Repentigny

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Repentigny (Template:IPA) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the city 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 Lanaudière region.

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 in 1855.

Repentigny merged with its neighbouring city of 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

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In 2021,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Repentigny was 81.4% white/European, 17.6% visible minorities, and 1.0% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (9.9%), Arab (3.3%), and Latin American (2.2%)

85.8% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were Spanish (2.3%) Arabic (2.0%), Haitian Creole (1.8%) English (1.7%), Kabyle (0.7%), and Italian (0.6%). 1.6% of residents listed both French and a non-official language as mother tongues while 0.9% listed both French and English.

In 2013, 70.3% of the population was Christian, down from 89.3% in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 59.0% of residents were Catholic, 6.7% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were Protestant and 3.0% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. Non-religious and secular people made up 23.3% of the population, up from 8.7% in 2011. 6.4% of residents followed other religions and spiritual traditions, up from 1.9% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religion was Islam, at 5.8% of the population.

2021 ethnic origins<ref name=":0" /> Percent
Canadian 33.0%
French n.o.s 20.1%
Québécois 12.8%
French Canadian 6.8%
Haitian 6.3%
Italian 4.0%
Irish 3.7%
Arab n.o.s 1.8%
African n.o.s 1.6%
Algerian 1.4%
Moroccan 1.3%
Caucasian (White) n.o.s 1.3%
First Nations n.o.s 1.2%
Scottish 1.2%
English 1.1%
Acadian 1.0%
Berber 1.0%
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Canada Census mother tongue - Repentigny, Quebec<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census</ref>
Census Total
French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
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Culture and events

Repentigny is home of many festivities:

  • Festival de Feu et de Glace (Festival of Fire and Ice, a winter fest), January–February.
  • Festival de spectacles jeune-public de Lanaudière (Youth theatre fest), early July.
  • Rendez-Vous Estival (Summer Rendez-Vous, a theme park with familial activities and rock shows), early August.
  • Festival Gospel (Gospel Fest, International gospel choirs fest), mid-August.
  • National de Soccer (Soccer Nationals, 18- level national soccer event), mid-August.
  • Internationaux de Tennis junior du Canada Banque Nationale (National Bank Junior Tennis Internationals of Canada, the biggest sports event in the city), late August-early September
  • Fête du Petit-Village (Little town fest, cultural rendez-vous in the old Saint-Paul-l'Ermite sector), every two autumns.
  • The Fête Nationale du Québec, la St-Jean, brings many activities, such as shows and performances on stage in L'île Lebel.
  • Many outdoor shows and movie projections

Infrastructure

Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central Lanaudière. Its Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administered by Réseau de transport métropolitain, 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 RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition to 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 northernmost ones. In addition there is the MRC Les Moulins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Repentigny is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Repentigny Station of Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche Line.

Education

The Commission scolaire des Affluents operates Francophone public schools: Template:Div col

  • Centre de formation professionnelle des Riverains<ref>"Formation professionnelle de la Commission scolaire des Affluents" CSDA Retrieved on July 3, 2018.</ref>
  • Centre la Croisée<ref>"Formation générale des adultes de la Commission scolaire des Affluents" CSDA Retrieved on July 3, 2018.</ref>
  • École secondaire Félix-Leclerc (1992)
  • École secondaire Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur (1963)
  • École secondaire Jean-Claude-Crevier (1948)
  • École secondaire l'Envolée (1955)
  • École secondaire l'Horizon (1988)<ref>"Écoles secondaires de la Commission scolaire des Affluents" CSDA Retrieved on July 3, 2018.</ref>
  • École primaire Alphonse-Desjardins (1951)
  • École primaire de la Paix (1988)
  • École primaire des Moissons (1982)
  • École primaire du Moulin (1986)
  • École primaire Émile-Nelligan (1971)
  • École primaire Entramis (1986)
  • École primaire Henri-Bourassa et Soleil-de-l'Aube (1966)
  • École primaire Jean-Duceppe (1992)
  • École primaire Jean-XXIII (1959)
  • École primaire la Majuscule (1998)
  • École primaire la Tourterelle (1991)
  • École primaire le Bourg-Neuf (1989)
  • École primaire Longpré (1962)
  • École primaire Louis-Fréchette (1965)
  • École primaire Louis-Joseph-Huot (1960)
  • École primaire Marie-Victorin (1961)
  • École primaire Pie-XII (1961)
  • École primaire Tournesol (1981)
  • École primaire Valmont-sur-Parc (2016)<ref>"Écoles primaires de la Commission scolaire des Affluents" CSDA Retrieved on July 3, 2018.</ref>

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public school:

Notable people

See also

References

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