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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Brossard
| official_name      = Ville de Brossard
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| motto              = ''Si Je Puis Oultre''
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| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of Quebec|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Montérégie]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3  = None
| subdivision_type4  = [[Urban agglomeration (Quebec)|Agglomeration]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Urban agglomeration of Longueuil|Longueuil]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = February 14, 1958
| established_title1 = Incorporated (city)
| established_date1  = 1978
| established_title2 = [[Amalgamation (politics)|Amalgamated]]
| established_date2  = January 1, 2002
| established_title3 = [[2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec|Reconstituted]]
| established_date3  = January 1, 2006
| founder            = Georges-Henri Brossard
| named_for          = Prominent family of the region and the city's founder
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| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/58007/ |title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Brossard |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501173959/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/58007/ |archive-date=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PARL">{{Cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=993 |title=Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROSSARD--LA PRAIRIE (Quebec) |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101002259/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E |archive-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DGEQ40">[http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/resultats_gen.asp?bsq=La%20Pinière&section=resultats_gen&even='2008'&mode='n3'#resul Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: LA PINIÉRE]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[Doreen Assaad]]
| leader_title1      = Governing Body
| leader_name1       = [[Brossard City Council]]
| leader_title2      = [[House of Commons of Canada|MP]]
| leader_name2       = [[Alexandra Mendès]] ([[Brossard—Saint-Lambert]], [[Liberal Party of Canada|LPC]])
| leader_title3      = [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]]
| leader_name3       = [[Linda Caron]] ([[La Pinière]], [[Québec Liberal Party]])<br>[[Isabelle Poulet]] ([[Laporte (electoral district)|Laporte]], [[Coalition Avenir Québec]])
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| area_total_km2     = 52.20
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| population_total   = 91525
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| population_blank2  = 37275
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| 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 J postal codes of Canada|J4W to J4Z]]
| area_codes         = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
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| blank3_info        = 58007
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| blank4_info        = Brossard-Saint-Lambert (16052)
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| blank5_info        = ''Brossardois(e)''
| blank6_name        = [[List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population|Rank]]
| blank6_info        = 67th
| website            = [https://www.brossard.ca/ https://www.brossard.ca/]
| footnotes          = 
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'''Brossard''' ({{IPAc-en|b|r|ɒ|ˈ|s|ɑr|,_|ˈ|b|r|ɒ|s|ɑr|d}} {{respell|bross|AR|,_|BROSS|ard}}, {{IPA|fr|bʁɔsaʁ|lang}}, {{IPA|fr-CA|bʁɔsɑːʁ, bʁɔsɑɔ̯ʁ|label=[[Quebec French|locally]]}}) is a municipality in the [[Montérégie]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada and is part of the [[Greater Montreal|Greater Montreal area]]. According to the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]], Brossard's population was 91,525.<ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca">[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00052458007&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=F&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Brossard Census Profile, 2021 Census - Brossard, Ville Census subdivision, Quebec and Brossard, Ville Census subdivision, Quebec]</ref> It shares powers with the [[urban agglomeration of Longueuil]] and was a [[borough]] of the [[Longueuil|municipality of Longueuil]] from 2002 to 2006.

According to the website of the city of Brossard, the municipality was named in honour of the Brossard family (the surname derives from a word meaning "brushwood"), a prominent settler family of the area whose presence was first attested in 1766.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Bien avant "Brossard"…|url=https://biblio.brossard.ca/brossardana/2014/07/11/bien-avant-brossard/ |date=2014-07-11 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Ville de Brossard}}</ref> A member of this family, Georges-Henri Brossard, had been mayor of the predecessor parish municipality of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine since 1944 and became the first mayor of Brossard.

Other names that were considered included Maisonneuve (which was also considered as a possible name for the [[Champlain Bridge (Montreal, 1962–2019)|Champlain Bridge]]), La Vérendrye, Marquetteville, or Forgetville. The latter name, in honour of the recently deceased Mgr. [[Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget|Anastase Forget]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil|Saint-Jean]]; however, Premier [[Maurice Duplessis]] intervened, to avoid the connotations of the English word "forget," and the name Brossard was ultimately chosen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lacroix |first1=Yvon-André |last2=Séguin |first2=Claire |title=Brossard de 1958 à 1983: la creation et l'évolution d'une banlieue |date=1984 |publisher=Ville de Brossard, Service de la bibliothèque municipale |location=Brossard |pages=38–39}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Brossard quebec canada logo.svg|thumb|100px|left|Logo of Brossard from 1983 to 2002]]
The city of Brossard was founded on February 14, 1958, and was before part of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine Parish. Its first mayor was Georges-Henri Brossard. At the very beginning, there were 3,400 inhabitants.

The city has some homes dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly along Prairies Road.

On August 8, 1964, a portion of land from [[Greenfield Park, Quebec|Greenfield Park]] was added to Brossard. Furthermore, [[Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur, Quebec|Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur]] was annexed to Brossard on March 25, 1978, becoming the "A" section to form the current city.

In the 1970s, an attempt was made by René Désourdy to construct a [[cemetery]] in Brossard. The attempt failed due to the water table being too high in most of the city, and as of 2024 Brossard has no cemetery.

Brossard was forcibly merged into the city of [[Longueuil]] on January 1, 2002, as a result of [[municipal reorganization in Quebec]].
<ref>
{{cite news
  | last =Lampron
  | first =Alexandre
  | title =Fatima Houda-Pepin interpelle Brossard à reconsidérer sa position
  | language =fr
  | publisher =Le Brossard Éclair
  | date =2006-08-22
  | url =http://lebrossardeclair.canoe.ca/2006/08/22/fatima_houda_pepin_interpelle_brossard_a
  | access-date =2007-04-19
  | url-status =usurped
  | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130115082431/http://lebrossardeclair.canoe.ca/2006/08/22/fatima_houda_pepin_interpelle_brossard_a
  | archive-date =2013-01-15
  }}
</ref> and a demerger movement was started by Pierre Senécal, Jacques St-Amant and Gilles Larin which resulted in a municipal [[referendum]], the largest demerger vote in Québec, that took place on June 20, 2004. 38.70% of the 50,539 qualified voters voted YES for demerger,<ref>
{{cite web| title =Referendums of June 20, 2004| publisher =[[Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec|Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)]]| url =http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/tableaux/resultat_referendum_2004.asp| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20061029055914/http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/tableaux/resultat_referendum_2004.asp| url-status =dead| archive-date =October 29, 2006| access-date =2007-04-19}}
</ref> which met the requirements (35% or more of total voting population) needed for de-amalgamation. As a result, Brossard would continue to be a borough of the city of Longueuil only until the end of 2005.

On January 1, 2006, Brossard was reconstituted as a city and Jean-Marc Pelletier was [[2005 Quebec municipal elections#Brossard|elected as the new mayor]]. However, Brossard still remains part of the [[urban agglomeration of Longueuil]] and thus, Brossard sits on the [[agglomeration council]] which determines certain powers of reconstituted cities.

On November 11, 2017, Doreen Assad was elected mayor of Brossard, the first woman of [[Egypt]]ian descent to hold such position in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/11/13/un-vent-de-changement-souffle-sur-brossard-1|title = Un vent de changement souffle sur Brossard| date=14 November 2017 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Brossard secteurs.png|thumb|Map of the alphabetical sectors of Brossard. X and Y are not included and are to the southeast of Autoroute 30, east and west of Autoroute 10 respectively.]]
Brossard is surrounded by four municipalities on the [[South Shore (Montreal)|South Shore of Montreal]]: [[Saint-Lambert, Quebec|Saint-Lambert]], [[Longueuil]] ([[Greenfield Park, Quebec|Borough of Greenfield Park]] and [[Saint-Hubert, Quebec|Borough of Saint-Hubert]]), [[Carignan, Quebec|Carignan]] and [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]]. Brossard is situated on the Saint Lawrence River to the west and by the [[Saint-Jacques River]] to the south. ''(see Geographic location section below)''

Many parks are scattered throughout the city of Brossard, including [[Parc écologique des Sansonnets]]. The parks are connected to the other areas of the city by about 37&nbsp;km (23 miles) of biking paths.<ref>[http://ville.brossard.qc.ca/asp/attachements/MESSAGES-FICHIER-7641-3.PDF My Spring, My City - Ville de Brossard] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809124408/http://ville.brossard.qc.ca/asp/attachements/MESSAGES-FICHIER-7641-3.PDF |date=August 9, 2007 }}</ref> The city also has a municipal library building connected to its city hall building via an indoor passageway.

Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet. The only notable exceptions are few major arteries (such as [[Taschereau Boulevard]] and Rome Boulevard) that span across two or more sections. The lettered sectors were created under a 1960s planning and zoning scheme, pursuant to a guiding plan established by the engineering firm of Beauchemin, Beaton et Lapointe, and had the goal of easier wayfinding in the absence of a right-angled street grid. Some of the sectors correspond to former neighbourhoods or municipalities, as follows:<ref>{{harvcol|Lacroix|Séguin|1984|p=92}}</ref>

{| align=center class="wikitable"
|-
! Sector
! Original name
|-
| A || Saint-Alphonse, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur
|-
| B || Vanier, Southgate
|-
| I || Parc Industriel
|-
| M || Aster, Asterville
|-
| O, R, S || Brosseau-Station
|-
| P, V || Marie-Victorin, Parkland
|-
| T || Champlain
|}

Some constructions in the "A" and "R" sections of Brossard are older than the city itself because they were built in the former communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré Coeur and [[Brosseau Station]], respectively. The "M" and "V" sections are the first neighbourhoods built after the inauguration of Brossard in 1958.

Two sparsely inhabited parts of Brossard, containing no streets other than main arteries and industrial roads, are arbitrarily called the "X" and "Y" sections.

===Climate===
{{Weather box|width=auto
| location                = [[Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport]]
| metric first            = yes
| single line             = yes
| Jan high C              = -5.6
| Feb high C              = -3.2
| Mar high C              = 2.3
| Apr high C              = 11.3
| May high C              = 19.1
| Jun high C              = 23.8
| Jul high C              = 26.6
| Aug high C              = 25.4
| Sep high C              = 20.5
| Oct high C              = 13
| Nov high C              = 5.6
| Dec high C              = -1.5
| Jan low C               = -15.1
| Feb low C               = -13.1
| Mar low C               = -7.3
| Apr low C               = 0.1
| May low C               = 6.7
| Jun low C               = 11.9
| Jul low C               = 14.8
| Aug low C               = 13.6
| Sep low C               = 8.8
| Oct low C               = 2.7
| Nov low C               = -2.6
| Dec low C               = -10.1
| source 1                = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name="Climate Data">[[Environment Canada]]—[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=QC&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5490&dispBack=0]. Retrieved 1 March 2017.</ref>
| date                    = September 2019
}}

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = left
|width       = 
|state       = Quebec
|shading     = 
|percentages = 
|1956|3590
|1961|3778
|1966|11884
|1971|23452
|1976|37641
|1981*|52232
|1986|57441
|1991|64793
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|65927
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|65026
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|71154
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|79273
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|85721
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|91525
|footnote    = <ref name=balkanisation /><ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]] census</ref><ref>{{harvcol|Lacroix|Séguin|1984|p=28}}</ref>
{{center|'''(*) Brossard annexed the Municipality of Notre-Dame.'''}}
}}}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Brossard had a population of {{val|91525|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|35885|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|37275|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:91525-85721}}|85721|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|85721|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|45.19|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|91525|45.19|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>

;Home Languages
Aside from French, a variety of other languages are spoken in Brossard on a daily basis, as according to the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]]. The prominent languages spoken primarily at home and their relative share are [[French language|French]] (43%), [[English language|English]] (18%), [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (6%), [[Yue Chinese|Yue]] (4%), [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (4%) and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] (3%).

;Ethnicity
Brossard is among the most multicultural municipalities in [[Greater Montreal]], as there are 30 ethnic groups that represent at least 1% of the population. According to the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]] the prominent ethnic groups and their relative share are [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] (16%), [[French Canadians|French]] (14%), [[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]] (13%). [[Québécois people|Québécois]] (5%) and [[Irish Canadian|Irish]] (4%)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Brossard&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052458007 | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brossard, Ville (V) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, Quebec | date=9 February 2022 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|[[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]]
|15.8%
|-
|[[French Canadian|French]]
|13.5%
|-
|[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|12.7%
|-
|[[Québécois people|Québécois]]
|4.7%
|-
|[[Irish Canadians|Irish]]
|3.8%
|-
|[[Italian Canadians|Italian]]
|3.6%
|-
|[[Québécois people|French Canadian]]
|3.4%
|-
|[[Arab Canadians|Arab]]
|2.9%
|-
|[[Vietnamese Canadians|Vietnamese]]
|2.6%
|-
|[[Indo-Canadians|Indian]]
|2.5%
|-
|[[English Canadians|English]]
|2.1%
|-
|[[Scottish Canadians|Scottish]]
|2.1%
|-
|[[Greek Canadians|Greek]]
|2.1%
|-
|[[Afghan Canadians|Afghan]]
|1.9%
|-
|[[Spanish Canadians|Spanish]]
|1.8%
|-
|[[Haitian Canadians|Haitian]]
|1.8%
|-
|[[Moroccan Canadians|Moroccan]]
|1.8%
|-
|[[Romanian Canadians|Romanian]]
|1.7%
|-
|[[Lebanese Canadians|Lebanese]]
|1.6%
|-
|[[Latin American Canadians|Colombian]]
|1.6%
|-
|[[Iranian Canadians|Iranian]]
|1.5%
|-
|[[German Canadians|German]]
|1.5%
|-
|[[Portuguese Canadians|Portuguese]]
|1.4%
|-
|[[Egyptian Canadians|Egyptian]]
|1.4%
|-
|[[Black Canadians|African]]
|1.3%
|-
|[[Russian Canadians|Russian]]
|1.3%
|-
|[[Pakistani Canadians|Pakistani]]
|1.2%
|-
|[[Algerian Canadians|Algerian]]
|1.1%
|-
|[[Polish Canadians|Polish]]
|1.1%
|-
|[[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]]
|1.0%
|-
|}
{{clear|left}}
<small>''Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses. <br />All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 1% are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by [[Statistics Canada]].</small><ref>{{cite web | title = Brossard, V | work = Ethnic Origin (247), Generation Status (4), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 29 November 2017 | url = https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2458007&Geo2=CD&Code2=2446&SearchText=brossard&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=1 | access-date = 2022-07-27}}</ref>

;Housing
Brossard is a mainly residential suburb with a moderate diversity of structural styles. The most popular styles of housing are semi-detached houses which represent 44% of private dwellings and apartment buildings with fewer than five storeys which represent 31% of private dwellings.

;Mother tongue languages
Statistics for the population according to [[mother tongue]] (the first language learned and still remembered) vary significantly from the statistics for [[home language]] (the language spoken most often at home), as well as also varying significantly from the statistics for official language usage.

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Mother Tongue (2021)<ref>{{cite web | title = Brossard, V | work = Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2021 Census - 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2022-08-17 | url = https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052458007&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Brossard | access-date = 2022-08-20}}</ref>
! Population
! Percentage
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 35,285
| 39.0%
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 10,545
| 11.7%
|-
| ''English and French''
| 1,915
| 2.1%
|-
| ''French and a non-official language''
| 1,730
| 1.9%
|-
| ''English and a non-official language''
| 1,490
| 1.6%
|-
| ''English, French and a non-official language''
| 1,045
| 1.2%
|-
| [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]]
| 6,530
| 7.2%
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 5,090
| 5.6%
|-
| [[Arabic]]
| 4,855
| 5.4%
|-
| [[Standard Cantonese|Yue]]
| 4,785
| 5.3%
|-
| [[Dari]]
| 1,660
| 1.8%
|-
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 1,520
| 1.7%
|-
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
| 1,240
| 1.4%
|-
| [[Iranian Persian]]
| 1,045
| 1.2%
|-
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| 1,015
| 1.1%
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| 1,000
| 1.1%
|-
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| 935
| 1.0%
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| 625
| 0.7%
|-
| [[Mauritian Creole|Morisyen]]
| 545
| 0.6%
|-
| [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| 530
| 0.6%
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| 430
| 0.5%
|-
| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
| 385
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Haitian Creole]]
| 370
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Korean language|Korean]]
| 370
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| 345
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]
| 345
| 0.4%
|-
|}

{{clear|left}}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Brossard, Quebec
|-
|+Mother tongue language
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|90,470}}
|
| 35,285
| {{decrease}} 5.6%
| 39.0%
|
| 10,545
| {{increase}} 6.9%
| 11.7%
|
| 1,915
| {{increase}} 53.2%
| 2.1%
|
| 38,160
| {{increase}} 14.9%
| 42.2%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|84,480}}
|
| 37,385
| {{increase}} 0.1%
| 44.3%
|
| 9,865
| {{increase}} 4.3%
| 11.7%
|
| 1,250
| {{increase}} 10.1%
| 1.5%
|
| 33,215
| {{increase}} 15.9%
| 39.3%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|78,835}}
|
| 37,340
| {{increase}} 5.2%
| 47.4%
|
| 9,460
| {{increase}} 6.5%
| 12.0%
|
| 1,135
| {{increase}} 97.4%
| 1.4%
|
| 28,665
| {{increase}} 17.5%
| 36.4%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|70,740}}
|
| 35,510
| {{decrease}} 2.0%
| 50.2%
|
| 8,885
| {{decrease}} 1.1%
| 12.6%
|
| 575
| {{decrease}} 20.0%
| 0.8%
|
| 24,385
| {{increase}} 26.6%
| 34.5%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|64,655}}
|
| 36,235
| {{decrease}} 1%
| 56.0%
|
| 8,985
| {{decrease}} 6.6%
| 13.7%
|
| 690
| {{decrease}} 23.1%
| 1.1%
|
| 17,890
| {{increase}} 2.2%
| 27.7%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|65,927}}
|
| 36,615
| n/a
| 55.5%
|
| 9,575
| n/a
| 14.5%
|
| 850
| n/a
| 1.3%
|
| 17,505
| n/a
| 26.6%
|}

==Economy==
Brossard is the commercial hub of the south shore, most businesses located along [[Taschereau Boulevard]], inside [[Mail Champlain|Champlain Mall]] and [[Place Portobello]] or at the [[Lifestyle center (retail)|lifestyle centre]], [[Quartier DIX30]]. A particular segment of Taschereau Boulevard near [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]] and the [[Saint-Jacques River]] is home to an exceptionally large concentration of car dealerships offering most available makes and models.

[[File:Dix30 2.jpg|thumb|600px|center|Shops at [[Quartier Dix30]].]]

==Arts and culture==
Brossard has a rich cultural scene influenced by its diverse population. The city hosts various cultural events, including music festivals, art exhibitions, and theater performances, reflecting its vibrant arts community. Additionally, Brossard's cultural heritage is celebrated through its museums, galleries, and historical sites, providing residents and visitors alike with opportunities to explore and appreciate its artistic and cultural offerings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts and Culture |url=https://www.brossard.ca/leisure-and-culture/arts-and-culture |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.brossard.ca}}</ref>

Brossard is home of many festivities:
*New Year's Get-Together with Municipal Officers (January)
*Fest-Hiver (February)
*Gala de l'action bénévole (May)
*Journée de l'animal de compagnie (May)
*Journée nationale du sport et de l'activité physique (May)
*Fête nationale (June)
*Fête du voisinage (June)
*L'OSM dans les parcs (July)
*Demi-Marathon Sun Life de Brossard (August)
*Festin culturel (August)
*Jour de l'arbre (August)
*Perform'ART (September)
*La Grande marche de Brossard (October)
*Marché de Noël de Brossard (November)
*La Grande Guignolée des médias de la Rive-Sud (December)
*Saute à l'eau! (December)

==Sports==
;Soccer
[[L'association de soccer de Brossard]] has been given exclusive authority from the City of Brossard to organize recreational and competitive soccer primarily for youth (ages 4 to 18). Programs are also offered for adults. The Association is affiliated with FIFA via the Canadian and Quebec Provincial soccer federations.

The sport is amongst the most popular in the city given it is quite accessible (i.e. very little equipment required) and the continued increase in popularity of the sport in North America. Consequently, there are more than 2,500 annual registrations of which approximately one third are for the winter season and the rest for the summer season. The summer program is run on the various soccer fields in the city. The winter program is held indoors, at the CN Sports Complex and at various gyms in the schools within the city boundaries. Notorious footballers from Brossard includes former [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canadian national team]] player [[Patrice Bernier]] and ex [[bundesliga]] striker [[Olivier Occean]].
 
The Association also hosts the Brossard Challenge tournament during the first weekend in August every year. The tournament attracts teams from all areas of the province of Quebec. There are also teams from outside Quebec, mainly Ontario.

;Ice Hockey
The [[CN Sports Complex]] is a multipurpose sports facility located in Brossard that contains two ice hockey rinks and one indoor soccer pitch. It is used as the official practice facility of the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Montreal Canadiens]].

Brossard is home to the Brossard Mustangs and the Brossard Flames in the [[Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud]].

; Figure Skating
Figure skating in Brossard is very popular amongst children of all ages. The Brossard Figure Skating Club (Brossard FSC) is the only organization to provide figure skating lessons in accordance with Skate Canada's standards in the city of Brossard.

Lessons and ice-time are held at the CN Sports Complex facilities, a facility built for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens as a practice and fitness centre, as well as the Michel-Normandin Arena, named after Michel Normandin, a famous Montreal sports announcer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19620619&id=4b4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2315,5249718|title = Lewiston Evening Journal - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

Brossard FSC offers training for various groups of age and skill, available to the city's population. Its CanSkate 3-5 program offers weekly beginner lessons for children aged 3–5. The Brossard FSC also administers the Skate Canada program to skaters aged 5 and above in group lessons, semi-private lessons, private lessons, and offers specialized development opportunities and free extra ice-time for more advanced skaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpabrossard.com/Page?S%3D11086%26U%3D%26M%3D1%26P%3D%26AP%3D0 |title=Club de Patinage de Brossard - Nos programmes |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302185844/http://www.cpabrossard.com/Page?S=11086&U=&M=1&P=&AP=0 |archive-date=2014-03-02 }}</ref> Finally, every few months, Brossard coordinates a series of tests for its more advanced skaters to have certain skills assessed by certified judges and therefore be able to move-up levels in order to learn and practice more advanced skills.

Brossard FSC is very famous for its annual high-quality Ice Show, which attracts many sponsors and enough spectators to hold four representations of the show each year. This event occurs at the end of the winter season, and is the biggest event of the FSC. All skaters are invited to participate. This grand celebration allows young skaters to show their talent dressed in magnificent costumes designed just for them. The routines are choreographed by the club's Skate Canada certified coaches, to music that fits into a chosen theme. All of this is performed to an elaborate light show with spectacular decor. The 43rd edition of this showcase will be held in April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpabrossard.com/AccueilC|title = CPA Brossard - Page d'Accueil}}</ref>

One of the club's most famous skaters is Sébastien Britten, he was "the 1995 Canadian national champion. He represented Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th. In 1998, he beat several Olympic and World medallists to win the 1998 World Professional Figure Skating Championships held in Jaca, Spain. Following his retirement from competitive skating [in 1997], he began working as a coach and choreographer".<ref>[[Sébastien Britten]]</ref>

;Baseball
Brossard fields teams in Quebec's [[Little League Baseball]] system at various age levels. It hosted the 2004 Canadian Little League Baseball Tournament at [[Marie Victorin Park]].

;Softball
City Leagues includes:
* Chimo, founded in 1979<ref>[http://www.chimo.org Ligue de balle-molle Chimo (Chimo Softball League)] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* PVB (Petit Vieux de Brossard) which has divisions for men over 45 and for women<ref>[http://www.liguepvb.com/ Ligue de Balle Molle Des P'tits Vieux De Brossard] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Government==

===Municipal===
The mayor of the City of Brossard is [[Doreen Assaad]]. There are 10 city councillors in the [[Brossard City Council]].
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
|+ List of mayors of Brossard<ref name=balkanisation>{{cite web|last=Pratt|first=Michel|title=De la balkanisation des villes à leur fusion|url=http://marigot.ca/Atlas/Ind_Pag/Cen_Pag/Haut_Pag/20_Pag/Balk.htm|work=Atlas historique: Le XX<sup>e</sup> siècle|publisher=Société historique et culturelle du Marigot|year=2001|language=fr|access-date=24 October 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192411/http://marigot.ca/Atlas/Ind_Pag/Cen_Pag/Haut_Pag/20_Pag/Balk.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! Years in office
! Mayor
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
| 1958–1967
| [[Georges-Henri Brossard]]
| colspan="2"| —
|-
| 1967–1978
| [[Léon Gravel]]
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Équipe Populaire de Brossard
|-
| 1978–1982
| [[Alphonse Lepage]]
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Équipe Populaire de Brossard
|-
| 1982–1983
| [[Claude Chevrier]]
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Équipe Populaire de Brossard
|-
| 1983–1990
| [[Georgette Lepage]]
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Équipe Populaire de Brossard
|-
| 1990–2001
| Paul Leduc
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Équipe Populaire de Brossard
|-
| January 1, 2002 - <br />December 31, 2005
| [[Nicole Carrier]]<br /><small>(Brossard borough president in Longueuil)</small><ref>There was no mayor of the city of Brossard from 2002 until the end of 2005 because it was merged into the city of Longueuil and remained a borough during this period. The mayor of Longueuil at the time was [[Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier|Jacques Olivier]] while Nicole Carrier was in charge of Brossard as the president of the borough.
</ref>
| bgcolor=#DDDDCC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Parti Municipal Rive Sud
|-
| 2006–2009
|[[Jean-Marc Pelletier (Quebec politician)|Jean-Marc Pelletier]]
| bgcolor=#0088CC width="30px" | &nbsp;
| Brossard Democracy
|-
| 2009–2017
|Paul Leduc
| bgcolor=#2F873E  width="30px"| &nbsp;
| Priority Brossard
|-
| 2017–Present
|[[Doreen Assaad]]
| bgcolor=#CAD4DF width="30px"| &nbsp;
| Brossard Ensemble 
|}
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+ [[Brossard City Council]]<ref name="council2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.ville.brossard.qc.ca/My-city/Municipal-council.aspx|title=Votre conseil municipal|publisher=Ville de Brossard|access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
! District number
! Sections
! Councillor
|-
| District 1
| B,C
| Christian Gaudette
|-
| District 2
| B,A
| Tina Del Vecchio
|-
| District 3
| A,B 
| Stéphanie Quintal
|-
| District 4
| P,V
| Patrick Langlois
|-
| District 5
| T,S,P
| Claudio Benedetti
|-
| District 6
| S
| Sophie Allard
|-
| District 7
| R
| Antoine Assaf
|-
| District 8
| I,O,R
| Xixi Lee
|-
| District 9
| J,L,N,X,Y
| Michelle Jarnam Hui
|-
| District 10
| M,N
| Daniel Lucier
|-
|}

===Federal and provincial===
The city of Brossard is located in the federal riding of [[Brossard—Saint-Lambert]], and its [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] is [[Alexandra Mendès]] of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. In the past three elections, the Liberals have carried the riding by wide margins.

In provincial politics, Brossard forms part of the [[La Pinière]] riding and its [[National Assembly of Quebec|Member of the National Assembly]] is Gaetan Barrette of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]]. The La Pinière riding is heavily Liberal in provincial elections, with their candidates obtaining wide margins against the other major provincial parties. In 2017, [[Laporte (electoral district)|Laporte]] riding was extended and now cover the north-eastern part of the territory.

==Infrastructure==
===Roads===
Brossard is serviced by Autoroutes [[Quebec Autoroute 10|10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est)]], [[Quebec Autoroute 15|15]], [[Quebec Autoroute 20|20 (Autoroute Jean-Lesage)]], and [[Quebec Autoroute 30|30 (Autoroute de l'Acier)]], as well as Routes [[Quebec Route 132|132]] and [[Quebec Route 134#Taschereau Boulevard|134 (Taschereau Boulevard)]]. Autoroute 30 runs along the west side of Brossard. Along the Saint Lawrence River on the east side of the city, Autoroutes 15 and 20 [[overlap (road)|overlap]] with [[Quebec Route 132|Route 132]]; 15 to the south and 20 to the north. At the Champlain Bridge interchange, Autoroutes 15 and 20 overlap 10 and feed into the [[Champlain Bridge (Montreal)|Champlain Bridge]], which crosses over into Montreal. Autoroute 10 also meets with Route 134 at the [[Taschereau Interchange]] which runs north south through the heart of Brossard.

Other important roads include [[Taschereau Boulevard]], Rome Boulevard, Milan Boulevard, Matte Boulevard, Pelletier Boulevard, Lapinière Boulevard (known as [[Victoria Avenue (Saint-Lambert, Quebec)|Victoria Avenue]] in Saint-Lambert and Greenfield Park), San Francisco-Tisserand-Stravinski Avenues loop, Panama Avenue&nbsp;— Auteuil Avenue, Provencher Boulevard and Chemin des Prairies.

===Public transit===
The [[Réseau de transport de Longueuil|Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL)]] serves much of Brossard's territory as well as the rest of the [[South Shore (Montreal)|South Shore]]. [[Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT)|Terminus Brossard-Panama]] and Brossard-Chevrier Park and Ride incentive parking lots are two of RTL's heavily used bus terminals located in Brossard. From both of these terminals there is a regular bus to [[Terminus Centre-Ville]] ([[Bonaventure (Montreal Metro)|Bonaventure Metro Station]].)

Brossard is served by three [[Réseau express métropolitain]] stations; [[Panama (REM)|Panama]], [[Du Quartier (REM)|Du Quartier]] and [[Brossard station|Brossard]], thus replacing the A-10 [[bus lane|busway]] on July 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nerestant |first=Antoni |date=July 31, 2023 |title=Montreal's new REM hit with delays, passengers forced to get off |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rem-rush-hour-public-transit-1.6922816 |work=CBC News |access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Ville de Brossard.JPG|thumb|The [[Saint Lawrence River]] and the [[Champlain Bridge, Montreal|Champlain Bridge]].]]

The ''[[Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin]]'' operates French-language public schools.

Secondary:
* ''[[École Secondaire Antoine-Brossard]]''
* ''[[École internationale Lucille-Teasdale]]'' (formerly ''École Secondaire Pierre-Brosseau'')

Primary:
* Académie Marie-Laurier
* École Primaire Charles-Bruneau
* École Primaire Georges-P.-Vanier
* École Primaire Guillaume-Vignal
* École Primaire Marie-Victorin (Brossard)
* École de la Rose-des-Vents (Brossard)
* École Primaire Sainte-Claire (Brossard)
* École Primaire Saint-Laurent
* École Primaire Samuel-De Champlain (Brossard)
* École Primaire Tourterelle

The [[Riverside School Board]] operates English public schools.

Primary schools:
* Good Shepherd Elementary School
* Harold Napper Elementary School

Previously the [[South Shore Protestant Regional School Board]] operated Protestant public schools in Brossard.<ref>Semenak, Susan. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850626&id=_jwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=26UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,1887584 Happy honors grad left prom early to rest up for ill-fated flight to India]." ''[[The Montreal Gazette]]''. Wednesday June 26, 1985. p. A1. Retrieved on [[Google News]] (p. 1/111) on October 22, 2014.</ref><ref>King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=863&dat=19651216&id=WM0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3288,6471414 South Shore Protestant Regional School Board]" (St. Johns, PQ). ''[[The News and Eastern Townships Advocate]]''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from [[Google News]] on November 23, 2014.</ref>

===Adult education===
* ACCESS Career Centre
* CEA Antoine-Brossard

==Notable people==
* [[Patrice Bernier]], retired soccer player
* [[François Bouchard (ice hockey, born 1973)|François Bouchard]], retired ice hockey defenceman
* [[Marlène Harnois]], [[taekwondo]] Olympic medalist and a [[Legion of Honour|Knight of the Order of Merit]].
* [[Louis-José Houde]], actor and comedian
* [[Anthony Kavanagh]], standup comedian
* [[Stéphanie Lapointe]], singer and the winner of the second season of ''[[Star Académie]]''
* [[Olivier Occéan]], retired soccer player and current assistant coach of [[IF Urædd]]
* [[Alejandro Saravia (writer)|Alejandro Saravia]], writer
* [[Claudia Bouvette]], singer, songwriter and actress

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
{{Commons category|Brossard, Quebec|Brossard}}
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[List of cities in Quebec]]
* [[Municipal reorganization in Quebec]]
* [[Saint Jacques River (Roussillon)]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |388453}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{official website|URL=https://www.brossard.ca}}

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{{Adjacent communities
 | title = '''Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions'''
 | Northwest = [[Saint-Lambert, Quebec|Saint-Lambert]]
 | North = [[Longueuil|Longueil]]
 | Northeast = [[Longueuil, Quebec|Longueuil]]
 | West = ''[[Saint Lawrence River]]''<br /> [[Champlain Bridge, Montreal|Champlain Bridge]] to: [[File:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Verdun, Quebec|Verdun]] ([[Montreal]])
 | Centre = Brossard
 | East = [[Carignan, Quebec|Carignan]]
 | Southwest =
 | South = ''[[Saint-Jacques River]]'' <br /> [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]]
 | Southeast = [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]]
}}
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