Pierrefonds-Roxboro


Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It was created 1 January 2006 following the demerger of parts of the city
It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
The borough has an area of 38.90 km² and a population of 60,138.

Borough council

As of the November 5, 2017 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors:
DistrictPositionName Party
—Borough mayor
City councillor		Dimitrios Jim Beis Équipe Coderre
Bois-de-LiesseCity councillorBenoit Langevin Équipe Coderre
Bois-de-LiesseBorough councillorLouise Leroux Équipe Coderre
Cap-Saint-JacquesCity councillorCatherine Clément-Talbot Équipe Coderre
Cap-Saint-JacquesBorough councillorYves Gignac Équipe Coderre

Pierrefonds

Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park. It is also home to several English elementary schools, as well as two public English high schools, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School and Riverdale. There are also two French private schools, Collège Charlemagne and Collège Beaubois.

Roxboro

The former town had two nature parks known as Roxboro Island and Roxboro Woods, three elementary schools as well as a small library and a large library.. It also had a Federal Canada Post office 1996-12-13. The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.

Transportation

The borough is served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line. Major thoroughfares include Saint Charles Boulevard, Saint Jean Boulevard, Sources Boulevard, as well as Gouin, and Pierrefonds Boulevards.

Demographics

LanguagePopulationPercentage
English28,47546%
French19,25531%
Other languages13,62022%

Education

The Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools.
Specialized schools include:
Primary schools include:
The Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone public schools.
Vocational Education:
High schools:
Elementary School:
The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Pierrefonds Branch and the Roxboro Branch in the borough.