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|population_total       = 33488
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'''Pointe-Claire''' ({{IPA|fr|pwɛ̃t klɛʁ}}, {{IPA|fr-CA|pwãẽ̯t klaɛ̯ʁ|label=Canadian French:}}) is a [[Local municipality (Quebec)|Quebec local municipality]] within the [[Urban agglomeration of Montreal]] on the [[Island of Montreal]] in Canada. It is entirely developed, and land use includes residential, light manufacturing, and retail. As of the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] the population was 33,488.

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==Toponymy==
The [[toponym]] refers to the peninsula, or point, where the windmill, convent, and the [[Saint-Joachim de Pointe-Claire Church]] are sited. The point extends into [[Lac Saint-Louis]] and has a clear view of its surroundings.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web|author=toponymie|title=Pointe-Claire: Origine et signification|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=388469|publisher=Commission de toponymie of Québec|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:CarteIsleMontreal1700.jpg|thumb|left|alt=1700s map of Montreal Island.|On a map of the Island of Montreal dated 1700, the words "Pointe Claire" are visible.]]

Pointe-Claire was first described by [[Nicolas Perrot]] in his account of 1669, and the name Pointe-Claire appeared on a map as early as 1686.<ref name="toponymie"/>  Although [[Samuel de Champlain]] canoed through the area in 1613, he reported no village or dwelling visible.<ref name=alapc>{{cite book|title=A la pointe claire|year=2005|publisher=Conseil du patrimoine de Montreal|isbn=2-9808545-4-9|pages=3–47}}</ref>

The urbanization of the territory of Pointe-Claire began in the 1600s, when the Sulpicians were lords of the island of Montreal. Land on the island of Montreal was granted to the Sulpicians for development as early as 1663. They began to grant concessions along major waterways.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pointe-claire.ca/content/uploads/2022/02/2022_02_09_draft_pu_en.pdf |title=Planning Program 2022 |publisher=City of Pointe-Claire |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

In 1678, the first concession on the land under the [[Seigneurial system of New France|seigneurial system]] was to Jean Guenet who named his property Beau Repaire. This was near the future village of Beaurepaire, located in what is now [[Beaconsfield, Quebec|Beaconsfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shbbhs.ca/index.php/en/history/important-dates |title=Significant Dates |publisher=Société Historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> on June 4, 1910, the village of Beaconsfield separates from the parish of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire<ref>{{cite web|author=Ville de Beaconsfield |title=History of Beaconsfield |url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/our-city/portrait-and-history#:~:text=Louis%20and%20founded%20the%20Village,Earl%20of%20Beaconsfield%20in%201876. |publisher=www.beaconsfield.ca |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

The first concession of land that is still in the current city limits of Pointe-Claire, was in 1684 to Pierre Cabassier, for a lot just east of Pointe Charlebois.<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Brian |title=A History of Pointe-Claire |year=1985 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/507/1/Berube_Harold_PhD_2008.pdf |author=Harold Bérubé |title=Des Banlieues Qui Se Distinguent : Gouverner Westmount, Pointe-Claire et Mont-Royal (1880-1939) |date=3 July 2008 |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> Under the seigneurial system, the [[Society of Saint-Sulpice|Sulpicians]] had to build a mill for the colonists, who in turn had to grind their grain there at a set fee.
The arrival of French settlers in Pointe-Claire began in 1698-1699.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pointe-claire.ca/en/history/ |title=History |publisher=Ville de Pointe-Claire |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

In 1707, after the [[Great Peace of Montreal]] was signed in 1701, the Chemin du Roy (now Lakeshore Road) from [[Dorval]] to the western tip of [[Montreal Island]] was opened having been ordered by intendant [[Jacques Raudot]],<ref name=alapc/> and the parish was subdivided in three côtes: St. Rémy (present-day [[Boulevard Des Sources]]), [[Boulevard Saint-Jean|St. Jean]], and [[Boulevard Saint-Charles|St. Charles]]. Between côtes St. Rémy and St. Charles lay 33 lots (numbered 145 to 177). These were generally three [[arpent]]s wide by 20 or 30 deep. Up to this time Pointe-Claire had only been accessible by boat.

[[File:Église presbytère de Pointe-Claire.jpg|thumb|left|Church and presbytery of Saint-Joachim de Pointe-Claire]]
On October 13, 1713,<ref name="dates">{{cite web|author=BAnQ|title=Parishes, Missions and municipalities of the province of Quebec|url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/document/b_Q1fOXNHipgHXnLul6Q_Q|publisher=BAnQ Grande Bibliothèque of Québec|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> the seminary formed a parish on the land that now includes Pointe-Claire and much of the West Island, and in 1714 a church was built at the point, at the site of the present-day church.<ref name="matthews">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Brian|title=A History of Pointe-Claire|year=1985}}</ref> Up to that time the area was served by an itinerant missionary priest. Initially the church was called Saint-Francois-de-Sales, but it was renamed six months later to Saint-Joachim de la Pointe Claire. The church and presbytery, both built of stone, formed a fort about two arpents ({{Convert|7000|m2|abbr=on|disp=comma}}) in area, surrounded by stakes. The construction was ordered by [[Charles de Beauharnois de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois|Governor Beauharnois]] out of fear of the [[Iroquois]]. The point was used as a stopover by [[voyageurs]] en route to the interior.<ref name=alapc/>

In 1728–1729, the first lots were granted, near the fort, to a blacksmith and to a carpenter. By 1765 there were 783 residents, 74 lots owned by 35 individuals, and 19 houses, some built of stone, but most of wood.<ref name=alapc/>

On July 1, 1845, the Village Municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire was created, before losing its municipal status on September 1, 1847, as was common in Quebec for many local entities. On September 2, 1854, it was reestablished.<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name="dates" />

The [[Grand Trunk Railway]] built the railroad through the area in 1855, linking Pointe-Claire to Montreal. This brought people, and with them property development in an area that up to then had been largely agricultural. It also improved the welfare of farmers by providing a ready market for their goods. Suburban development began in 1893 when Otto Frederick Lilly acquired land spanning Boulevard Saint-Jean. He used his influence with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] to have a station added to the line at the end of Cedar Avenue, which he also paved from there down to Lakeshore Road. Both sides of Cedar Avenue were built up by 1920.<ref name="matthews"/>

After the [[British North America Act 1867]], Pointe-Claire was included in the new federal riding of [[Jacques Cartier (electoral district)|Jacques Cartier]]. In the election of 7 August, the men ([[suffrage]] did not extend to women until 1940) of Pointe-Claire elected the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] [[Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacques Cartier, Quebec (1867–1952)|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=313|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>

In 1900, a major fire destroyed much of the village. The fire was discovered in an uninhabited building around 2:00 a.m., 22 May 1900. The wind caused the fire to spread to surrounding houses. The only water supply was from village wells or carried in buckets from the river. A small two-wheeled hose reel and hand pump was the only village fire protection. Locals failed to put out the fire and asked for help from Montreal. Equipment was sent by train but did not arrive in time to help. The worst of the damage was on the rue de l'église. In all about 30 buildings were destroyed, including the post office, the town hall, and the residences of about 200 people.<ref name="villepc">{{cite web |url=https://www.pointe-claire.ca/en/history/|publisher=www.pointe-claire.ca |title=History of Pointe-Claire |author=Ville de Pointe-Claire |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Milne |first=George E.R. |title=Recollections of Early Pointe Claire: Fire in Pointe Claire: May 22, 1900 |year=1965 |publisher=West Island School Commission |location=Pointe Claire, Quebec |page=24 |url=http://www.haya.qc.ca/fire/19000522.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025195218/http://www.haya.qc.ca/fire/19000522.html |archive-date=2021-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grandquebec.com/nouvelles-quebec/incendie-pointe-claire |title=Conflagration à la Pointe-Claire |date=29 March 2011 |language=fr|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref>

On March 14, 1911, the Village Municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire changed status and name to ''[[Ville (Quebec)|Ville]]'' (city/town) de Pointe-Claire.<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name=maires>{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Pointe-Claire (ville) 2.9.1854 - 1.1.2002 ● 1.1.2006 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=2934 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>

Provincial highway number 2 (now [[Quebec Autoroute 20|Autoroute 20]]) was built alongside the railway in 1940, following expropriation of property.  This led to a move of much of the town from the south to the north of the highway, namely the town hall, recreation centre, police station, and fire station.<ref name="matthews"/>

In 1955, the City of Pointe-Claire annexed large portions of the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire (which was formed on September 1, 1855).  Remaining portions of the municipal parish became the Town of [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]] on March 24, 1961.<ref name="souvenir">{{cite web |title=Souvenir Album - Kirkland 1961-1986 |url=https://www.ville.kirkland.qc.ca/client_file/upload/image/kirkland-en-bref/626631247211535.pdf |website=ville.kirkland.qc.ca |publisher=Town of Kirkland |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> In 1958, a new City Hall was built and Pointe-Claire changed status from ''Ville'' to ''Cité'' ("city"), but in 1967, this was reverted.<ref name=maires/>

From 2002 to 2006 there were [[Municipal reorganization in Quebec|municipal reorganizations across the province]], which included a [[2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal|reorganization of Montreal]]; Pointe-Claire was [[Montreal Merger|merged into Montreal]] and became a borough. However, after political changes ([[2003 Quebec general election]] and the [[2004 Quebec municipal referendums]]) it was re-constituted as an independent city in 2006, along with [[Boroughs of Montreal#List of former boroughs|a number of other boroughs]].<ref name=maires/>

==Geography==
[[File:Pointe Claire (8318977266).jpg|thumb|right|View from Pointe Claire over Lake Saint-Louis]]
The shoreline of Pointe-Claire along [[Lake Saint-Louis]] is at about {{Convert|30|m}} above sea level and rises along a [[Fault (geology)|fault]] by about {{Convert|30|m}} not far from shore, more steeply in the west. The eastern side has a soil rich in clay, while the western side is stonier with limestone strata.<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Brian|title=A History of Pointe-Claire|year=1985|page=17}}</ref> Pointe-Claire is bounded on the north by [[Dollard-des-Ormeaux]], on the east by [[Dorval]], on the south by [[Lac Saint-Louis]], and on the west by [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]] and [[Beaconsfield, Quebec|Beaconsfield]].

Pointe-Claire is entirely urbanised and developed. There are 38 public parks and green spaces with 5 baseball/softball diamonds, 26 playgrounds, 19 soccer pitches, 7 outdoor swimming pools, 24 tennis courts, 10 outdoor skating rinks, and five shoreline areas.<ref>{{cite web|title=PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS AND BUILDINGS|url=http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/images/stories/Sport-loisir/ParksDec2013.pdf|access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref>

Large green spaces include:
* The public Terra-Cotta Natural Park which is a natural green space of 39 hectares (96 acres), with six kilometers (4 miles) of paths. From 1912 to 1962, a clay deposit on the site was exploited by the Montréal Terra Cotta and Lumber Co. The clay, mixed with sawdust, was baked on site to produce hollow tiles used in construction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terra-Cotta Natural Park|url=http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en/horticulture-parks-green-spaces/terra-cotta-natural-park.html|publisher=Pointe-Claire|access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref> 
* The [[Last Post Fund National Field of Honour]], a [[National Historic Site of Canada]], which is open to the public.
* The private Beaconsfield Golf Course, on the site of a disused quarry which supplied limestone for the construction of the [[Pont Victoria|Victoria Bridge]]<ref name="toponymie" /> in 1860.

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = none
|cols        = 
|percentages = 
|footnote    = 
|source      = Statistics Canada
|1871|461
|1881|443
|1891|514
|1901|555
|1911|793
|1921|2617
|1931|4058
|1941|4536
|1951|8753
|1956|15208
|1961|22709
|1966|26784
|1971|27303
|1976|25917
|1981|24571
|1986|26026
|1991|27647
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|28435
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|29286
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|30161
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|30790
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|31380
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|33488
}}}}According to the [[Office québécois de la langue française]], Pointe-Claire has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laxer |first=Dan |date=Sep 21, 2022 |title=Pointe-Claire fights for bilingual status |url=https://www.thesuburban.com/news/west_island_news/pointe-claire-fights-for-bilingual-status/article_947c0c29-03ad-592a-b52a-ffb3d226e67b.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=The Suburban |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Meagher |first=John |date=15 Sep 2022 |title=Pointe-Claire tables bilingual status resolution |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/pointe-claire-tables-bilingual-status-resolution |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Montreal Gazette |language=en-CA}}</ref> since 2 Nov 2005.<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>

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Pointe-Claire had a population of {{val|33488|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|13313|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|13823|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:33488-31380}}|31380|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|31380|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|18.91|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|33488|18.91|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>
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 |2021_population=33,488 | 2021_pop_delta=+6.7 | 2021_land_area=18.91 | 2021_pop_density=1770.9
 |2021_median_age=49.2 | 2021_median_age_m=46.0 | 2021_median_age_f=51.6
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=13,823 | 2021_mean_hh_income=<!-- pending --> | 2021_access_date=2022-06-06
 |2016_population=31,380 | 2016_pop_delta=+1.9 | 2016_land_area=18.90 | 2016_pop_density=1660.0
 |2016_median_age=47.6 | 2016_median_age_m=45.1 | 2016_median_age_f=49.6
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|-
|+'''Home Language''' ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}}}}</ref>
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 20,705
| 63%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 5,485
| 17%
|-
| Other
| 4,660
| 14%
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Mother Tongue''' ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21/>
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 15,595
| 47%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 6,750
| 21%
|-
| Other
| 8,565
| 26%
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Visible Minorities''' ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021]])<ref name=cp21/>
! Ethnicity
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| Not a visible minority
| 23,545
| 75%
|-
| [[Visible minorities]]
| 8,015
| 25%
|}

==Economy==
[[File:Fairview Pointe-Claire 05a.jpg|thumb|right|Fairview Pointe-Claire, a major regional mall in Pointe-Claire]]
The city has a large business and industrial park spanning both sides of [[Quebec Autoroute 40]]. The manufacturing sector is the largest provider of jobs in Pointe-Claire, with 7,005 employees or 23.7 percent of employment. Employment in manufacturing has been declining, while employment has been growing in healthcare and social services. Retail is the second biggest sector with 17.7 percent of the total. Major employers (more than 500 employees) include: [[Future Electronics]], [[Lakeshore General Hospital]], [[Avon Products|Avon]], Hewitt Équipement ([[Caterpillar Inc.|CAT]] dealer), City of Pointe-Claire, Lumen, and [[Bell Expressvu|Bell TV]]. Employers of more than 200 employees include: [[Réno-Dépôt]], El Ran Furniture, [[Tyco Healthcare|Tyco]] Medical, [[Hudson's Bay Company]], and [[FPInnovations]].<ref name="economic profile">{{cite web|title=Profil économique: juillet 2010|url=http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs1989520|publisher=l’Agglomération de Montréal|access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> Companies headquartered in Pointe-Claire include [[Bouclair]], [[Novacam Technologies]], [[OdanLaboratories|Odan Laboratories]], [[Canadian Salt Company|The Canadian Salt Company Limited]] and [[Unidisc Music]].

==Local government==
As of 2021, the mayor of Pointe-Claire is Tim Thomas. There are eight city councillors.

* Claude Cousineau (District 1—Cedar-Le Village)
* Paul Bissonnette (District 2—Lakeside)
* Kelly Thorstad-Cullen (District 3—[[Valois, Pointe-Claire|Valois]])
* Tara Stainforth (District 4—Cedar Park Heights)
* Cynthia Homan (District 5—Lakeside Heights)
* Bruno Tremblay (District 6—Seigniory)
* Eric Stork (District 7—Northview)
* Brent Cowan (District 8—Oneida)

Provincially, Pointe-Claire is in the [[Jacques-Cartier (provincial electoral district)|Jacques-Cartier electoral district]], along with  [[Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec|Baie-D'Urfé]], [[Beaconsfield, Quebec|Beaconsfield]], [[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue]], and [[Senneville, Quebec|Senneville]]. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an [[Anglo-Quebecer|Anglophone]] majority. From 1973 to 1981 it was in the now-defunct [[Pointe-Claire (electoral district)|Pointe-Claire electoral district]].

As part of the Urban Agglomeration of Montreal, 51% of locally collected taxes are transferred to the agglomeration as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Budget and Municipal Taxes |url=https://www.pointe-claire.ca/content/uploads/2018/12/Depliant-Taxation-Budget-2019_EN.pdf |website=Town of Pointe-Claire |access-date=24 November 2021 |date=2019}}</ref> Pointe-Claire in turn sends a representative to the 29-member agglomeration council.<ref>{{cite web|last=Montréal|first=Ville de|title=Agglomeration council|url=https://montreal.ca/en/city-government/agglomeration-council|access-date=2021-11-24|website=montreal.ca|language=en}}</ref>

===Former mayors===
List of former mayors:<ref name=maires/>
{{Div col}}
* Edmond Robillard (1855–1864)
* Pierre Charles Valois (1864–1866, 1869–1878)
* William McKinnon (1867–1868)
* Pierre Alphonse Valois (1879–1881)
* Philias Roy (1881)
* Godfroid Madore (1881–1884, 1886–1896)
* Calixte Brault (1884–1886)
* Gabriël Valois (1897–1899)
* Thimoléon Legault (1899–1900, 1902–1907)
* Emilien Mayers (1901–1902)
* Stéphanus Brisebois (1908)
* Aldéric Lesage (1908–1913)
* Robert Meredith (1913–1915)
* Joseph Martin (1915–1917)
* William Henry Black (1917–1919)
* Ambroise Cartier (1919–1921)
* James Nebbs (1921–1923)
* Joseph Léon Vital Mallette (1923–1925, 1927–1929)
* Sydmer Wallace Ewing (1925–1927)
* Eric Grantley Donegani (1929–1931)
* Ernest de Bellefeuille (1931–1933)
* Henry Edward Woolmer (1933–1935)
* William Larocque (1935–1937)
* Joseph Kenworthy (1937–1939)
* Wilbrod Alphonse Bastien (1939–1941, 1948–1950)
* William John Moore Kenna (1941–1944)
* Donat Demers (1944–1946)
* John Clifford Mann (1946–1948)
* Charles Barnes (1950–1952)
* Ernest Bélair (1952–1954)
* Olive Louise Urquhart (1954–1956, 1958–1961)
* J. Maurice Arpin (1956–1958)
* Arthur Ewen Séguin (1961–1974)
* David W. Beck (1974–1982)
* Malcolm Campbell Knox (1982–1998)
* William Franklin MacMurchie (1998–2002, 2006–2013)
* Morris Trudeau (2013–2017)
* John Belvedere (2017–2021)
* Tim Thomas (2021–present)
{{Div col end}}

==Infrastructure==
Municipal sports and leisure facilities include the Aquatic Centre, Bob Birnie Arena, Pointe-Claire Public Library, [[Stewart Hall (Pointe-Claire)|Stewart Hall]] Cultural Centre, the Sailing Base at Grande-Anse Park, near the [[Pointe-Claire Canoe Club]]. Private facilities also exist, such as the [[Pointe-Claire Yacht Club]].

The Pointe-Claire Water Treatment Plant distributes an average of {{convert|65,000,000|L|impgal USgal|sigfig=3}} of potable water per day to a population of 87,248 people and approximately 1000 business and commercial users spread out in the city of Pointe-Claire, Beaconsfield, Baie-D'Urfé, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and Senneville.<ref>[http://www.h2opointe-claire.qc.ca/index_en.php Pointe-Claire Water Treatment Plant]</ref>

===Transportation===
Both [[Quebec Autoroute 20|Autoroute 20]] and [[Quebec Autoroute 40|Autoroute 40]] cross Pointe-Claire from east to west, both with intersections at [[Boulevard Saint-Jean]] and [[Boulevard Des Sources]], the major north-south roads in the city. Parallel along Autoroute 20 are the [[Canadian National]] and [[Canadian Pacific]] Railway lines.

Pointe-Claire is served by three stations on [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]'s [[Vaudreuil–Hudson line]]: [[Pointe-Claire station]] located at Donegani Avenue and Ashgrove Avenue, [[Valois station]] located at Avenue De-la-Baie-de-Valois (Valois Bay) and Donegani Avenue, and [[Cedar Park station]] also located on Donegani Avenue between Applebee Avenue and Aurora Avenue.<ref>[http://amt.qc.ca/train/dorion-rigaud.aspx RTM Dorion-Rigaud Line] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923134505/http://www.amt.qc.ca/train/dorion-rigaud.aspx |date=2009-09-23 }}</ref> The city is also served by several bus routes operated by [[Société de transport de Montréal]] with a major terminal located at [[Fairview Pointe-Claire]].

Starting 2024, Pointe-Claire will be served by two stations on the [[Réseau express métropolitain]] rapid transit network: [[Fairview–Pointe-Claire station]] on Fairview Avenue, and [[Des Sources station]] on Des Sources Boulevard.

Local bus transportation is provided by [[Société de transport de Montréal]].

==Public safety and animal services==
Municipal bylaw enforcement and animal control are provided by the city's Public Security force.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Security|url=http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en/municipal-services/public-security.html|publisher=City of Pointe Claire|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> 

The city of Pointe-Claire uses the services of Contrôle animalier Vaudreuil-Soulange for injured animals or domestic pets who have been found. Public security will bring uninjured stray pets to a temporary holding pen at the security building at 399 St Jean Boulevard, and the animals are transferred to Contrôle animalier Vaudreuil-Soulange if not claimed.

Police services are provided by the [[Montreal Police Service]].  Fire and rescue services are provided by the [[Montreal Fire Department]].  [[Emergency Medical Services]] are provided by [[Urgences-santé|Urgences Sante]].  Emergency management, such as response to storms and flooding, as well as emergency medical care at public events is provided by the Pointe Claire Volunteer Rescue Unit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pointe Claire Volunteer Rescue Unit|url=http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en/municipal-services/pointe-claire-volunteer-rescue-unit.html|publisher=City of Pointe Claire|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]] (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public school. They run two [[Primary school#Canada|elementary school]]s: Clearpoint (formerly Cedar Park) and St. John Fisher, and two [[High school#Canada|high school]]s: [[John Rennie High School|John Rennie]], and [[St. Thomas High School (Pointe Claire)|St. Thomas]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131211102045/http://thesuburban.com/news/articles/?id=article00335 The Suburban News | LBPSB to open new high school in Pointe Claire<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://robertfrankmedia.blogspot.ca/2013/06/horizon-high-school-celebrates-its.html newscoverage.org • Editor • Robert Frank • Rédacteur • reportages.ca: Horizon High School celebrates its first graduates<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In addition St. Edmund Elementary School and Beacon Hill Elementary School in [[Beaconsfield, Quebec|Beaconsfield]] as well as Wilder-Penfield Elementary in [[Dollard-des-Ormeaux]] serve sections of the city.<ref>"[http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf School Board Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001425/http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf |date=21 September 2017 }}." [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]]. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.</ref>
 
[[Lindsay Place High School]] is a former public high school that was part of the [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]]. It opened in 1962 and closed in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meagher |first=John |date=June 24, 2021 |title=Lindsay Place High School in Pointe-Claire closes after 59 years |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/lindsay-place-high-school-in-pointe-claire-closes-after-59-years |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}}</ref> St. Thomas High School has relocated into the building previously occupied by Lindsday Place.

The ''[[Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]'' operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the ''[[Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]'' until June 15, 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]]. They run three primary schools: Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Pointe-Claire (formerly Lakeside Heights Elementary), and Saint-Louis, and one high school, the ''[[École secondaire Felix-Leclerc]]'' (formerly École secondaire Saint-Thomas).

==See also==
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* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[:Category:People from Pointe-Claire|People from Pointe-Claire]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Spoken Wikipedia|En-Pointe-Claire.ogg|date=2012-06-30}}
*[http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en_1813_index.php City of Pointe-Claire] (official website)

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 | South     = ''[[Lake Saint-Louis]] ([[St. Lawrence River]])''<br />[[Châteauguay]]
 | Southwest = [[Beaconsfield, Quebec|Beaconsfield]]
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 | Northwest = [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]]
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