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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Beaconsfield
|native_name            = 
|official_name          = City of Beaconsfield<br />{{native name|fr|Ville de Beaconsfield}}
|settlement_type        = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
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|image_caption          = Beaurepaire Village
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|nickname               = 
|motto                  = ''Forti Nihil Difficile'' ("Nothing is Difficult to the Brave")
|image_map              = Carte localisation Île de Montréal - Beaconsfield.svg
|map_caption            = Location on the Island of Montreal
|pushpin_map            = Canada Southern Quebec
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in southern Quebec
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Canada]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Montréal (region)|Montréal]]
|subdivision_name3      = None
|established_title      = Founded
|established_date       = 1698
|established_title1     = Town
|established_date1      = June 4, 1910
|established_title2     = City 
|established_date2      = February 23, 1966
|established_title3     = Merged into [[Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé]]
|established_date3      = January 1, 2002
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|seat                   = 
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|parts                  = 
|government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Beaconsfield |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66107/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121025055716/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=1022&Search=Det Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: LAC-SAINT-LOUIS (Quebec)]</ref>
|government_type        =
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Georges Bourelle
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Lac-Saint-Louis (electoral district)|Lac-Saint-Louis]]
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|area_total_km2         = 24.40
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|area_water_percent     = 
|elevation_m            = 
|population_total       = 19,277
|population_as_of       = [[2021 Canadian Census|2021]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cp21>{{cite web |title=Beaconsfield, 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=Beaconsfield&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466107&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=19 May 2022}}</ref>
|population_density_km2 = 1747.5	
|population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
|population_blank1       = {{decrease}} 0.2%
|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2       = 6915
|population_note        = 
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = [[List of H postal codes of Canada|H9W]]
|area_codes             = [[Area codes 514 and 438|514 and 438]]
|website                = {{URL|www.beaconsfield.ca}}
|footnotes              = 
|established_title4     = Reconstituted
|established_date4      = January 1, 2006
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[Jacques-Cartier (provincial electoral district)|Jacques-Cartier]]
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
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|utc_offset_DST         = −4
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}}

'''Beaconsfield''' is a [[suburb]] on the [[Island of Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada, part of the [[Greater Montreal]] region locally referred to as the [[West Island]]. It is a residential community located on the north shore of [[Lake Saint-Louis|Lac Saint-Louis]], bordered on the west by [[Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec|Baie-D'Urfé]], north by [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]] and east by [[Pointe-Claire]].

Incorporated in 1910, named in honour of [[Benjamin Disraeli]], [[Earl of Beaconsfield]], Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] and close confidant of [[Queen Victoria]], the city's historical roots go back as far as 1698. Beaconsfield, in its current form, was developed as a cottage community by affluent Montreal residents. Over the decades, the city has transformed from summer homes, to year-round residents, and has flourished.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/images/stories/pdf/Gazette_Beaconsfield%20Feature_2015_05_02.pdf|title=Beaconsfield: A prestigious community located in a country-like setting on Lac-St-Louis|last=Martin|first=Megan|date=May 2015|work=The Montreal Gazette|access-date=October 7, 2017}}</ref>

The population of Beaconsfield, as of the [[Canada 2021 Census]], is 19,277.<ref name=cp21/> While the population is predominantly [[anglophone]], 77% of residents speak both [[Official bilingualism in Canada|official languages of Canada]].  Most residents live in [[single-family home]]s, though there are residents of [[townhouses]] and [[apartment buildings]].<ref name=cp16>{{SCref |year=2016 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}}}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Maison Beaurepaire 06.jpg|thumb|left|''Maison Beaurepaire'', house built circa 1765 on the location of the first concession of Jean Guenet<ref>{{CRHP|10227|Maison de Beaurepaire}}</ref>]]
In 1678, the [[Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice|Sulpician Order]], who owned the Island of Montreal at the time, granted the first concession in this area to Jean Guenet, one of the main merchants of [[Old Montreal|Ville-Marie]] and tax collector for the island's Seigneurs. Guenet named his concession, located at Pointe Beaurepaire or Thompson Point but now known as Pointe à Quenet, "Beau Repaire". Following the [[Great Peace of Montreal]] Treaty in 1701, permanent settlement began that led to farming communities along [[Lake Saint-Louis]].<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History of Beaconsfield |url=https://www.shbbhs.ca/j3/index.php/en/history/history-of-beaconsfield |website=www.shbbhs.ca |publisher=Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield-J3 |access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{toponymie|51743}}</ref><ref name="portrait">{{cite web |title=Portrait and History |url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/our-city/portrait-and-history |website=www.beaconsfield.ca |publisher=City of Beacons?eld |access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>

In 1713, the Parish of St-Joachim de la Pointe Claire was created, which included the present territory of the cities of Beaconsfield, [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]] and [[Pointe-Claire]].<ref name="dates">{{cite web |title=Important Dates |url=https://www.shbbhs.ca/j3/index.php/en/history/important-dates |website=www.shbbhs.ca |publisher=Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield-J3 |access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>

In 1855, the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] was built through the area, and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in the 1880s. These brought summer residents from Montreal and the pioneer farming settlement began to transform to a summer cottage resort.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="dates"/>

The name Beaconsfield is first attributed to John Henry Menzies who in 1870 bought a country estate then known as "Le Bocage" (originally built by Paul Urgèle Gabriel Valois in 1810). He renamed it in 1877 after Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, who was his friend. In time, this name was also used for its train station (which opened in 1879), golf club (opened in 1902), and the Post Office (opened in 1904).<ref name="history"/><ref name="portrait"/><ref name="dates"/>

The City (''[[Ville]]'') of Beaconsfield was formed on June 30, 1910, when it split off from the Parish of Saint-Joachim de la Pointe-Claire. In the census of 1911, it had 375 persons, 60 families living in 60 houses. It grew slowly to 990 inhabitants by 1951. During the 1950s and 1960s, Beaconsfield rapidly developed as a residential suburb. By 1966, the last original farm concession began to be developed for residences.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="dates"/>

On March 19, 1966, Beaconsfield changed statutes from ''Ville'' to ''Cité'' ("city"), but on September 18, 1982, this was reverted.<ref name=maires/>

As part of the [[2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal|2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal]] Beaconsfield and neighbouring Baie-D'Urfé became the borough of [[Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé]] and were merged into the city of Montreal. After a [[2003 Quebec general election|change of government]], and the [[2004 Quebec municipal referendums|2004 referendum]], both Baie-D'Urfé and Beaconsfield voted to de-merge from Montreal. On January 1, 2006, they were reconstituted as independent municipalities. They still remain part of the [[urban agglomeration of Montreal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/tables/result-referendum-2004.php|title=Le Directeur général des élections du Québec|website=Le Directeur général des élections du Québec|language=fr-CA|access-date=2017-10-08|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060629/http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/tables/result-referendum-2004.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = none
|cols        = 
|source      = Statistics Canada
|footnote    =  
|1966|15702
|1971|19389
|1976|20417
|1981|19613
|1986|19301
|1991|19616
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|19414
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|19310
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|19194
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|19505
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|19,324
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|19,277
}}}}According to the [[Office québécois de la langue française]], Beaconsfield has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2021 |title=Draft Bill 96 - Beaconsfield reaffirms its bilingual status |url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/what-s-new/17092-draft-bill-96-beaconsfield-reaffirms-its-bilingual-status |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.beaconsfield.ca}}</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>

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Beaconsfield had a population of {{val|19277|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|6753|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|6915|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of −0.2% from its 2016 population of {{val|19324|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|11.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|19277|11.03|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>
{{Canada census
 |location = Beaconsfield
 |2021_population=19,277 | 2021_pop_delta=-0.2  | 2021_land_area=11.03 | 2021_pop_density=1747.5
 |2021_median_age=44.8 | 2021_median_age_m=44.0 | 2021_median_age_f=45.6
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=6,915 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=6,753 |2021_mean_hh_income=138,000 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00052466107 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=19,324 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.9 | 2016_land_area=11.03 | 2016_pop_density=1752.6
 |2016_median_age=44.8 | 2016_median_age_m=44.2 | 2016_median_age_f=45.2
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=6,828 | 2016_mean_hh_income=123,392 | 2016_access_date=2022-05-19
 |2011_population=19,505 | 2011_pop_delta=+1.6 | 2011_land_area=11.01 | 2011_pop_density=1771.6
 |2011_median_age=43.5 | 2011_median_age_m=43.2 | 2011_median_age_f=43.8
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=6,811 | 2011_mean_hh_income=111,762 | 2011_access_date=2022-05-19
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Home language''' ([[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])<ref name=cp16/>
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 13,035
| 71%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 3,585
| 20%
|-
| Other
| 1,600
| 9%
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Mother tongue''' ([[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])<ref name=cp16/>
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 10,150
| 55%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 4,445
| 24%
|-
| Other
| 3,790
| 21%
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Visible minorities''' ([[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])<ref name=cp16/>
! Ethnicity
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| Not a visible minority
| 16,570
| 87.1%
|-
| [[Visible minorities]]
| 2,455
| 12.9%
|}

==Economy==
Local businesses:
* Centre commercial Beaconsfield<ref>{{cite web | url=https://centrebeaconsfield.com/en/ | title=Home }}</ref>
* Plaza Beaconsfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fcr.ca/properties/quebec/montreal/plaza-beaconsfield-2/|title=Plaza Beaconsfield – First Capital}}</ref>
* Beaurepaire Village<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/fr/domicile-et-communautaire/village-de-beaurepaire|title = Village de Beaurepaire}}</ref>
* Plaza Elm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yelp.ca/map/elm-plaza-beaconsfield|title = Directions - Elm Plaza - Beaconsfield - Beaconsfield, QC - QC}}</ref>

==Local government==
Beaconsfield's local government consists of a mayor and six city councillors, each elected to represent one of the city's [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/our-city/city-council-and-electoral-districts|title=City Council and Electoral Districts|website=www.beaconsfield.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=22 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322193007/https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/our-city/city-council-and-electoral-districts |archive-date=22 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The current mayor of Beaconsfield is Georges Bourelle, who has held the office since [[2013 Quebec municipal elections#Beaconsfield|2013]]. Following the city's [[2021 Quebec municipal elections#Beaconsfield|2021 Municipal Election]], the council consists of Bourelle and the following six councillors:

*District 1 - Dominique Godin
*District 2 - Martin St-Jean
*District 3 - Robert Mercuri
*District 4 - David Newell
*District 5 - Roger Moss
*District 6 - Peggy Alexopoulos

===List of former mayors===

List of former mayors:<ref name="portrait"/><ref name=maires>{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Beaconsfield (ville) 30.6.1910 - 1.1.2002 · 1.1.2006 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=2939 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>
{{Div col}}
* Joseph Léonide Perron (1910–1916)
* George W. Crowdy (1916–1918)
* James S. Brierley (1918–1928)
* James William Shaw (1928–1936)
* Hugh Charles Hillrich (1936–1940)
* Stanislauz Z.-J. Paquin (1940–1942)
* Louis Émile Côté (1942–1948)
* John E. H. Stethem (1948–1950, 1952–1956)
* Llewelyn Paerry (1950–1952)
* R. S. Turnham (1956–1959)
* R. M. Gibb (1959–1960)
* Edwin M. Briggs (1960–1982)
* Patricia M. Rustad (1982–1990)
* Roy Kemp (1990–2003)
* Anne-Marie Parent (2003)
* Ann Myles (2003–2005)
* Bob Benedetti (2005–2009)
* David Pollock (2009–2013)
* Georges Bourelle (2013–2025)
{{Div col end}}

== Sports and recreation ==

Beaconsfield has a number of parks and athletic facilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/|title=Beaconsfield city - Information and advices|website=www.beaconsfield.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
* The Recreation Centre, an indoor recreation complex, with a full-sized ice rink, semi-Olympic pool, gymnasium and youth centre. It is home to the [[Beaconsfield Bluefins]], a competitive swim club that has trained athletes from beginner to national competition levels. It is also home to the [[Lakeshore Panthers]], a Quebec minor hockey league, and the Beaconsfield Oldtimers Hockey Association.
* Two private [[yacht club]]s on municipal land: [[Beaconsfield Yacht Club]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadianyachting.ca/lifestyle/yacht-clubs/4164-beaconsfield-yacht-club|title=Beaconsfield Yacht Club|last=Ethan|website=www.canadianyachting.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref> and Lord Reading Yacht Club.
* A number of neighbourhood parks, playgrounds, and playing fields, including numerous [[Football pitch|soccer fields]], outdoor [[ice rink]]s, and [[baseball field]]s. Beaconsfield is part of the Lakeshore league, which has [[sports team]]s that include [[ice hockey|hockey]], [[baseball]], [[soccer]], [[Canadian football|football]], and [[tennis]].
* The Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club which is a member of the [[Fédération de Rugby du Québec]] (FRQ).
* Four community pools that offer swim lessons and public swimming.<ref name="Beaconsfield community pools">
{{cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/community-pools|title=Beaconsfield community pools|website=beconsfiled.ca|access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* West Island Heritage Bicycle Trail<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spoi.ca/|title=Beaconsfield Bicycle Trail|website=www.spoi.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
* Elm Ave Bike Path<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maadigroup.com/en/product/welded-pedestrian-bridges-and-structures/elm-ave-bike-path-bridge|title= Beaconsfield, Elm Ave. Bicycle Trail|website=www.maadigroup.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
*[[Skate park]] located at the Beaconsfield Recreation Centre
*A lawn bowling green behind Herb Linder Annex.

===Parks and open spaces===

* Beaconsfield Dog Park, near Angell Woods.  
* Angell Woods, a large old growth forest.
[[File:Angell Woods Beaconsfield.jpg|thumb|right|Angell Woods<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/488459/bois-angell-un-proprietaire-reclame-17-6-millions-pour-son-terrain|title=Un propriétaire réclame 17,6 millions pour son terrain|last=Corriveau|first=Jeanne|date=2017|work=Le Devoir|access-date=2017-10-08|language=fr|issn=0319-0722}}</ref>]]
* Christmas Park: baseball, tennis, and basketball during the summer and a hockey rink in the winter. 
* Windermere Park: Soccer, baseball, tennis, and basketball during the summer and a skating rink in the winter.
* Centennial Beach: dog friendly
* Centennial Park
* Mouse Park
* Saint James Park 
* Drummond
* Beacon Hill Park: baseball, tennis, and swimming during the summer and a hockey rink and sledding hill in the winter. 
* City Lane Park
* Heights Park

==Local landmarks==
[[File:Beaconsfield QC 2.JPG|thumb|right|Centennial Hall community and cultural centre]]
* Village Beaurepaire, a commercial development in the heart of Beaconsfield which began in 1925 with the opening of a general store by Sidney Cunningham, the first president of the Beaconsfield Citizen's Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/images/stories/pdf/Beaupaire/histoire_eng.pdf|title=Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire, A chronicle of the development of the City of Beaconsfield and the district of Beaurepaire|last=Robert L. Baird|first=Gisèle Hall|date=1998}}</ref> Home to local bakeries, pubs, Marche Beaurepaire (a weekly farmers market), and shops.
* The historic cultural centre, Centennial Hall, where exhibitions and concerts take place. 
* La Palette Art Gallery & Art School
* Beaconsfield United Church, the heart of Beaconsfield’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community.  
* The Beaconsfield Library, with an extensive digital and print collection and excellent reference services. Established in 1951, the library was housed in a broom closet and bookmobile. Only in 1968 did it move to its present location thanks to the financial aid of City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/living-in-beaconsfield/library|title=Library|website=www.beaconsfield.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>
*Herb Linder Annex, a community centre and rental space attached to the library and City Hall.  
*Heroes Park, honouring those who served.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heroesparkbeaconsfield.org/en/|title= Heroes Park Beaconsfield|website=www.heroesparkbeaconsfield.org/|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>

=== Houses of Worship ===
*Faith Community Bible Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact |url=http://www.faithcommunitybiblechurch.com/contact.php |publisher=Faith Community Bible Church. |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
*Briarwood Presbyterian Church, founded 1963<ref name="beaconsfieldhist">{{cite web |title=Context and history {{!}} City of Beaconsfield |url=https://www.beaconsfield.ca/en/my-city/living-in-beaconsfield/context-and-history |website=www.beaconsfield.ca |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*Beaconsfield United Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Beaconsfield United Church |url=https://www.beaconsfieldunitedchurch.com/ |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*St. Edmund of Canterbury Church, founded 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Edmund of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church |url=https://stedocp.com/ |website=stedocp.com |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="beaconsfieldhist" />
*Christ Church Beaurepaire<ref>{{cite web |title=Christ Church Beaurepaire |url=https://christchurchbeaurepaire.ca/ |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>
*Holy Trinity Ghanaian Methodist Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Home - Holy Trinity Methodist, Montreal |url=https://holytrinitymontrealgmc.com/ |publisher=Methodist Church Ghana |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*Iglesia Ni Christo

==Transportation==
[[File:Saint-Charles - Beaconsfield.jpg|thumb|left|Boulevard Saint-Charles]]
Beaconsfield is served by the [[Réseau de transport métropolitain]] (RTM) train system, with two stations, [[Beaconsfield station (RTM)|Beaconsfield]] and [[Beaurepaire station|Beaurepaire]], on the [[Vaudreuil-Hudson line]] which ends in downtown [[Montreal]]. The city is also served by [[Société de transport de Montréal|Société de transport de Montréal (STM)]] bus lines 200, 201, 211, 217, 221, 354, 361, 382, 401, 405, 411, and 425.

Beaconsfield is also served directly by one major highway, [[Quebec Autoroute 20|Highway 20 (Autoroute 20)]] with two exits in Beaconsfield, exit 45 at Avenue Woodland, and exit 48 at Boulevard St-Charles. Access to Beaconsfield is also possible from the [[Quebec Autoroute 40|Highway 40 (Autoroute 40)]], exit Boulevard St-Charles - south (Sud).
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==Education==
Education in Beaconsfield, as common in the Montreal area, is operated by school boards divided linguistically. There is separate boards for instruction in English (Anglophone) and French (Francophone).

===Francophone===
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]].<ref>"[http://www.csmb.qc.ca/fr-CA/recherche-etablissement.aspx ÉCOLES ET CENTRES]." ''[[Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]''. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.</ref>

Francophone primary schools: 
* École primaire Beaconsfield
* École primaire Saint-Rémi 
Francophone special purpose school:
* École primaire et secondaire John F. Kennedy

===Anglophone===
The [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]] (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools in Beaconsfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lbpsb.qc.ca/eng/home.asp|title=LBPSB - Lester B. Pearson School Board|website=lbpsb.qc.ca|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>

Anglophone vocational Education:
* [[Gordon Robertson Centre]]

Anglophone adult Education:
* [[Place Cartier Adult Centre]]

Anglophone secondary schools:
* [[Beaconsfield High School (Quebec)|Beaconsfield High School]]

Anglophone primary schools:
* Beacon Hill Elementary School
* Christmas Park Elementary School
* St. Edmund Elementary School
* Sherbrooke Academy Junior & Senior Schools
* Clearpoint Elementary School in [[Pointe-Claire]] serves some portions<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=2017-09-21 }}." [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]]. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.</ref>

==Homicides==
Spanning the decade between 1995 and 2006 multiple [[homicide]]s and [[Murder–suicide|murder-suicides]] took place inside homes that were all within {{convert|0.5|km|yd|-2|abbr=on}} of each other.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-dead-after-montreal-domestic-dispute/article1107377/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=Three dead after Montreal domestic dispute|date=2009-04-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-10-08|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20061015/281590941056615|title=Since 1994, at least 20 people have died in murder-suicides on the West Island|via=PressReader|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.migrogers.com/graphics/beac/bejinxed.htm|title=beaconsfield is jinxed|website=www.migrogers.com|access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
* April 1995, Frank Toope, a retired [[Anglican minister]], and his wife Jocelyn were bludgeoned to death during a botched robbery by three youths — aged 13, 14 and 15. All three youths have since reoffended as adults.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 17, 1995|title=Murder in a suburb: three teenagers are charged with the brutal killing of two seniors|journal=Maclean's|volume=108 |issue=16|pages=17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Youths+convicted+Toope+murders+reoffended+adults/6568864/story.html|title=Youths convicted of Toope murders reoffended as adults|last=Cherry|first= Paul|work=www.montrealgazette.com|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en-ca}}</ref>
* May 2001, Margareth and Ed Fertuck were killed by their son, who died by [[suicide]] after the event.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Montgomery|first=Sue|date=May 24, 2001|work=Montreal Gazette|title=Son's schizophrenia fatal for family : Mourner at a funeral service in Beaconsfield pinpoints mental illness as the cause of a family tragedy that took three lives last week|id={{ProQuest|433716426}}}}</ref> 
* September 2001, John Bauer [[Kirkland shootings|shot and killed]] his wife Helen, their three sons, Jonathan, Wesley and Justin, father-in-law Elmer Carroll and business partner Lucio Beccherini, over a three-day span before taking his own life after setting his house on fire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-carefully-planned-slayings-of-6-police-say/article25447325/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=Man carefully planned slayings of 6, police say|date=2009-03-21|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-10-08|language=en-GB}}</ref> Their home was located on a street bordering Beaconsfield and [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Death of a family|last=Doyle Driedger|first=Sharon|date=Apr 15, 2002|work=Maclean's|id={{ProQuest|218546457}}}}</ref>
* October 2006, [[psychologist]] Dragolub Tzokovitch shot and killed his wife Mila Voynova, and two daughters, Iva and Alice, before taking his own life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/woman-2-children-dead-after-montreal-domestic-dispute-1.593338|title=Woman, 2 children dead after Montreal domestic dispute|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-10-08|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/therapist-suspected-of-slaying-family-clings-to-life-1.574755|title=Therapist suspected of slaying family clings to life|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-10-08|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
[[File:Madeline Aksich.jpg|thumb|right|Madeline Aksich]]
* [[Madeline-Ann Aksich]], philanthropist and Order of Canada recipient<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=8508|title=Order of Canada - Madeline-Ann Aksich, C.M., M.B.A|publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]] website|access-date=December 15, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Alex Killorn]], NHL player for the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] and 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup Champion, born in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] but raised in Beaconsfield.
* [[Marc-Édouard Vlasic]] (born 1987), NHL Player for the [[San Jose Sharks]]. Born in [[Pointe-Claire]]. Raised in Beaconsfield.

==Animal protection==
Beaconsfield Animal Services is enforced by the city's Municipal Patrol. A temporary holding pen is located at 303 A Beaconsfield Boulevard, a storage building behind Herb Linder Annex. Stray dogs are temporary held at 303 A Beaconsfield Boulevard and, if their owner cannot be found, are then brought to SPCA West, a no kill shelter.

Beaconsfield was listed as a PETA Certified Compassionate City in 2016 for its animal protection bylaws,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-23 |title=Beaconsfield Nets PETA Award for New Animal-Protection Laws |url=https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/beaconsfield-nets-peta-award-new-animal-protection-laws/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=PETA |language=en-US}}</ref> and is listed on The FurBearers website as one of the Canadian municipalities that has a trapping-related bylaw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trapping Bylaws |url=https://thefurbearers.com/our-work/make-fur-history/trapping/trapping-bylaws/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=The Fur-Bearers |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[Boroughs of Montreal#List of former boroughs|List of former boroughs of Montreal]]
* [[2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal]]
* [[2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec]]
* [[Beaconsfield High School (Beaconsfield)]]

==References and notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Beaconsfield, Quebec}}
* [https://www.beaconsfield.ca/ Official site of Beaconsfield]
* From [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=4126182&back_url=%28%29&&back_url=%28%29 collectionscanada.gc.ca] Gordon & Gotch's 1924 Map of the Island of Montreal. [https://data2.archives.ca/nmc/n0048501k_a1.pdf Beaconsfield is named on this map.]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre= Beaconsfield
 | North = [[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]]
 | East  = [[Pointe-Claire]]
 | South = ''[[Lac Saint-Louis]]''
 | West  = [[Baie-D'Urfé]]
}}
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